Doa Persembunyian Seven Violas.mov

Stephanie Griffin's seven viola arrangement of Indonesian composer Tony Prabowo's choral work Doa Persembunyian (A Prayer for Refuge, 2002) based on renowned Indonesian writer Goenawan Mohamad's poem of the same name. You can read the poem, in its original Indonesian with an English translation by Indonesian writer Laksmi Pamuntjak, at: http://www.poetryinternational.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=16145. This performance, on Argento New Music's Performer Series at the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC on Sunday, December 18, 2011 was the world premiere of this arrangement, by violists: Stephanie Griffin, Jessica Meyer, Jen Herman, David Wallace, Ji Hyun Son, Gillian Gallagher and William Hakim. You can hear these same seven violists play Silent Night at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMVma6WtlnA&feature=youtu.be.
Prabowo's original choral piece is included on his double CD "A Prayer for Refuge" released on Aksara records. This piece, and all the others, are available for download on Japanese itunes at this link: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/a-prayer-for-refuge/id111396635

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