"The Reed" Part 3

A performance of the last part of Jennifer Griffith's "The Reed" by Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn on May 23rd 2010 at the Old Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York. "The Reed" is a work in three parts for chorus, piano, tenor soloist, soprano soloist, clarinet, viola, cello, percussion and narrator, based upon the Prologue to the Mansnavi by Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi (1207-1273 CE) in a translation by Zahra Partovi.

The instrumentalists and soloists were: Sarah Nelson Craft, mezzo soprano; James Ruff, tenor; Jason Asbury, piano; Anna Maria Baeza, clarinetist; Eran Sykes, violist; Joachim Woitun, cellist; Cory Bracken, percussionist; and Sadreddin Mostafavi Shahab, narrator. James Busby, Artistic Director of Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn was the conductor.

"The Reed" was commissioned by Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn for the Spring 2010 season. This was a world premiere performance.

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Music

Tags:

• choral
• Jennifer Griffith
• Zahra Partovi
• Rumi
• Mansnavi
• Sufi
• mysticism
• The Reed
• The Song of the Reed
• Sarah Craft Nelson
• James Ruff
• Jason Asbury
• Anna Maria Baeza
• Eran Sykes
• Joachim Woitun
• Cory Braken
• Sadreddin Mostafavi Shahab
• James Busby