<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>premier</title></head><body> <div>Those in the New Haven area might be interested in the premier of a new piece of mine-a setting of the Martin Espada's<font face="Charcoal" color="#000000"> Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 : for the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant, who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center</font>.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The complete poem is here:</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000" >http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/displaypoem.asp?AuthorID=5055#4530<span ></span>76832</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>The concert will be on Thursday night at Sprague Hall on the Yale Campus at 8 PM.  It will be played the Blue Elm Trio-a string trio, and sung by Richard Lalli, a superb baritone.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The other pieces on the program are the Beethoven D major string trio and the Brahms G major Sextet-a warhorse of the chamber music literature which is sure to be an excellent performance.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Obviously, this is not for everyone. A few here might appreciate the music and/or the sensibility which informs it.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Best,</div> <div><br></div> <div>John</div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> </body> </html>