Electric Earth Concerts presents The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book

Electric Earth Concerts presents The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book, on Friday, November 1, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Church in Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire.
 
Bosnian-Dutch accordionist–composer Merima Kljuco and pianist Seth Knopp perform The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book, Kljuco’s riveting musical depiction of Jewish heroism through the ages in the face of violence and prejudice. Performed with visual accompaniment, The Sarajevo Haggadah features original paintings digitally animated by video artist Bart Woodstrup.
 
Using the musical traditions of Spain, Italy, Austria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kljuco illustrates and illuminates the Haggadah's travels from medieval Spain to 20th-century Bosnia, where it was rescued and hidden by Muslims during World War II, to its restoration by the National Museum in Sarajevo after the 1992-95 war.
 
Inspired by The Sarajevo Haggadah:  People of the Book, a historical novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks, the Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book creatively interprets this miraculous artifact as a universal symbol of exile, return, and co-existence.
 
"Powerful music. An incredible story. Haunting images..." The Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
 There will be a short talk before the concert by the Hon. Patti Whalen, who served as an international judge in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, the busiest war crimes court in the world, from 2007-2012. At the after-concert reception, David Blair, co-founder of the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center will be available to answer questions about his trip to Sarajevo in 1999.
 
Tickets are $30, and are available online at http://electricearthconcerts.org or at the door.  Middle school and high school students are welcome to attend for free. 
 
For further information, email eeconcerts@gmail.com or call 603.499.6216.