Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2 PM
Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall

Harmony For Peace Foundation

presents

HARMONY FOR PEACE: BENEFIT PEACE CONCERT

Short Film: Rebirth

SADAKO KURIHARA “Umeshimenkana” (“Let us be Midwives!”)
Reading by CHRISTOPHER RAVENSCROFT

JONATHAN WILLCOCKS “Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace”
ST. AIDAN GIRLS CHOIR

EDMUND BLUNDEN Hiroshima
Reading by CHRISTOPHER RAVENSCROFT

J.S. BACH “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten”
(“We hasten with eager yet faltering footsteps”)
from Cantata No. 78
ST. AIDAN GIRLS CHOIR

G. FRESCOBALDI Toccata Terza
D. SCARLATTI Sonatas Nos. 141, 544 and 146
F. COUPERIN “Le rossignol en amour”, “Double du rossignol”,
“La linote efarouchee”
Y. MITSUI Sakura Variations
YASUKO MITSUI, Cembalo

Gilbert Nouno “Yokoni 横に” (U.S. Premiere) for prepared piano
Frédéric Lagarde, Piano

Hacène Larbi
In the loving memory of Sadako Sasaki

Matsukaze “松風 Wind in the Pines”
Excerpts from Opera, U.S. Premiere
Analogôs
Excerpts from Opera, World Premiere
Analogôs libretto by Pierre Fournier

Paris Chamber Orchestra

Hacène Larbi, Conductor
Mari Kobayashi, Mezzo Soprano
Mihi Kim, Flute
Margaret Varret, Harp
Alexis Girard, Cello
Frédéric Lagarde, Piano
Christophe Bredeloup, Percussion
Gilbert Nouno, Live Electronic Design

Intermission

L. BERNSTEIN “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide
LIU CONG/FAN XIAOBIANG “The Birds Singing in the Wind”
P. TCHAIKOVSKY “It Happened in Early Spring”
YUNHONG ZHAO, Soprano

ROSSINI “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville
DONALD MCCULLOUGH “The Train” from Holocaust Cantata
MITCH LEIGH “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha
PHILIP ZAWISZA, Baritone

J. HAYDN Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48
P. TCHAIKOVSKY “December” from The Seasons
S. RACHMANINOV Prelude in C Sharp minor
SERGEI MARKAROV, Piano

Gifts of Peace — Senbazuru (“1,000 Origami Cranes”)
Presentation to Five Artists