Childhood Memories A Choral Dramatization of the Holocaust Original Music by Stephen Freedman Vogt Quality Recordings CSRV 2671 ( LP) (Mass.) Original 1980 stereo custom pressing Temple Isaiah Makhelah - Lexington, Massachusetts |
Our Town Is Burning : Original Yiddish Text, Mordecai Gebirtig Dance Of Death : Folk, Vilna Ghetto I Still Believe : Text, Anne Frank At Terezin : Text, "Teddy" L410 - 1943 Peat Bog Soldiers : German Concentration Camp Song Ani Ma-amin : Folk, Warsaw Ghetto Lullaby At Ponar : Original Yiddish Text, Sh. Kaczerginski March To Eternity : Text And Music, S. Freedman Shema Yisrael : Traditional Hebrew Prayer |
From the liner notes: CHILDHOOD MEMORIES tells the story of the Holocaust through narration and song, in a sensitive yet frank manner. Of the songs contained in the work, three are authentically from the Holocaust period, while the other six were composed by Stephen Freedman. For his original songs, Mr. Freedman utilized texts of writers who perished during those years. A most effective narrative, written from the viewpoint of a survivor remembering experiences from his youth (hence the name CHILDHOOD MEMORIES) was penned by Martha Aft, then Director of Religious Education at Temple Isaiah. |