LITTLE CHAMBER MUSIC / Human Shadow Etched In Stone

“Human Shadow Etched In Stone” was a livestream presented by Little Chamber Music in partnership with The Polygon Gallery, in association with Opus 59 Films. It marked the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing with a performance of Penderecki's landmark "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima" and 3 new commissions, from Robyn Jacob, Jordan Nobles and Rita Ueda, that reflect on this event. The performance, with 42 distanced and masked string players, began at 8:15am on August 6, 2020 with an audience of 2: Hiroshima survivor Sachi Komura Rummel and her husband Charles.


KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: THRENODY FOR THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA (1960)