"...It would speak to the seasons." Join us for a rich evening of time circling through the elegant sounds of Rami Seo's kayagǔm. Powerful at times, passive at others, Ms. Seo's stringed wonder takes us from spring through summer, to autumn's passing and wintry embrace...and back again to spring. Relax amid the contemplative sounds and relish the rich history of the kayagǔm.Thursday, May 20, 2010
6:15 PM Check-in
6:30 PM Recital
"If This Kayagŭm Could Talk..."
Kayagŭm Recital
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
$10 for members and students; $20 for nonmembers
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)
For more information or to register for the program, please contact Heewon Kim or 212-759-7525, ext. 355.
If this kayagǔm could talk…
If this kayagǔm could talk
It might tell tales…
Of kings that ruled
In gilded courts,
Bent peasants
Out in the fields,
A nameless ki-saeng
With her private audience,
A famed musician
Whose song is legend;
Or it might tell
Of untried dreams,
And uncounted hours,
Unspoken truths,
And unshed tears…
If this kayagǔm could talk
You just might hear
The unstrung words
To my heart’s impetuous song;
Within each measure
My unrelenting pulse;
My palpable Joy
Resonating…
Beneath my weeping fingertips.
-Michelle C. Yoon
LIVE HOUSE KOREA is made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.