World premiere of Anne Frank's Tree by Victoria Bond on January 20
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra commissioned new work based on text from The Diary of Anne Frank
On January 20, 2024 at 7:30 pm, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra performs the world premiere of Anne Frank's Tree by Victoria Bond. Passages from the journal kept by Anne Frank as a youngster hiding from the Nazis in 1940's Amsterdam are narrated by the award-winning teenage actor Sadie Cohen. Performance is conducted by Matthew Kraemer, ICO Music Director. Details are below.
"The Diary of Anne Frank has been an important book to me since I read it as a teenager," said composer Victoria Bond. "I was struck by the important role the tree that grew outside Anne’s window played in her emotional life: it represented nature, beauty, freedom and hope. When I learned that a sapling from the very same tree had been planted in the garden of the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, I resolved to write a piece of music about Anne Frank and this tree."
Victoria Bond and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra have had a long history of collaboration. Over the past two decades, ICO commissioned Bond's piano concerto, “Ancient Keys,” and three works for storyteller and chamber ensemble.
The program also includes music by Felix Mendelssohn, Erich Korngold and Franz Schrecker. The concert is on January 20, 7:30 pm at the Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University in Indianapolis (610 W 46th St). Tickets: Children/students free with reservation. Adults $20-$45; available at ICOMusic.org or by calling 317-940-9607.
Anne Frank's Tree
World premiere by Victoria Bond
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Sadie Cohen, Narrator
January 20, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University (610 W 46th St, Indianapolis, IN)
Tickets: Children/students free with reservation. Adults $20-$45
Available at ICOMusic.org
PROGRAM
Victoria Bond: Anne Frank’s Tree (with Sadie Cohen, narrator)*
Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Straussiana
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (with Julian Rhee, violin)
*world premiere performance