Nirmali Fenn - When Apathy is Betrayal (CD)

Composer Nirmali Fenn's When Apathy is Betrayal is an album length work for two sopranos and ensemble that interrogates the absence of empathy that allows us to disconnect from the profound suffering of displaced peoples in the modern world. Drawing on influences from Sri Lankan drumming and North Indian devotional singing while assembling a text from various collaborative sources, Fenn's poignant work is as rich in expressive color as it is powerful in the message it carries.