September 12, 2002
September 11 Commemorative Concert
"Flowers of September 11,"
Filipino artist Ben C. Francisco's powerful symbolism for
New York City's World Trade Center Towers set ablaze by
terrorists' attack, greeted guests in the concert held at
the Cultural Center of the Philippines last Wednesday, September
11. The concert paid tribute to the more than 3,000
people from over 90 countries who lost their lives in the
terrorists' attack on the U.S. last year. |
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"Words do help us transcend the horror
of September 11, 2001," Ambassador Ricciardone said in his remark
during the concert, "but they are inadequate to the task.
Accordingly, we turn this evening to sacred music, both to celebrate
the lives of our lost loved ones, and reinforce our faith in the
future."
Link to the "In Memoriam Page"
U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone welcomes
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the concert. President
Macapagal-Arroyo and Presidential Executive Secretary Roberto
Romulo led government officials who attended the concert
Relatives of Filipino victims in the September 11 attacks were
also among the more than 1,000 guests who attended the concert.
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) performed Aaron Copland's
A Fanfare for a Common Man, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings,
and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's A Requiem. At the time of
the concert in Manila, artists throughout the globe also performed
Mozart's Requiem as part of a worldwide commemoration of the September
11 tragedy.
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Ambassador Ricciardone, his wife Dr. Marie Dunn Ricciardone,
and U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Conselor Ronald Post (right)
led the U.S. diplomatic mission in welcoming the guests
to the concert.
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Link to the "In Memoriam Page"
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