Emerald City Music: Mother
$55 with open bar, $40 without ($10 student)
- Carlin Ma, filmmaker
Clara Schumann — Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Amy Beach — Three Songs, Op. 2
Anna Clyne — Within Her Arms
Johannes Brahms — Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4
"What is a mother?" This simple, yet profound, question is expounded upon in a musical and filmic exposé, featuring works by Anna Clyne, Antonín Dvorák, and more.
In detail: Mothers are foundational to the human experience: a figure in the lives of every person – whether one associates as positive or negative, joyful, or complex feelings with their own mother. In this collaborative initiative, Emerald City Music aligns the mediums of film and live music together to explore the true diverse stories of Pacific Northwesterners that coalesce to define one word: "mother." These challenging and inspirational accounts – as told by community members and captured by filmmaker Carlin Ma – are presented alongside works by Dvorák, Brahms, Clyne, Beach, and Schumann that all wrote music inspired by this ubiquitous theme. Music to be juxtaposed with a new documentary film by Carlin Ma, commissioned by Emerald City Music.
This program will receive 2 performances: Friday, May 17, 8pm at 415 Westlake in Seattle; and Saturday, May 18, 7:30pm at the Capitol Theater in Olympia.