Oratorio Terezin CD Ruth Fazal

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Oratorio Terezin CD Ruth Fazal

Oratorio Terezin is a full length work scored for orchestra, children’s choir, adult choir, and three vocal soloists. Set in the context of the Holocaust, using children’s poetry which miraculously survived from the ghetto of Terezin, woven together with passages from the Hebrew scriptures. Over 15, 000 children passed through Terezin, of whom only one hundred survived. The poignant innocence of their poetry, set against the cry of ‘How long will the wicked exult?’ causes us to come face to face with the testing of faith, in the context of unspeakable human suffering and deprivation. The musical style is both dramatically intense, and sweetly lyrical. The juxtaposition of the children’s and adult’s voices, along with those of the Voice of the Prophet, the Voice of God and the Voice of Suffering create the tension found in the midst of feelings of rejection and abandonment alongside the hope deep within the human heart that all will be well.

DISC 1 Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. I Remember
3. Terezin
4. O GOD Do Not Keep Silent
5. Terezin 2
6. I Am Shut In
7. It All Depends On How You Look At It
8. GOD Is A Refuge For Us
9. The Butterfly
10. Home Sick
11. Home
12. When Israel Was A Child
13. Arise My Love
14. I Am A Jew

DISC 2 Tracks:

1. Voice Of Prophet GOD
2. The Garden
3. Voice Of The Prophet
4. Night In The Ghetto
5. Full Choir
6. The Old House
7. Voice Of GOD
8. Voice Of The Prophet
9. Tears
10. Voice Of The Prophet GOD
11. Birdsong
12. Birdsong 2
13. Voice Of The Prophet
14. On A Sunny Evening
15. Voice Of God

Released 2003

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