About the Show
11:30 Doors
11:40 Maitri – Composed and music direction by Joel Lambdin w/ guest instrumentalists
The word Maitri is Sanskrit, and translates loosely to “benevolence personified.” In composer Joel Lambdin’s words, it is a “meditation on loving kindness.”
12:00 The Hillary Speeches – Composed by Glen Roven
Film Direction by James Gray, Warren Elgort, Larry Robins
Introduced by Annie Potts
with singers:
Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn, Patricia Racette, Lawrence Brownlee, Matthew Polenzani, Chilina Kennedy, Donna Lynne Champlin, Carin Gilfry, Lester Lynch, Kyle Ketelsen, Laquita Mitchell, Camille Zamora, Sidney Outlaw, Arianna Zukerman, Eve Gigliotti, Glenn Seven Allen, Daniel Sumegi, Dominic Armstrong, Blythe Gaissert, Andrew Garland, Michael Kelly, Gilda Lyons, David Adam Moore, and Jonathan Blalock
“I was honored to conduct the concert in front of the Lincoln Monument for Bill Clinton’s inauguration. Up until recently, I thought I might conduct Hillary’s inauguration as well. Nevertheless, or perhaps because, I still felt I had to contribute. I’m not rich, nor am I inclined to shout in the streets. But I do write music.
The piece I wrote sets two of Hillary’s speeches—her announcement that she was running as a candidate in 2007 and her concession to Donald Trump, a few short weeks ago—and turned them into a classical Scena–an extended art song. I wanted to involve as many artists from the classical community as possible and split up all the lines. I reached out to colleagues and the response was overwhelming.
Given the sheer number of artists participating, Camille Zamora, Song for Hope, and I decided to put The Hillary Speeches together as a film: each artist would be shot individually and then we’d edit it together.
I knew there was no time more appropriate to premiere this work other than the exact time that Donald Trump is inaugurated as POTUS. Camille called Paola Prestini, Executive and Creative Director at National Sawdust, and Paola agreed to live-stream the performance and host it publicly and free for the public so that people could experience this work on a big screen.
I’m not rich…but protest has many forms.”
-Glen Roven
World Premiere Film Directed by: James Gray, Warren Elgort, Larry Robins
Introduced by Annie Potts
