VEDEM
A concert to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, May 10
7:15 p.m. Meet the Composer: John Sharify Interviews Lori Laitman and David Mason
8:00 p.m. Concert
"It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals [Lori Laitman's] exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music."--Journal of Singing
"Lori Laitman has a remarkable gift for setting music to words."--Washington Post
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Our spring concert commemorates lives cut tragically short, and focuses on the youth imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp. You’ll have the privilege of attending the world premiere of MOR’s newest commission, Vedem. This Holocaust oratorio by award-winning composer Lori Laitman and poet/librettist David Mason tells the astonishing story of the boys at Terezín and their clandestine journal Vedem. The incomparable Northwest Boychoir, along with tenor Ross Hauck and mezzo-soprano Angela Niederloh, join us to unveil this extraordinary work. You’ll also hear Pavel Haas’ String Quartet no. 3 from 1938. Cellist Julian Schwarz will return to perform his father Gerard Schwarz’s soulful elegy, composed in memory of our dear friend and colleague David Tonkonogui. Buy your tickets today.
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Vedem Issue No. 52, 1944 |
6:45 p.m. Meet the Composer
John Sharify interviews Lori Laitman and David Mason
Gerard Schwarz
In Memoriam (2005)
Julian Schwarz, cello
In Memoriam (2005)
Julian Schwarz, cello
Elisa Barston, violin Leonid Keylin, violin
Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola Mara Finkelstein, cello
Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola Walter Gray, cello
Lori Laitman
Vedem (2010)
Vedem (2010)
Libretto by David Mason
World Premiere!
A Holocaust Oratorio Commissioned by Music of Remembrance
Ross Hauck, tenor Angela Niederloh, mezzo soprano
Mikhail Shmidt, violin Laura DeLuca, clarinet Walter Gray, cello Mina Miller, piano
The Northwest Boychoir, Joseph Crnko, conductor
The Northwest Boychoir, Joseph Crnko, conductor



