Music of Remembrance: Intonations – Songs from the Violins of Hope
$30
Laura Krumm, mezzo-soprano
Mikhail Shmidt, violin solo
Zoe Lonsinger, violin solo
Artur Girsky, violin
Elizabeth Phelps, violin
Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola
Walter Gray, cello
Jake Heggie – Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope (Northwest premiere)
Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope was inspired by the same Holocaust instruments Music of Remembrance brought to Seattle in March 2020, just before the pandemic shut performance venues. They are part of a private collection of string instruments that belonged to Jews who played them before and during the Holocaust. Lovingly restored over the past two decades by Israeli violin makers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, these precious instruments can sing again even though their owners were silenced. Heggie and Scheer’s Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope was premiered in 2020 by Music at Kohl Mansion. Its six haunting songs share the stories of those instruments and imagine how their owners would tell their own stories. Music of Remembrance’s ensemble, featuring violinist Mikhail Shmidt as soloist, will be joined by Metropolitan Opera mezzo soprano Laura Krumm.
The broadcast will take place at 5:30pm Pacific. Available on-demand until August 31, 2021.
Available to stream on the MOR video platform.
Link to donate: https://www.musicofremembrance.org/donate