Overview
- Summary
- "Kaddish was commissioned in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, with the goal of using the impact of a major new choral work to raise awareness of the ongoing global crisis of genocide."--Container.
- Format
- Musical sound recording
- Published
- Westmoreland, N.H. : Larilea, [2008]
©2008 - Contents
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The world before. Where we came from (6:54)
Like cherries in the winter (2:52)
My father bought me a horse (2:20)
Hate me till Tuesday (3:47)
Mutter erd (3:46). The holocaust. My daughter's name (5:54)
Arrival at Auschwitz (3:28)
Himmler's aria (3:02)
What a beautiful place you have here (6:05)
A burden you cannot share (3:12)
Is my voice too loud? (3:07). Tikkun olam. Litany (3:57)
Kaddish prayer (4:42)
Nothing is as whole as a heart which has been broken (2:38)
So here I am (4:23). - Notes
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Compact disc.
Libretto is drawn from interviews with Holocaust survivors; music incorporates elements of folk songs and Klezmer music.
Program notes by Lawrence Siegel on container.
Booklet including libretto with notes to performers, and essay "My Grandmother's voice" by Lawrence Siegel (19 p.) inserted in container.
The world before. Where we came from (6:54) -- Like cherries in the winter (2:52) -- My father bought me a horse (2:20) -- Hate me till Tuesday (3:47) -- Mutter erd (3:46).
The holocaust. My daughter's name (5:54) -- Arrival at Auschwitz (3:28) -- Himmler's aria (3:02) -- What a beautiful place you have here (6:05) -- A burden you cannot share (3:12) -- Is my voice too loud? (3:07).
Tikkun olam. Litany (3:57) -- Kaddish prayer (4:42) -- Nothing is as whole as a heart which has been broken (2:38) -- So here I am (4:23).
VocalEssence Chorus and Orchestra, featuring: Maria Jette, soprano ; Krista J. Palmquist, mezzo-soprano ; Anders Eckman, tenor ; James Bohn, bass-baritone ; Philip Brunelle, conductor.
Recorded Nov. 15, 2008 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 audio disc (approximately 60 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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- 2024-06-21 19:56:00
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