Friday | May 9 2025 | 7:30 pm
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.