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Beating Patterns II - Study 1c (by Pete Harden)

ELEGY FOR THE BAKR CHILDREN ON GAZA BEACH (2014)
in memoriam: Ismail Mahmoud Bakr, Ahed Atef Bakr, Zakariya Bakr, Mohammad Ramiz Bakr

This composition is an elegy for four boys, cousins aged 9, 10, and 11, who were targeted and killed by the Israeli military on July 16, 2014 while playing together on the beach in Gaza. This incident occurred in full sight of international observers and was covered by the media extensively at the time. It was one atrocity among the many meted out against the people of Palestine by the occupying Israeli military during "Operation Protective Edge", and before, and since.

I did not know these children. I composed this work over the following ten days and first performed it in Philadelphia on July 26, 2014. I wanted to bring awareness of this atrocity into the spaces where I work and engage the public. I wrote this elegy to Ismail, Ahed, Zakariya, and Mohammad to hold up their names and support the struggle of their families for self-determination. This composition is offered with humility and in both sorrow and anger.

The recording took place in January 2015 at the Neighborhood House in Philadelphia, with members of Prometheus Orchestra, a social justice oriented string ensemble headquartered at Church of the Advocate in North Philly.

Russell Kotcher - violin
Joseph Kaufmann - violin
Veronica Jurkiewicz - viola
Jennifer Boorum - viola
Eric Coyne - cello
Jerrell Jackson - bass
Keir Neuringer - saxophone, composition

audio/video recording: T.C. Owens
video of the reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBTIb9WTJDE
Prometheus Orchestra: http://www.prometheusorchestra.org

ELEGY FOR THE BAKR CHILDREN ON GAZA BEACH (2014)

Written in 2012-2013 by Dutch composer Diderik Wagenaar, dedicated to Modelo62. Wagenaar wrote ...e mi sovvien... as the third part of a tetraptych called Ciclo dell’In nito (the Cycle of the In nite). From our first self-produced album, Modelo Moves.

...E Mi Sovvien...

Il voto dell'innocenza (2014) | Modelo62

Ein Schemen by Yannis Kyriakides -  a recomposition of Ein Deutsches Requiem of Johannes Brahms . Nederlands Kamerkoor and Remy van Kesteren(harp), under the direction of Peter Dijkstra. Live recording from Hertz, Tivoli-Vredenburg, Utrecht. Recorded by Wijnand de Groot (21st May 2017)

Ein Schemen (live recording)

Still Life is a piece for large ensemble, co-commissioned by Orkest de Ereprijs and Gaudeamus and premiered at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2018

Still Life by Orkest De Ereprijs

Create your own story / Follow your feelings / Feel the sensations / just Be

Amaranthine, Petra Strahovnik

A group of eleven musicians that originate from nine different nations, Ensemble Modelo62 is an exceptionally international ensemble. Bursting with enthusiasm, the musicians eagerly engage with the conceptual and sonic side of composed music and bring compositions to life with energetic performances. It is remarkable the amount of openness that the musicians give to experiment with new techniques in a variety of musical styles, combining ambitious programming with a high level of virtuosity.

Beating Patterns II - Study 1c (by Pete Harden)

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