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FOUND IN A TRAIN STATION

for soprano and ensemble

Duration:
11'30" minutes

Instrumentation:
soprano, mandolin, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Year Composed:
2007

Text:
An authentic note found in a train station during World War II

Language:
To be read in the local language

Written For:
Avi Avital

Commissioned By:
In memory of Edwin Jaffe

Premiere Performance:
26 January 2008
Modena, Italy
Tehila Nini-Goldstein, soprano
Avi Avital, mandolin
Gilad Harel, clarinet
Jonathan Keren, violin
Luca Bacelli, cello
Amit Dolberg, piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE HOLOCAUST

THEMES:

HOLOCAUST

SACRIFICE

HOPE

REMORSE

Program Notes:

The text I have used for my composition is a note, written and found at a train station, somewhere in Poland, during the Second World War Holocaust. It contains the last words of a mother, who right before stepping into the train that carried Jewish passengers to their bitter end, had decided to abandon her child with an attached note, bearing the hope that someone will have a heart to save the kid. The music portrays the running thoughts, passiveness, stored-anger, remorse and hope that ran in the mind of the mother, facing this heart-breaking dilemma.

The work is dedicated to mandolin player Avi Avital and was commissioned in memory of Edwin Jaffe, who always looked for the bright and hopeful side of life.

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