{"id":529,"date":"2018-10-09T17:54:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/?p=529"},"modified":"2018-10-09T17:56:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:56:22","slug":"oct-20-chamber-orchestra-of-boston-performs-we-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/09\/oct-20-chamber-orchestra-of-boston-performs-we-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 20: Chamber Orch. of Boston Performs &#8220;We Exist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston fans: missed the premiere performances of\u00a0<em>We Exist<\/em> in June? There&#8217;s one more opportunity! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chamberorchestraofboston.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chamber Orchestra of Boston<\/a>\u00a0has partnered with the <a href=\"http:\/\/nhmasterchorale.wixsite.com\/nhmc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Hampshire Master Chorale<\/a> to bring this powerful new piece to their October 20 concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe piece responds to the 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia\u2014and the tepid response from the highest level of government,\u201d says Oliver. \u00a0\u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>We Exist<\/em> is a 20-minute work for chorus and string orchestra, with lyrics by <a href=\"http:\/\/naseemrakha.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naseem Rakha<\/a>. It was commissioned by the New Hampshire Master Chorale.<\/p>\n<p>The Chamber Orchestra of Boston&#8217;s October 20 concert &#8220;Visions&#8221; also includes music by J.S. Bach and\u00a0Christopher Theofanidis.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October\u00a020 at 7:30pmpm<br \/>\nFirst Church<br \/>\n66 Marlborough Street<br \/>\nBoston, MA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chamberorchestraofboston.org\/visions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston fans: missed the premiere performances of\u00a0We Exist in June? There&#8217;s one more opportunity! The Chamber Orchestra of Boston\u00a0has partnered with the New Hampshire Master Chorale to bring this powerful new piece to their October 20 concert. \u201cThe piece responds to the 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia\u2014and the tepid response from the highest level of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-performances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","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=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivercaplan.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}