May 12, 2008

Like Wildflowers, Suddenly

Like Wildflowers, Suddenly
On Creating a Musical Tribute to Israel
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Hebrew College, Berenson Hall
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Cantor Charles Osborne
Cantor Aryeh Finklestein
Dr. Joshua Jacobson and the Zamir Chorale of Boston

Let it come
like wildflowers,
suddenly, because the field
must have it: wildpeace

So ends the poem "Wild Peace" by Yehuda Amichai. Those words were the starting point for composer Charles Osborne and librettist Aryeh Finklestein as they set out to create a musical tribute for Israel's 60th birthday. The result is Like Wildflowers, Suddenly, an oratorio encompassing three stages of Jewish history-biblical, the diaspora and the modern Jewish state of Israel.

In this special lecture-concert leading up to the composition's world premiere with the Zamir Chorale of Boston on June 1 at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., Osborne and Finklestein will be joined by the Zamir Chorale and founding director Joshua Jacobson to explore the inspiration for their work and the process of musical creation. Says Osborne, "The piece conveys three stages of the Jewish state: existence, non-existence and re-existence. It's an emotional expression of our relationship to the land."

Posted by jmwc at May 12, 2008 10:35 PM