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World Premiere of New Bi-Lingual Version of Rachel Weeps

May 29, 2025 By

When
07/06/2025
2:00 AM
Where
T-Town Chamber Music Festival at The Roosevelt Room of the Tacoma Armory
1001 S. Yakima Ave.
Tacoma, WA

Meira’s Rachel Weeps for mezzo soprano and piano, in a new bi-lingual version in Hebrew and Arabic, will be presented on Sunday, July 6 @ 2 PM as part of the T-Town Chamber Music Festival at The Roosevelt Room of the Tacoma Armory, 1001 S. Yakima Ave. in Tacoma, WA.

Performers will be mezzo Soon Cho and pianist Emely Phelps.

The composer writes, “In response to the war in Israel/Gaza/Hamas, I turned to composing. A text from Jeremiah 31:15 calls out: A voice is heard in Ramah, wailing, bitter weeping—Rachel weeps inconsolably for her children because they are no more.” Read her complete program notes here

Other works on the program will be Beethoven’s C Major Cello Sonata, Paul Schoenfeld’s 5 Days in the Life of a Manic Depressive, Prokofiev’s Quintet
Kevin Puts’s And Legions Will Rise.

Event info here.