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> From: "Herman de Tollenaere" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: ?????? 13, ??????? 2000 14:47
> Subject: Serbian composer dedicates performance piece to Mumia [fwd]
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> > MORE THAN JUST WONDERFUL MUSIC:
> >
> > SERBIAN COMPOSER DEDICATES PERFORMANCE PIECE TO MUMIA
> >
> > By Brian Becker
> > New York
> >
> > The music of world-renowned Serbian composer Milos
> > Raickovich was performed in concert here at the Miller
> > Theatre at Colombia University on Feb. 4, to the delight of
> > hundreds of enthralled listeners.
> >
> > Raickovich's style of music, which he calls "New
> > Classicism," would have certainly given any audience a lot
> > to cheer about. But the Feb. 4 concert was more than just
> > wonderful music.
> >
> > The concert ended with a new composition entitled "Alarm."
> > The composer dedicated it to Mumia Abu-Jamal, the African
> > American journalist and political prisoner who awaits
> > execution on Pennsylvania's death row.
> >
> > "Alarm" is a highly emotional piece that conjures up the
> > fiendish sounds of wailing sirens, which became a nightly
> > commonplace during the 78 days of bombing by the United
> > States and NATO against the people of Yugoslavia in 1999.
> >
> > Raickovich is not only a brilliant composer. He is an
> > anti-war activist and an internationalist opponent of
> > racism.
> >
> > "`Alarm' is dedicated to Mumia Abu-Jamal," Raickovich
> > explained in a prepared statement to the audience at
> > Columbia University.
> >
> > Raickovich continued: "In his brilliant text `NATO/U.S.
> > Out of Yugoslavia!,' written during the bombings, Mumia
> > courageously wrote from the death row: `NATO is a fig leaf
> > for American `interests,' and the bombing of Yugoslavia is
> > but a global demonstration of the ruthlessness of the
> > American Empire. _ This isn't about `human rights'_  It's
> > about establishing who will be boss in the next century_
> > Empires are maintained not by reason, but by ruthless
> > terror. It was so in Rome. It is so in the U.S. _ Down with
> > imperialism! Stop the bombing! U.S./NATO out of Yugoslavia!'
> >
> > "To this," Raickovich added, "I say let's liberate the
> > U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal."
> >
> > In his statement Raickovich explained to the audience that
> > this haunting anti-war composition was a fitting way to end
> > the concert.
> >
> > "During the bombings, the concert halls and theaters
> > throughout Yugoslavia were open every day, giving free
> > performances to the public. At my former workplace, the
> > Belgrade Opera House, I was told, both the public and the
> > performers had tearful eyes, as they applauded each other,
> > against the background noise of the sirens and NATO bombs."
> >
> > Raickovich describes his "New Classicism" as a blend of
> > musical Minimalism and the styles of Viennese Classical and
> > early Romantic music. Its form is Classical--e.g., the
> > sonata cycle--but the tonality is reduced to only a few
> > notes of the scale.
> >
> > Raickovich explains that "New Classicism enables me to
> > express my feelings while at the same time it satisfies my
> > need for a clear and coherent musical language."
> >
> > A compact disk featuring Raickovich's music, performed by
> > the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and others, is available from
> > the Mode label, PO Box 1026, New York, New York 10116.
> >
> > The Feb. 4 concert featured Tatjana Rankovich on solo
> > piano and the Andrea Trio: Renee Jolles, violin, Dorothy
> > Lawson, cello, and Christopher Oldfather, piano.
> >
> >                           - END -
> >
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