All videos below are from Music of Remembrance’s Art From Ashes concert 1.26.26 at Benaroya Recital Hall in Seattle, WA. Featuring the Northwest Boychoir with Jacob Winkler, Music Director; soprano Vanessa Isiguen; tenor Martin Bakari; clarinetist Laura DeLuca; violinist Mikhail Shmidt; cellist Eric Han and pianist Christina Valdés.

Thanks to videographer Andrew Mayatskiy for the beautiful work and to Mina Miller for everything!

Above: Hear My Story Now (lyrics by David Mason)

Above: Memories of Prague (start of song, lyrics by Petr Ginz)

Above: Memories of Prague (end of song, lyrics by Petr Ginz)

Above: Vedem (lyrics by David Mason)

Above: Thoughts (lyrics by Hanuš Hachenburg)

Above: A Model Ghetto (start of song, lyrics by David Mason)

Above: A Model Ghetto (near end of song, lyrics by David Mason)

Above: Farewell to Summer (lyrics by Zdeněk Ornest)

Above: We Were No Different Than You (lyrics by David Mason)

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Libretto by David Mason (b.1954).

From the Vedem oratorio, commissioned by Mina Miller, Founder and Artistic Director and made possibly by a generous grant from the William O and K Carole Ellison Foundation. The work tells the story of the boys of Terezin and their secret magazine Vedem, and the work premiered May 10, 2010 at the Illsley Ball Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA.

To purchase the Music of Remembrance CD or mp3, featuring The Northwest Boychoir, please click here.

ERRATA:

Part 12: A Model Ghetto: Tenor part, m. 147: the pickup should be a 16th note, not an 8th.

The work has been staged by Indianapolis Opera and Opera Orlando. Please contact me regarding the oratorio score and parts or any licensing questions.

VIDEOS:

All videos below are from Music of Remembrance’s Art From Ashes concert 1.26.26 at Benaroya Recital Hall in Seattle, WA. Featuring the Northwest Boychoir with Jacob Winkler, Music Director; soprano Vanessa Isiguen; tenor Martin Bakari; clarinetist Laura DeLuca; violinist Mikhail Schmidt; cellist Eric Han and pianist Christina Valdés.

Thanks to videographer Andrew Mayatskiy for the beautiful work and to Mina Miller for everything!

Above: Hear My Story Now (lyrics by David Mason).

Above: Memories of Prague (start of song, lyrics by Petr Ginz)

Above: Memories of Prague (end of song, lyrics by Petr Ginz)

Above: Vedem (lyrics by David Mason)

Above: Thoughts (lyrics by Hanuš Hachenburg)

Above: A Model Ghetto (start of song, lyrics by David Mason)

Above: A Model Ghetto (near end of song, lyrics by David Mason)

Above: Farewell to Summer (lyrics by Zdeněk Ornest)

Above: We Were No Different Than You (lyrics by David Mason)

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Memories of Prague (to text of Petr Ginz) and Five (to text of Hanuš Hachenburg) , arranged for either tenor or mezzo-soprano with piano.

Memories of Prague (for mezzo-soprano/piano), Five (for tenor/piano), and Farewell to Summer (mezzo-soprano/tenor duet with piano).

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2018 | mezzo-soprano/clarinet and piano; tenor/clarinet/piano.

2018 | mezzo-soprano/violin/piano; tenor/violin/piano.

2019 | a duet option for mezzo-soprano and tenor/clarinet/piano was created for the oratorio.

From the Vedem oratorio and Vedem Songs.

Poem by Zdenek Ornest (aka “Orce”) (1929-1990). 

To purchase the mp3 of Angela Niederloh, Laura De Luca and Mina Miller performing this song, please click here.

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2018: Violin versions created.

This six song cycle is drawn from the Vedem oratorio, commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Poems are by Petr Ginz (1928-1944), Hanuš Hachenburg (1929-1944), Zdeněk Ornest aka Orče (1929-1990), and Josef Taussig (1914-1945).

Memories of Prague; Five; Just A Little Warmth; Thoughts; Love In The Floodgates; Farewell To Summer.

ERRATA for VEDEM ORATORIO and VEDEM SONGS.

JUST A LITTLE WARMTH:

39-40, violin — the octave may be incorrect in some versions. The phrase starts on a B a 7th above middle C and continues in that register until 41.

In THOUGHTS:

53, the F# should be up an octave, and 15 should be completely slurred.

Change original tempo to quarter=92; also change marking to 92 at 32.

82 add forte to Mezzo and Clarinet and Piano in full score.

88 remove metronome marking.

In FAREWELL TO SUMMER:

34-36, piano, Right Hand: The A in the chord should be an A#.

69-70, piano, Left Hand: the Abs should be tied across the bar line .

If you have an older copy, please email for a complimentary updated score.

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The photo above is of the 4 survivors of the Boys of Terezin, Home #1, who wrote for the magazine, and who attended the Premiere in 2010. Pictured from left to right are Emil Kopel, Leo Lowy, Sidney Taussig and George Brady. Their story, and that of the genesis of the oratorio, is told in the film The Boys of Terezin.

Libretto by David Mason (b.1954) and Poems by Petr Ginz (1928-1944), Hanuš Hachenburg (1929-1944), Zdeněk Ornest aka Orče (1929-1990), and Josef Taussig (1914-1945).

The Transports; Memories of Prague; Home Number One; Vedem; Five; Just A Little Warmth; In Terezin The Mind Was Free; Thoughts: Like Leaves About To Fall; Love In The Floodgates; We Were Alive, Approximately; A Model Ghetto; They Are Gone; Farewell To Summer; We Were No Different Than You.

This oratorio was commissioned by Mina Miller, Founder and Artistic Director of Music of Remembrance, and made possible by a generous grant from the William O and K Carole Ellison Foundation. Music of Remembrance (MOR) premiered the work at the Illsley Ball Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA on May 10, 2010. The songs from the oratorio can be sung independently as a separate song cycle (Vedem Songs). To purchase the Naxos recording of the premiere, featuring The Northwest Boychoir, please click here.

The work can also be performed with children’s chorus instead of boychoir. The oratorio has been staged by Opera Orlando and Indianapolis Opera. Please contact me regarding the oratorio score and parts or for any licensing questions. More information can be found in my Opera Catalog (see Opera Page).

See also Vedem Songs and Vedem Choral Cycle.

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