Invocation of Eternal Voices (2021)
Pierrot ensemble plus percussion: Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano
9’
Listen to a recording HERE.
Rivera’s program notes:
August 24, 2019. February 23 2020. March 13, 2020. May 25th, 2020.
On each of these days, a light was permanently erased from existence. Human
beings who loved and were loved perished at the hands of hate and those who
hated. Racism, the poison of humanity, brought forth the destruction of these
four souls and countless others. Every day, racism bleeds its way into the
foundation and reaches of our society to strip away beauty, life, and joy. While
the names and voices of those extinguished ring forever in our ears, their cries
will always scorn the senselessness of their deaths. They died not to be heros,
martyrs, or symbols of injustice. Their deaths have no meaning. Their deaths
are the result of monstrous cruelty and unfathomable brutality. As we call to
those voices looking for meaning in their eternal demise, we hear nothing in
response other than "Why?".
