One World Symphony Benefit Concert for Japan
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 PM
Holy Apostles Church
(296 Ninth Avenue at 28th Street, NYC)
One World Symphony presents Benefit Concert to contribute to Japan’s relief efforts from the recent earthquake and tsunami. All of the proceeds will go towards the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund.
One World Symphony artists are classically trained musicians from any prestigious institutions around the world who are also active musicians in the jazz, pop, funk, and rock scenes.
The program starts with Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, the finale, What Love Tells Me. The prayerful and expansive adagio is performed with all the Love it is intended to express. Olivier Messiaen composed Quartet for the End of Time while he was a prisoner or war, overcoming his adversity through music. Sung Jin Hong’s Eye of the Storm, inspired by traditional Korean drumming and Buddhist meditation, pulsates with his personal experiences visiting the Demilitarized Zone. Continuing One World Symphony’s tradition of fostering active audience participation and in the spirit of worldwide community, John Lennon’s Imagine will be performed as a sing-along with audience in this symphonic arrangement.
Tickets: $10 (only available at the door). For more information, please visit http://www.oneworldsymphony.org