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Music for Peace: "The Dawn of Hope" with the BFO Trio

This event was scheduled for March 20, 2020 but was postponed due to coronavirus. Sept. 18, 2020 is the new date.

James Buswell, violin and viola; Eliot Fisk, guitar; Carol Ou, cello

Niccolo Paganini, Terzetto Concertante for viola, violoncello and guitar; Terzetto for violin, cello and guitar

J. S. Bach, Sonata for violin in E Major, BWV 1016; Ciaccona from the Partita in D minor, BWV 1004

José Elizondo, La Alborada de la Esperanza and Otoño en Buenos Aires

In the second concert of the 2019-2020 Music for Peace Series, we present the ravishingly beautiful sounds of the classical guitar for the first time in the series. World-renowned guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk performs works of Bach, Paganini and Elizondo, with the equally renowned violinist James Buswell and cellist Carol Ou, who together form the BFO Trio.

The concert includes transcriptions of two beautiful pieces by Mexican composer José Elizondo. Elizondo's "La Alborada de la Esperanza ("The Dawn of Hope, 2019) was performed in a concert in honor of Pope Francis, who had previously attended a performance of "Otoño en Buenos Aires" (1997). José Elizondo has made these transcriptions specifically for this Music for Peace concert. (Pope Francis became a hero to the peace movement when he declared that possession and deployment, not only use, of nuclear weapons, is immoral, most recently at Hiroshima in November.)

Benefits Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; part of the Music for Peace Series. Single concert: seats $25 in advance for Mass. Peace Action members, $35 for non-members, $10 for students, $35 at the door. Series of 3 concerts: member $65, non-member $80, student $25.

To reserve, write a check to Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund and mail to 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, or call 617-354-2169 with credit card number. Or reserve seats online for the single concert or purchase online for the entire series.

Donations to support our work for peace are needed in any amount. Supporters donate $250 or more to Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; they receive two tickets with preferred seating in the first 3 rows to each concert and recognition in the programs. Sponsors donate $500 and receive four tickets; Benefactors donate $1,000 and receive eight tickets.

The audience is invited to join the musicians and Peace Action members at a reception after the concert.