• Info

  Strident, strange and often violent but also full of exuberance and joy, Tell es-Sakan is a protest, pacifist, concert-length piece for string quartet and percussion written by Davide Verotta.

  Intended as a ballet, motivated by the current war in Gaza, and named after the oldest known settlement in the area, it follows on one side a couple that meets, falls in love, vows trust to each other, and on the other the War Machine, an ominous presence that eventually takes over in a fury of destruction. The piece comes from a place of sorrow and yearning for a better human future.

  Written for Friction String Quartet, and Haruka Fuji and Anne Szabla, percussion.

• Program

  Davide Verotta - Tell es-Sakan

  Prelude

  Dance of Courtship

  Omen 1

  I Recognize You

  Omen 2

  Vows

  Omen 3 – Delirium

  intermission

  Small Quarrels, Interrupted

  Lament for Gaza

  Darkness Ascends

  Coda

• Performers

  Friction Quartet

  Otis Harriel, violin

  Kevin Rogers, violin

  Mitso Floor, viola

  Doug Machiz, cello

  Haruka Fuji and Anne Szabla, percussion