PASSOVER in D.C.

Rick Burkhardt’s Passover, commissioned for thingNY, is a performance-ritual for six singing/speaking instrumentalists seated at a dinner table on which there lies a double bass. Each performer relates the story of a friend's escape: from a bad marriage, from an unfair situation at work, from a run-in with a traffic cop, from an ethically compromising opportunity, from an awkward family dinner. Ultimately, it becomes clear that all of these friends form one collective identity. This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund. 

Presented by Sonic Circuits

Also on the program:
​The Witches (Louna Dekker-Vargas and Ledha Finck: flute, violin and vocals)

May 25, 2018
8:00pm

Rhizome
6950 Maple Street NW
Washington, DC

$10

Rick Burkhardt - Passover


Gelsey Bell – voice, percussion 
Andrew Livingston – voice, bass
Paul Pinto – voice, percussion 
Erin Rogers – voice, saxophone 
Dave Ruder – voice, clarinet
Jeffrey Young – voice, violin