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Reena Esmail

Composer

Say Your Name*

May 4, 2022 by

Say Your Name premiere
Amherst College Choir and Orchestra,
Arianne Abela, conductor; Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

This work is a collaboration between Reena Esmail and poet/librettist Rebecca Gayle Howell, as part of Amherst College’s ‘Suffrage 2.0’ project — to commemorate 100 years of women’s suffrage. This work will be conducted by Arianne Abela, with soprano soloist Sherezade Panthaki, along with the Amherst College Choir and Orchestra.

Program Notes

Program note is forthcoming. A live spoken ‘program note’ is available at the start of the video above.

Recording

see video above

Text

for more information about the text please contact us.

Premiere/Performances

Say Your Name was commissioned by Amherst College Choir and Orchestra. It was premiered on November 5, 2022 at Amherst College, Amherst MA by Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Alice Rogers, soprano; Amherst Choir and orchestra, Arianne Abela, conductor

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Instrumentation: soprano, choir and orchestra

Duration: 30′

Year: 2020

Movements: 4

Languages: English

Commissioned by: Amherst College Choir and Orchestra

Program Notes

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