Holocaust Cantata: Songs From The Camps – SATB – Solo and Narrator
Description
Based on original materials from the holocaust memorial museum in Washington, D.C., this is an emotional musical journey through one
of the bleakest episodes in human history. Working from translations
of the original polish and often starting with a single line of
melody, McCullough has fashioned a haunting choral tribute to all
whose lives were destroyed by the horrors of the holocaust. What
emerges is a sense of music’s life-affirming powers.
Instrumentation (HMB219a): cello only.
Contents:
Chorus: 1. The Prisoner Rises (SATB Chorus Piano & Cello)
Reading: 2. Singing Saved My Life (Male)
Chorus: 3. Song Of The Polish Prisoners (TBB Chorus & Piano)
Reading: 4. The Execution Of The Twelve (Male)
Chorus: 5. In Buchenwald (SATB Chorus & Cello)
Reading: 6. A State Of Separation (N1 & N3, Male Or Female; N2, Male;
N4, Female)
Solo: 7. The Train (Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus, Piano & Cello)
Reading: 8. Singing From Birth To Death (Male)
Chorus: 9. The Striped Ones (SSAA Chorus Or Quartet, A Capella)
Reading: 10. There’ No Life Like Life At Auschwitz (Male)
Instrum: 11. Tempo Di Tango (Cello & Piano)
Reading: 12. Letter To Mom (Female)
Duet: 13. Song Of Days Now Gone (Sop. & Mezzo-Sop. Duet, SATB
Chorus, Piano & Cello)
Music Available On (HS266cd).
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Holocaust Cantata: Songs From The Camps by Donald McCullough
Donald McCullough’s composition, Holocaust Cantata: Songs From The Camps, is an homage to the deceased and the surviving Holocaust victims. Formulated from the secret correspondence and songs penned by detained Nazi concentration camp prisoners, this 40-minute cantata is a dramatic musical excursion through one of our darkest periods in our history.
McCullough has manifested powerful translations from the millions of people who were deemed “undesirable” into a lyrical and spoken journey of expression and intimacy of daily camp life. Holocaust Cantata: Songs From The Camps is a somber choral tribute of remembrance and a reminder of how music’s consoling qualities can be.
The piece consists of 13 movements that alternate between music and readings. The chorus, piano, cello, and narrator parts are all included in the Choral Score; however, a separate part is required for the cellist (HMB219A) and available for purchase independently.
