- Uniform Title
- Poems from the Holocaust
- Other Title
- Introduction, poems, interludes & conclusion.
- Variant Title
- Song cycles with double bass & piano
- Format
- Musical sound recording
- Author/Creator
- Blank, Allan, 1925-2013, composer.
- Published
- Albany, NY : Albany Records, [2012?]
- Contents
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Poems from the Holocaust. (1996) De profundis : A Song of ascents (instrumental, 5:32) ; At Terezin (2:37) ; Shpieltzeig (5:46) ; Man proposes, God disposes (1:21) ; Makh tsu di Eyegelekh (10:20) ; Butterfly (3:02) ; Kaddish (instrumental, 4:57)
Introduction, five poems, interludes & conclusion. (2007) Introduction (2:56) ; Let evening come (5:28) ; Interlude I (1:57) ; Peonies at dusk (2:13) ; Interlude II (1:23) ; Finding a long gray hair (2:21) ; Interlude III (:59) ; Thimble (2:23) ; Interlude IV (:29) ; Otherwise (5:41) ; Conclusion (4:38).
- Other Authors/Editors
- Sutzkever, Abraham, 1913-2010.
Spiegel, Isaiah, 1906-1990.
Kenyon, Jane.
Thieme, Catharine, singer.
Miller, Jennifer (Soprano), singer.
Kohn, Andrew, instrumentalist.
Thieme, Robert, instrumentalist.
Frankenberry, Robert, instrumentalist.
Blank, Allan, 1925-2013.
- Notes
-
Song cycles with double bass and piano acc.; 1st work with mezzo-soprano, 2nd with soprano.
Words for 1st work by Abraham Sutzkever, Isaiah Spiegel, and children interned at Terezin concentration camp; for 2nd, by Jane Kenyon.
Compact disc.
"Funding was provided by an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, a West Virginia University Faculty Development Grant, a West Virginia University College of Creative Arts Professional Activities Grant, and the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts Dean's Music Fund."
Program and biographical notes, and texts (with English translations of the Yiddish) ([14] p. : ports., ill.) inserted in container.
Poems from the Holocaust. (1996) De profundis : A Song of ascents (instrumental, 5:32) ; At Terezin (2:37) ; Shpieltzeig (5:46) ; Man proposes, God disposes (1:21) ; Makh tsu di Eyegelekh (10:20) ; Butterfly (3:02) ; Kaddish (instrumental, 4:57) -- Introduction, five poems, interludes & conclusion. (2007) Introduction (2:56) ; Let evening come (5:28) ; Interlude I (1:57) ; Peonies at dusk (2:13) ; Interlude II (1:23) ; Finding a long gray hair (2:21) ; Interlude III (:59) ; Thimble (2:23) ; Interlude IV (:29) ; Otherwise (5:41) ; Conclusion (4:38).
Mark Benincosa, recording engineer ; Mark Benincosa and Andrew Kohn, producers.
Catharine Thieme, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; Jennifer Miller, soprano (2nd) ; Andrew Kohn, double bass ; Robert Thieme (1st work), Robert Frankenberry (2nd work), piano.
1st work sung in English and Yiddish, 2nd in English.
