Compassion is an award winning
composition by Nigel Westlake in conjunction with Lior Attar who is an independent Israeli-Australian
singer-songwriter based in Melbourne.
The work was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Principal
Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Ashkenazy for the Sydney Symphony and
the Australian Symphony orchestras with the support of Symphony Services
International. The work evolved from a collection of rich worlds from Islam and
Judaism whose profound and poetic messages capture the essence of a compassionate
existence between human beings. The texts represent poems, proverbs and songs
which underwrite this universal wisdom. One is drawn to the similarities and the
universality of compassion expressed in music.
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo/alto
flute), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass
clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contra-bassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2
trombones, bass trombone, tuba, harp, piano/celeste, percussion (5 players),
timpani, strings (14.12.10.8.6), tenor voice (amplified).
1. Sim Shalom: Grant Peace
-- 2. Eize Hu Chacham? Who is Wise? -- 3. La Yu’minu: Until You Love Your
Brother -- 4. Inna Rifqa: The Beauty Within -- 5. Al Takshu L’vavchem: Don’t
Harden Your Hearts -- 6. Ma Wadani Ahadun: Until the End of Time -- 7. Avinu
Malkeinu: Hymn of Compassion.
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