{"id":77274,"date":"2020-04-05T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=77274"},"modified":"2020-04-05T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T05:41:04","slug":"14-00-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=77274","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Orchestra Members Perform Virtual Concert From Homes in Israel, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Jerusalem Orchestra Members Perform Virtual Concert From Homes in Israel, New York<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maestro Tom Cohen, center, and members of the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West performing \u2018Darbuka la Corona.\u2019 Photo: Screenshot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West did a virtual performance last week to help lift spirits amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Cohen, the orchestra\u2019s artistic director and chief conductor, and the 35 musicians he worked with recorded a new original piece called \u201cDarbuka la Corona\u201d from their homes in Israel and New York. The almost 3-minute clip featured the musicians in various parts of their home and even outside.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne morning during the first week of this corona frenzy, I suddenly realized that for me, as well as for my orchestra\u05f3s members, this is the first time in 11 years we do not wake up for days of rehearsals, concerts, arrangements, composition and other creative activities that have become our daily routine,\u201d Cohen wrote on the orchestra\u2019s Facebook page. \u201cWhen I realized that the orchestra\u2019s whatsapp group continued to be vibrant and active \u2014 I immediately sat down to do the only thing I know how\u2026I wrote a small piece that aims to make us all happy and show our love and familliarity (sic), that is more powerful than anything else. I wanted it to be both very simple yet complexed, \u2018high\u2019 but at eye level \u2013 just like us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI hope these sounds and images, of all 35 members of the orchestra, regardless their age, religion, gender or origin \u2014 from Majd al krum to Ashkelon, from Jerusalem to New York \u2014 celebrating love and longing for friendship and music, will help us all go through this period together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The video of their performance on Facebook has been viewed over 1,000 times:<\/span><\/p>\n

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