Onassis Channel | Waiting for the Barbarians at St. Thomas Church in New York | Digital world premiere
Premiere: 20.11.23 at 21:00
“Waiting for the Barbarians” is a concert experience unlike any other, even when experienced through your screen. An exploration of love, loss, desire, and longing inspired by the poetry of C. P. Cavafy that permeates everything. On Monday, November 20, the concert that stunned the New York audience comes to the Onassis Channel on YouTube in a world digital premiere.
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The concert’s digital premiere accompanies the opening of the new space of the Cavafy Archive in Athens, along with artistic events that celebrate the life and work of C. P. Cavafy, such as the performance “Constantinopoliad” by Sister Sylvester and Nadah El Shazly, presented from November 22 to 26 at the Onassis Library.
CONCERT PROGRAM & PERFORMERS
"Chandelier (I went)"
Composed by Rufus Wainwright, arranged by Missy Mazzoli
Performed by Rufus Wainwright and The Knights
"Cavafy Ghost"
Composed by Helga Davis & Petros Klampanis
Performed by Helga Davis, Petros Klampanis, The Knights, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
"The Return"
Composed and arranged by Dimitris Papadimitriou
Performed by Eleni Calenos and The Knights
"Far Away Songs"
Composed by Nico Muhly, arranged by Nathan Thatcher
Performed by Eleni Calenos and The Knights
"Voices"
Composed by Paola Prestini
Performed by Brooklyn Youth Chorus
"Waiting for the Barbarians"
Composed by Laurie Anderson
Performed by Laurie Anderson, The Knights, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
The Knights | Music ensemble
Artistic Director & Conductor: Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director & violin: Colin Jacobsen, violin: Christina Courtin, viola: Mario Gotoh, cello: Caitlin Sullivan, bass: Andrew Trombley, flute: Jessica Han, oboe: Alexandra Knoll, clarinet: Paul Cho, bassoon: Edward Burns, percussion: Ian Sullivan, harp: Kristi Shade, guitar & bouzouki: Mavrothi Kontanis
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Artistic Director: Dianne Berkun Menaker
Sofia Aguirre, Melina Ahmad, Trilly Bergeron, Lily Brown, Palmares Bustamante, Maya Chatterjee, Greta Currah, Maggie Dicus, Pia Dorosin, Margot Ehrsam, Matilda Endres, Arianne Fahie, Fia Galperin, Sadie Gesser, Laila Gilabert, Kendall Hollmon, Stella Kear, Stevie Kim-Rubell, Vivian Kravet, Amelia Levenson, Gertrude Lipkin, Amaranthe Lirenman, Harmonie Lirenman, Bianca Martinez, Faith Monroe, Lucy Nadoban, Maahika Nair, Sylvie Oates, Violet Paris-Hillmer, Jadesola Pedro, Sophie Penenberg, Ellie Powell, Renee Ricevuto, Reaiah Roberts, Kiki Rosenberg, Amelia Sammons, Lydia Schulze, Niko Sembo, Josie Shehadi, Elise Struthers, Vaikuntha Tamayo, Eve van den Brulle
Waiting for the Barbarians is presented by Death of Classical
General and Artistic Director: Andrew Ousley
Production and Promotion Manager: Maddie Gunter
Artistic Administrator Production Team: Daniel Rosenberg
Lighting Design: Abigail Hoke-Brady
Assistant Lighting Designer: Milner Sommers
Sound Design: Dan Bora
Audio Supervisor: Mike Amacio
Onstage Sound Engineer: Katie Lau
Recording Engineer: Ryan Kelly
Stage Manager: Cynthia Hennon Marino
Assistant Stage Manager: Alexa Rosenberg
Production Consultant: Jeremy Lydic
Cinematography
Director: Christos Sarris
Assistant Director: Dimitris Zivopoulos
Director of Photography: Yannis Simos
Camera Operators: Koralia Dogani, Filippos Zamidis
Production Coordinator: Smaragda Dogani
Sound Mix: Jacopo Fokas
Additional Recording and Sound Coordination: Tarcisio Longobardi
With support from Silver Sound
Camera Operator and Director at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue: Blake Martin
Editor: Tryfonas Karatzinas
Colorist: Manthos Sardis – A10 Post Productions
Subtitles: Authorwave
Video Equipment: Rent Photo Video
Production Assistant: Jonah Schwartz
Thanks to Anthony Fischetta, Daryl Moore, Thanasis Psarros, Jim Toth
Audio equipment provided by Boulevard Carroll Entertainment Group, Inc
Microphones provided by NGNRD LLC
“Archive of Desire”: A Festival Inspired by the Poet C. P. Cavafy
Curator: Paola Prestini
Creative Director: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Executive Producer: Karen Brooks Hopkins
Festival Producer: Rachel Katwan
Producing Partner: Pomegranate Arts
An Onassis Culture production
The recording of this concert was created in the context of “Archive of Desire”: A Festival Inspired by the Poet C. P. Cavafy, developed by the Onassis Foundation and presented in partnership with National Sawdust in April 2023, New York.
