Richard Danielpour: Love Triptych from Margaret Garner

Soprano Marti Newland, accompanied by pianist Artis Wodehouse perform the Love Triptych from the opera, Margaret Garner 1/12/14 live in concert at Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, NYC. The selection was part of a MELODEON concert entitled "Music of the American Jewish Diaspora, Remembrance and Engagement".

Titles of the three arias and time markers for this video are:
Margaret's Lullaby: 0:22
A Quality of Love: 4:02
Intermezzo: 8:31

Margaret Garner was written by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956, of Persian/Jewish descent), in collaboration with poet Toni Morrison (b. 1931). The opera is based on actual events in the life of runaway enslaved person, Margaret Garner. She, her husband and children managed to escape to freedom across the Ohio River, but unfortunately are captured. Before being taken back to slavery, Margaret Garner murders her children so they will be spared slavery's horrors.