Tell it to the Sky
Maarten Ornstein
Amsterdam
Tell it to the Sky is a new composition cycle of six songs by Maarten Ornstein for baritone, piano, and cello, set to texts by poets currently living — or struggling to live — in Gaza: Mohammed Mousa, Adel al Ramadi, Samar al Ghussein, and Hala Salah. Their poignant poetry expresses both hope and despair — the hope to survive, to reunite with a loved one, to see rain and flowers; and the despair over lost friends and family amidst destruction, hunger, and chaos.Maarten has set six of these poems