On February 6, Adam Fischer conducts the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra as they perform, “Agua es vida” based on the theme of water. The composition was commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Symphony, and the dedication reads:
The opening melody is a chant for the orchestra and future audiences.
I heard the ‘Agua Es Vida’ chant in the New York Stop Shopping Choir through the pipeline protests’ Lakota phrase ‘ Mni Wiconi,’ Water is Life. This piece is dedicted to people lacking water & to bodies ofwater on our precious planet earth constantly flowing peace into existence.
So be it!
The premiere, paired against pieces by Beethoven, Salieri, and Schubert is part of a series dedicated to bringing awareness to environmental issues. The orchestra says: ‘This is a “Green Monday” – our path to a sustainable concert experience. Around these concerts we highlight specific sustainability topics, this time “water”. We enter into dialogue with experts, bundle information and try things out together with the audience “How a concert evening can become more sustainable little by little. In addition, part of the international collaborative composition “Green Piece” will be heard in the concert.’ More info here