Composer Sergio Ortega wrote, “One day in June, 1973, three months before the bombing by Pinochet’s military coup, I was walking through the plaza in front of the Palace of Finance in Santiago, Chile, and saw a street singer shouting, ‘The people united will never be defeated’ – a well-known Chilean chant for social change.”
Two years later, Ortega’s friend Frederic Rzewski composed a stunning set of 36 variations on the song.
On Sunday, November 8 at 3 p.m., Dr. Matthew Phelps, Founder and Artistic Director of Vocal Arts Nashville, will perform the piece at Xavier University in a concert that will be streamed online.
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| Dr. Matthew Phelps |
On Sunday, November 8 at 3 p.m., Dr. Matthew Phelps, Founder and Artistic Director of Vocal Arts Nashville, will perform the piece at Xavier University in a concert that will be streamed online.
We talked to the Cincinnati native about the piece:
