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3_Zeher (Poison) - Reena Esmail

from Healing Modes (ICR014) by Brooklyn Rider

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Zeher (Poison) (2018)

In September 2018, I developed an infection in my throat that wouldn’t subside. For two weeks, it became increasingly difficult to swallow, to breathe and especially to speak. During this time of intense, painful silence, I thought about what this loss of voice represented for me. Of how many times in my life I had been rendered voiceless—either by others or by my own doing. Healing, in this case, was not about enduring the pain, but about releasing the poison I have always swallowed—that didn't belong to me. It was only when I felt myself begin to release that poisonous energy that I felt the physical infection begin to subside.

This piece was conceived during those dark weeks, and is simply about that release. It uses two incredibly beautiful Hindustani raags: the dark and mysterious Todi and the mournful Bhimpalas. While working on this piece, I was also working on a setting of a beautiful Hafiz poem which ends “When the violin can forgive / every hurt caused by others / the heart starts singing.” That is very much the spirit of this piece, too.
—Reena Esmail

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from Healing Modes (ICR014), released March 27, 2020
Brooklyn Rider: Johnny Gandelsman & Colin Jacobsen - violin
Nicholas Cords - viola
Michael Nicolas - cello

Recorded & mixed at Oktaven Studio, 06/11/19-06/13/19
Mastered at Zampol Productions

Recording engineer: Ryan Streber
Mixing engineer: Ryan Streber
Mastering engineer: Oscar Zambrano

Art design: Elizabeth Andia Azen

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Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), the veteran string quartet Brooklyn Rider presents eclectic repertoire and gripping performances that continue to draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.” ... more

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