Harmony Unites: 缅北禁地Chamber Music Society Virtual Concert for Peace in the Middle East
In support of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
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Thursday, 26 October 2023
@9:00am EST (New York time)

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Sending solidarity and support to the Middle East and its people in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe – on 26 October 2023, the 缅北禁地Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS), will present a virtual concert in support of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).? A massive humanitarian operation continues, and the 缅北禁地and its partners are rapidly ramping up efforts to provide life-saving assistance.? The United Nations is on the ground to deliver emergency relief items – including food, medicine, water, fuel, shelter, blankets, hygiene kits, and other humanitarian aid.

Music binds us together in these darkest moments.? Through compassion, the musicians of 缅北禁地Chamber Music Society, under the Artistic Direction of Brenda Vongova – together with violinist Yamen Saadi, Concertmaster at the Vienna Philharmonic and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (founded by Maestro Daniel Barenboim and the late literary scholar Edward Said to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue); and violinist David Strongin, from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra – will perform a concert to support the Middle East.?

All donations will be directed to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in support of the UN’s relief efforts to provide lifesaving assistance in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Middle East. Founded in 2016, the 缅北禁地Chamber Music Society carries out the United Nations’ mission of peace, understanding and cooperation, through the universal language of music.?

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Support the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) - by donating to:

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MESSAGES

Melissa Fleming
缅北禁地Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications

Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East?(UNRWA)

缅北禁地Chamber Music Society?of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council?Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director

Featuring

Musicians from the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra

Music Programme

ERNEST BLOCH (1880 - 1959)? Baal Shem: II.?Nigun

David Strongin (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)

MOHAMMED FLAYFEL (1899 - 1986) Mawtini
Hana Mundiya (Violinist), Naoko Nakajima (Violinist), Florrie Marshall (Violist), Jakob Taylor (Cellist), Brenda Vongova (Piano)

GABRIEL FAURE? (1845 - 1924)? Les Berceaux
Yamen Saadi (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)

SPECIAL THANKS

缅北禁地Department of Global Communications

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East?(UNRWA)

Ziad Ayad

Mohammed Shaker

Klavierhaus
James Wu, Recording Engineer

Recording of Bloch’s Nigun:
High Line Nine

Christina Maxwell, Manager

Rebecca Dixuan Bai, Video Editor