Rita Harvey & Peter Danish "Simple Prayers: For Challenging Times" (12/20/2020)
Rita Harvey (star of Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on The Roof, Next to Normal, etc.) has teamed up this holiday season with author and composer (and BWW.com Classical Music Critic) Peter Danish for an incredibly special new CD. “Simple Prayers for Challenging Times” a collection of short prayers from numerous different faiths set to original music by Danish and performed by Rita Harvey. “We were both seeking a creative outlet during this crazy stressful time and this idea was a godsend. It just seemed like something we could share with absolutely everyone, and hopefully bring a little much needed solace to everybody this holiday season.” said Danish. The CD contains original compositions and a few traditionals in fresh arrangements including sacred Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, Arabic, Orthodox Christian and other faiths’ texts. The album features some special guest artists, including Yiannis Hadjiloizou, the musical director of the Athens Philharmonic Orchestra, and legendary Metropolitan Opera Mezzo-Soprano Stephanie Blythe contributed the lyrics to one of the tracks. Rita has performed with Michael Crawford, Bernadette Peters, Alfred Molina, Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O’Donnell, among others. Danish is an Amazon.com #1 best-selling author of two novels: “The Tenor,” and “Medjugorje,” as well the award-winning play “The Final Days of Wolfe Tone” and the upcoming musicals: “The Flying Dutchman” and “La Paloma.” https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Prayers-Challenging-Times-Harvey/dp/B08QFNYLVG https://www.ritaharvey.com/bio.php https://www.peterdanishthetenor.com/