Music of Remembrance presents Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Presented by Music of Remembrance

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Marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings, this week’s program includes two works that make eloquent pleas about the urgency of preventing nuclear war: August 6th by Shinji Eshima, and Snow Falls by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Also: Sakamoto’s Passage, based on a refugee’s account of his struggle to flee violence in the Middle East.

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Program Items

Shinji Eshima August 6th
Ryuichi Sakamoto Snow Falls
Ryuichi Sakamoto Passage

Performers

Natasha Bashanov Violin
Jonathan Green Double-bass
Naho Shioya Actress
Takumi Taguchi Violin
Mina Miller Piano
Jose Rubio Narrator