The world premiere of a major new composition written for the Freer|Sackler by members of the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble and inspired by artwork on view in the galleries. Debuting the work are Indian tabla (drums) virtuoso Sandeep Das, shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master Kojiro Umezaki, Shaw Pong Liu on violin and erhu (Chinese fiddle), Wu Tong on vocals and sheng (Chinese mouth organ), Jeffrey Beecher on bass, and percussionist Shane Shanahan.
Recorded on May 18, 2018
Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Artfd
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A Silkroad Gallery: Musical Postcards from the Freer|Sackler (2018)
Commissioned by the Freer|Sackler from Silkroad in honor of Julian Raby through a generous gift from Jeffrey P. Cunard
The Canteen
Composer: Kinan Azmeh
Inspired by Canteen (Iraq, ca.1240s), F1941.10; on view in gallery 4
Vairocana
Composer: Wu Tong
Inspired by the Cosmic Buddha (China, 6th century), F1923.15; on view in gallery 17
Symphony in Grey
Composer: Haruka Fujii
Inspired by Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames by James McNeill Whistler (painted in London, 1871), F1904.50; on view in gallery 11
From the Gut
Composer: Shaw Pong Liu
Inspired by Amitabha (Japan, early 14th century), F2002.9; on view in gallery 8
(Cycles) Perpetual Motion
Composer: Kojiro Umezaki
Inspired by Notched Disk (China, 2500-2000 BCE), F2017.5; on view in Freer east corridor
Vaishnavi
Composer: Sandeep Das
Inspired by Queen Sembiyan as Goddess Uma (India, ca. 990), F1929.84; on view in gallery 1
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Video by Hutomo Wicaksono
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