{"id":2991,"date":"2021-07-19T05:53:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2991"},"modified":"2021-09-19T06:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T10:17:09","slug":"earth-requiem-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/event\/earth-requiem-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Wege’s Earth Requiem: Wake Up + World Premiere of Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola<\/em> by David Amram, performed by Consuelo Sherba"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Video projection from the Earth Requiem installation<\/span><\/p>\n

This event will also be livestreamed on Youtube. See below for tickets. You will be able to watch this event live, or at any time after broadcast.
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Earth Requiem: Wake Up
\n7.30pm - 8.30pm<\/h3>\n

\"In theory and spirit, we, the American people, revere our national parks and landmarks\u2026 Unfortunately, in practice we are not always so benevolent\"<\/em>
\n \u2013 Diana Wege<\/em><\/h4>\n

Earth Requiem: Wake Up<\/em> is a unique opportunity to experience Eve Beglarian's Movement I and Jeff Beal's Movement IV of Earth Requiem<\/em>, with a site-specific art installation conceived by artist Diana Wege, professional choir directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather, and projections by filmmaker\/video artist Johnny Moreno, in a warning response to humanity as the effects of climate change, pollution, livestock production, depletion of resources, and nuclear capability threaten the future of our planet.<\/p>\n

The piece immerses the audience in a near-future where the degradation and extinction of nature is symbolized by an 18-voice choir, readings from world religious texts and environmental literature, and the apparition of a landscape painting in flames. Earth Requiem: Wake Up<\/em> joins four disciplines (painting, literature, film, and music) to warn us of a clear and present danger.<\/p>\n

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Judson Memorial Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Amram\u2019s Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola<\/em><\/h3>\n

This concert of notable \u201cfirsts\u201d also features the world premi\u00e8re ofDavid Amram\u2019s Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola<\/em> commissioned by the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music for The Village Trip festival and composed for violist Consuelo Sherba.<\/p>\n

Amram, The Village Trip Artist Emeritus, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday last year, composed the scores for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare In The Park from 1956-1967 and was the Composer and Music Director for the Lincoln Center Theater, writing scores for Arthur Miller\u00b4s plays\u00a0After The Fall<\/i> and\u00a0Incident at Vichy<\/i>. Appointed by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer in Residence for the New York Philharmonic in 1966, he is now one of the most performed and influential composers of our time. His personal and musical history is entwined with that of Greenwich Village.<\/p>\n

Performers<\/h4>\n