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Memorial Without Words

Two concerts introduce
French-Jewish composer.

Diana Lieberman

piece, from the classical tradition:' said
Rowin, who teaches violin, viola and
Special to the Jewish News
chamber music at Oakland University
"It's not a `folk-y' piece, but it's not one
icolas Bacri, one of the
of those 'intellectual' pieces either; it's
most prolific and frequently
not difficult to understand"
performed contemporary
Although Bacri, who was born in
French composers, has published more
1961,
began his career writing serial
than 80 compositions, including 15
music
— his first symphony is dedicat-
concertos, six symphonies, five string
ed
to
the
often-intimidating composer
quartets, three piano trios, nine pre-
Elliott
Carter
— Une Priere is an
ludes for piano, four cello suites, three
example
of
his
later style, in which he
violin sonatas and much more.
embraces
a
less
formalist idiom.
However, his music rarely finds
In
addition,
this
work rejects the jar-
its way on to concert programs in
ring,
percussive
elements
sometimes
the United States, where there is
found
in
music
commemorating
the
little enough time devoted to living
Holocaust.
Instead,
the
composition,
American composers, let alone those
which is about 25 minutes in length, is
from other countries.
reflective in nature.
Metro Detroiters will have a chance
The composer, who gradu-
to hear Bacri's music in two separate
ated from the Paris
programs on Sunday,
Conservatoire in 1983
Oct. 8. At 3 p.m.,
with
a first prize in
violinist Elizabeth
composition,
gave up
Rowin performs Une
a
position
as
head
of
Priere ["A Prayer"]
the
chamber
music
with the Pontiac-
department of Radio-
Oakland Symphony
France in 1991 to
at Temple Beth El.
devote himself entire-
Also on the program
ly to composition.
is Symphony No. 4:
His Symphony No.
The Inextinguishable,
subtitled "Sinfonia
3,
by Carl Nielsen.
da
Requiem',' is dedi-
That evening,
cated
"to the glory
Chamber Music at the
of
Abraham!'
The
Scarab Club presents
French-Jewish composer
72-minute
work,
for
a varied concert that
Nicolas Bacri
mezzo-soprano
and
includes Bacri's Sonate
orchestra, uses texts
d'Yver, a cello duo per-
from
Jewish,
Christian
and Muslim
formed by Nadine Deleury and Eugene
sources
in
the
Spain
of
the seventh and
Zenzen, along with music by Samuel
eighth
centuries.
Coleridge-Taylor, Jean Martinu and G.C.
Wagenseil.
The title page for Bacri's Une Priere,
The Pontiac-Oakland Symphony,
for violin and orchestra, includes the
with soloist Elizabeth Rowin, per-
following dedication: "To the memory
forms 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at
of Jewish martyrs throughout history"
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
"I am very moved that my piece will
Road, in Bloomfield Township.
be played in a synagogue," Bacri wrote
Tickets
are $25 general; $20
in a recent e-mail, translated by Haden
seniors;
$15 students. (248) 370-
McKay. "More than any other piece that
3013.
I have written, it reveals my leaning
toward my Jewish roots with a sincere
Chamber Music at the Scarab Club
and simple desire to communicate an
takes place 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
emotion."
8, at 217 Farnsworth, in Detroit.
Performing the piece at Temple Beth
Tickets
are $18 advance purchase;
El will be something of a homecoming
$20
at
the
door; students ages 25
for Rowin, a Huntington Woods resi-
and
under,
with identification, $10.
dent whose family has belonged to the
(248)
647-0289
or
synagogue for four generations.
www.scarabclub.org/chambermusic.
"Une Priere has elements of canto-
rial style, but it's definitely a classical

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