On his “Lamentation on The Disasters of War”, Karim Al-Zandsays, “The piece is dedicated to my late cousin Husam Al-Zand, who was tragically killed in Iraq in 2005; to his surviving wife and children; and to my courageous family still remaining in the region, both in Baghdad and in the growing Iraqi Diaspora. Peace be upon them.”
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads The #ClevelandOrchestra through Al-Zand’s haunting elegy this week at Severance Music Center.
https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2223/severance/wk-03-Beethoven/
To learn more, check out the program notes https://programs.clevelandorchestra.com/2022-23-classical/beethoven-eroica
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Beautiful!
Amazing performance last night! Thank you!!