Mathew Rosenblum: We Lived Happily During the War
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We Lived Happily During the War (2021) is scored for soprano and six percussionists, and draws its inspiration from a poem by Ilya Kaminsky.
The piece is comprised of four songs and a percussion interlude, all of which reflect the isolation, pain, and political call to action – and the resulting inaction – that the 2020 pandemic has come to represent. It's also a further contemplation about my family history, especially my grandmotherʼs escape from Ukraine with her seven children aft er the massacre in her town during the 1919 pandemic (my grandmotherʼs pre-recorded singing voice is featured in movement II). The piece takes on a devastating new meaning in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
We Lived Happily During the War is dedicated to my dear friend and colleague, Eric Moe. – Mathew Rosenblum
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