Rehearsal for the evening’s performance of Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo.
The evening itself will be full of Syrian themed food and drinks, followed by a concert of approximately 1 hour.
About the piece
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister. In this five-movement cantata Nujeen’s story – recounted in her biography ‘The Girl from Aleppo’ (co-authored by Christina Lamb) – is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland and richly scored by Cecilia McDowall. A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the narrative, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections, body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with Middle Eastern flavours. The prevailing mood of Nujeen’s story is embodied by the final line of a chorale that bookends this unique concert work: ‘singing the song of life itself.’
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Rehearsal for the evening’s concert of Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo.
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9.45 - 11.30
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
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