Found in a Train Station
for soprano and ensemble
| Duration: | 11.5 minutes | |
| Instrumentation: | Soprano, Mandolin, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano |
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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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| Year composed: | 2007 | |
| Text: | An authentic note found in a train station during World War II |
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| Language: | to be read in the local language | |
| English Translation: | Available | |
| Commissioned By: | In memory of Edwin Jaffe | |
| Written for: | Avi Avital | |
| 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 |
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Text: |
A note, attached to an infant. . . An infant attached to a note. . . In a train station; somewhere. . .
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