SOME PLACES I HAVE PLAYED
SITAR
—Town Hall, New York
—Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
—Gandhi Center, Washington, DC
––Harvard University, Boston
—Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
—O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, Saint Paul
—Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
—London, England
—Granada Theater, Santa Barbara—National Public Radio
––Minnesota Public Radio (Interview)
HORN in another life….
—Town Hall, New York
—Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
—Cooper Union, New York
––Brooklyn Symphony, Brooklyn, NY
––Greenwich Village Chamber Orchestra, New York
––New York City Opera
––Bennington Chamber Music Festival of the EastOPERA excerpts from David’s original opera, White Nights, performed live on Minnesota Public Radio by the Rochester Symphony & Chorus
Sitar
After all these years I am finally paying attention to this site.
More to come!
Purchase recordings of David’s Sitar with poets
Robert Bly & Coleman Barks
In the seven centuries since the death of Jelaluddin Rumi in 1273, the world has come to know and thrill to his sacred poetry. In concert with David Whetstone, sitar, and Marcus Wise, tabla, his writing is part of a religious tradition that is believed to excite "spiritual heroism," embracing the holiness of love, lamentation, battle, and the longing for God. Rumi: Voice of Longing collects nearly 100 of Rumi's most memorable quatrains, presented here for the first time on two superbly remastered CD recordings. Includes a special appearance by renowned poet Robert Bly.
Translated and performed by the Rumi scholar Coleman Barks, these works echo with a spiritual complexity that defies their outward simplicity. As Sufism acknowledges the truth of other religions, so does Rumi's poetry reflect universal themes: the search for the highest truth, the mystery of surrender, the longing to overcome ego imprisonment. Rumi: Voice of Longing captures the silence, the love, and the playfulness that make each experience with this work one of sacred wonder.
