Archive for July 29th, 2013
Canada: Orchestra travels to Kootenays to play requiem for melting B.C. glacier
Posted by Vancouver Sun: Bill Metcalfe on July 29th, 2013
Vancouver Sun: Fifty musicians trekked to Farnham Glacier in the Kootenays Saturday to perform for the glacier itself and express their grief about the melting of glaciers with the aptly titled composition Requiem for a Glacier.
“I felt it, as I was playing,” said violinist Gerda Crosthwaite, 74, of Kaslo. “It is farewell to a glacier, feeling sadness it will happen. We cannot stop it any more.”
“It’s an opportunity to help save the glaciers,” said 15-year-old violinist Joy Motzkus. “It’s for the animals...