Nina Bernat, double bass, Katherine Lerner Lee, mezzo-soprano & Anthony Ratinov, piano

MUSICIANS ON THE RISE
ERNST BLOCH  –  Prayer
LARA POE  –  World Premiere
AARON COPLAND  –  Violin Sonata
REENA ESMAIL  –  Perhaps
J.S. BACH  –  Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016
ALLAN BLANK  –  Poems from the Holocaust for Mezzo-Soprano, Double Bass and Piano
JOSEPH ACHRON ed. Leopold Auer  –  Hebrew Melody

The acclaimed double bassist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Nina Bernat, pianist Anthony Ratinov and Katherine Lerner Lee perform a recital celebrating female strength and empowerment through music for piano, mezzo-soprano and bass accompanied by images from Bernat’s grandmother’s post-war life. It features a world premiere by Lara Poe and Allan Blank’s Poems from the Holocaust, plus music by Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland and Joseph Achron.

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