Comments on: Sufi-Inspired Artist Books /2009/07/10/sufi-inspired-artist-books/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: James Busby /2009/07/10/sufi-inspired-artist-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Wed, 05 May 2010 01:27:56 +0000 /bloggers/2009/07/10/sufi-inspired-artist-books/#comment-1049 Readers of this blog may be interested to know that Zahra Partovi’s publication of Rumi’s introductory text to the Masnavi, entitled “The Reed,” has recently been set as a chamber oratorio by New York composer Jennifer Griffith. This text in her translation is in the collection of Brooklyn Museum. The work was commissioned by the New York Department of Cultural Affairs for the Grace and Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn, and will be premiered May 21st with subsequent performances on May 22nd and 23rd.

Spring 2010 Concert
Realms of Power & Desire, a Choral Celebration of Women

THE REED

Presented by Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn
Conducted by James Busby
Composed by Jennifer Griffith

Text by J. M. Rumi
Translated by Zahra Partovi

Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7 pm
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
85 South Oxford Street, Fort Greene

Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 7 pm
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street at Clinton St, Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 4 pm
Old First Reformed Church
126 7th Ave at Carroll Street, Park Slope

Tickets available at the door and at Smarttix- http://www.smarttix.com
Admission: $15, $12 for Seniors and Students.

http://www.graceandspiritus.org
http://www.jennifergriffith.com
http://www.zahrapartovi.com

Also on the program works by Barber, Boulanger, Monteverdi, Schubert & Strozzi

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