{"id":495,"date":"2018-06-15T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/?p=495"},"modified":"2018-06-11T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T19:11:06","slug":"june-22-24-nhmc-premieres-we-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/15\/june-22-24-nhmc-premieres-we-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"June 22-24: NHMC Premieres &#8220;We Exist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nhmasterchorale.wixsite.com\/nhmc\">New Hampshire Master Chorale<\/a> commissioned Oliver&#8217;s newest work\u00a0<em>We Exist<\/em>, a 20-minute work for chorus and orchestra with lyrics by <a href=\"http:\/\/naseemrakha.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naseem Rakha<\/a>. &#8220;The piece responds to the 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia\u2014and the tepid response from the highest level of government,&#8221; says Oliver. \u00a0&#8220;It revealed dark undercurrents of xenophobia, sexism, racism and homophobia that shook me to my core. We Exist responds to hatred with a call to action. Each of us carries the responsibility to open our hearts and speak against affronts to freedom. This piece celebrates the strength of diversity and honors all races, all faiths and all genders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are three opportunities to catch the premiere performances!<\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 22 at 8pm<br \/>\nFirst Church<br \/>\n66 Marlborough Street<br \/>\nBoston, MA<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 23 at 7pm<br \/>\nFirst Congregational Church<br \/>\n177 North Main Street<br \/>\nConcord, MA<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 24 at 4pm<br \/>\nPlymouth Congregational Church<br \/>\n4 Post Office Square<br \/>\nPlymouth, NY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nhmasterchorale.wixsite.com\/nhmc\/current-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the NHMC website for information and tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nhmasterchorale.wixsite.com\/nhmc\/current-season\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-496\" src=\"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f985f_ceec27b3e75347fab9ff672e52fea173mv2_d_4400_3500_s_4_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f985f_ceec27b3e75347fab9ff672e52fea173mv2_d_4400_3500_s_4_2.jpg 1910w, http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f985f_ceec27b3e75347fab9ff672e52fea173mv2_d_4400_3500_s_4_2-600x477.jpg 600w, http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f985f_ceec27b3e75347fab9ff672e52fea173mv2_d_4400_3500_s_4_2-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f985f_ceec27b3e75347fab9ff672e52fea173mv2_d_4400_3500_s_4_2-1024x814.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Hampshire Master Chorale commissioned Oliver&#8217;s newest work\u00a0We Exist, a 20-minute work for chorus and orchestra with lyrics by Naseem Rakha. &#8220;The piece responds to the 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia\u2014and the tepid response from the highest level of government,&#8221; says Oliver. \u00a0&#8220;It revealed dark undercurrents of xenophobia, sexism, racism and homophobia that shook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}