Anchor-International Foundation Presents: "9-10-11: A Musical Offering"; An Artistic Tribute to the Events of September 11.Business/Entertainment/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002 Beginning at sundown on September 10, as a pre-September 11 vigil, a very special 9/11 tribute will be available on selected websites. "9-10-11: A Musical Offering" is a combination of music and visual art designed to foster a sense of renewal and replace the horrible sounds and images left by the events of September 11, 2001. The program will feature an organ performance of J.S. Bach's "Come Sweet Death" accompanied by an online visual tribute in light. "9-10-11" will be available free of charge on websites including 9-10-11.com, Anchor-International.org, andante an·dan·te Music adv. & adj. Abbr. and. In a moderately slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than allegretto but faster than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction. n. An andante passage or movement. .com, DuoArts.com and virgilfox.com. The musical component of "9-10-11: A Musical Offering" is set to J.S. Bach's "Come Sweet Death" inspired by the Leopold Stokowski and Virgil Fox Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25,1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach. These groundbreaking events appealed to audiences in the 1970s who were more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, and were arrangements and played on Atlanta's Fox Theatre concert pipe organ by Larry Douglas Embury, Artist-in-Residence at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. Mr. Embury chose this piece as an apt tribute, noting, "Bach's acceptance of what every person experiences, whether tragically or under benign circumstances, can comfort the world that lost thousands of souls during the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. ." The visual element, designed by Marshall Yaeger, will include a symbolic recreation of the missing towers formed by simulated laser lights representing the souls of people lost, and an animated mandala mandala (mŭn`dələ), [Skt.,=circular, round] a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism. , a symbol of all religions representing the unity that came out of an international tragedy. Yaeger notes, "The events of 9/11 emerged from a religious war. Despite their violence, all wars attract unifying symbols. What better unifier to travel over the imperfect Internet than an ever changing mandala promising perfection." The mandala will be formed according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the symmetry of the Kaleidoplex, an optical instrument that creates a complex kaleidoscopic image. "9-10-11: A Musical Offering" is based on an original concept for a memorial event by Tony Staffieri and will be produced by Anchor-International Foundation. "9-10-11: A Musical Offering" enjoyed its world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 at Fox at the Fox, a popular organ concert on September 1 as part of the Virgil Fox Festival 2002. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090502/bb5 |
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