Harmony Unites: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chamber Music Society Virtual Concert for Peace in the Middle East
In support of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA)
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Thursday, 26 October 2023
@9:00am EST (New York time)
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Sending solidarity and support to the Middle East and its people in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe ¨C on 26 October 2023, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCMS), will present a virtual concert in support of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA).? A massive humanitarian operation continues, and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and its partners are rapidly ramping up efforts to provide life-saving assistance.? Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is on the ground to deliver emergency relief items ¨C including food, medicine, water, fuel, shelter, blankets, hygiene kits, and other humanitarian aid.
Music binds us together in these darkest moments.? Through compassion, the musicians of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chamber Music Society, under the Artistic Direction of Brenda Vongova ¨C together with violinist Yamen Saadi, Concertmaster at the Vienna Philharmonic and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (founded by Maestro Daniel Barenboim and the late literary scholar Edward Said to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue); and violinist David Strongin, from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra ¨C will perform a concert to support the Middle East.?
All donations will be directed to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA), in support of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ¡¯s relief efforts to provide lifesaving assistance in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Middle East. Founded in 2016, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chamber Music Society carries out the United Nations¡¯ mission of peace, understanding and cooperation, through the universal language of music.?
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Support the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) - by donating to:
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MESSAGES
Melissa Fleming
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East?(Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA)
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chamber Music Society?of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council?Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director
Featuring
Musicians from the West¨CEastern Divan Orchestra
Music Programme
ERNEST BLOCH (1880 - 1959)? Baal Shem: II.?Nigun
David Strongin (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
MOHAMMED FLAYFEL (1899 - 1986) Mawtini
Hana Mundiya (Violinist), Naoko Nakajima (Violinist), Florrie Marshall (Violist), Jakob Taylor (Cellist), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
GABRIEL FAURE? (1845 - 1924)? Les Berceaux
Yamen Saadi (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
SPECIAL THANKS
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Global Communications
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East?(Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA)
Ziad Ayad
Mohammed Shaker
Klavierhaus
James Wu, Recording Engineer
Recording of Bloch¡¯s Nigun:
High Line Nine
Christina Maxwell, Manager
Rebecca Dixuan Bai, Video Editor
