Presented by Music for Life International
Beethoven for The Rohingya: A Concert For the Rohingya Refugees
A Benefit for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
Monday, January 28, 2019
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Photos by Chris Lee / David Finlayson / Christian Johnson
Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony is a call to recognize our interconnectedness as a global society. Beethoven’s music and Schiller’s text create a new possibility of cultural embrace between the West and East and German and Turkish musical idioms. This performance is for the Rohingya refugees who continue to endure unimaginable adversity. The concert will benefit the transformative work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Performers
George Mathew, Artistic Director and Conductor
David Amram, Conductor
Elmira Darvarova, Violin and Concertmaster
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic, The MET Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and others
Indra Thomas, Soprano
Sarah Heltzel, Mezzo-Soprano
Sean Panikkar, Tenor
Soloman Howard, Bass
Montclair State University Chorale
Heather J. Buchanan, Conductor
John Lawrence, Speaker
Program
DAVID AMRAM Elegy for Violin and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9