I am an Israeli, living in Israel, and second generation to both parents Holocaust survivors. I decided to fulfill a mission to keep the memory alive of the fate of six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, among them were my grandmothers, grandfathers, and other relatives whom I never had the opportunity to know.
Therefore, when I met my wife, a composer who made aliyah from St. Petersburg, Russia about 9 years ago, I asked her to compose a Requiem on the Holocaust. The Requiem is after a famous poem by Holocaust poet, Itzhak Katzenelson. Entitled "The Song of the Murdered Jewish People," the words describe the extermination of the Jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
The Requiem that my wife created is one of the largest symphonic works ever written about the Holocaust. The work was recorded on a CD in its orchestral version only (the original work is also for choirs and Soloists) with a total length of about one-hour.
The financing of the recording and CD printing was aided by grants from The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture from New York, the Tel Aviv Rabinowitz Cultural Foundation and the Israeli Government, including the Departments of Education and Music. This funding covered only 25% of the production cost. The other 75% of the cost was financed personally by me and my husband.
The Moravska Philharmonic Orchestra - from the Czech Republic performed the requiem produced on the CD and Maestro Victor Feldbrill of Toronto, Canada conducted the performance.
Due to lack of additional financing, we are unable to produce the full-scale work with choirs and soloists (cantor). This is crucial for without Katzenelson's words we are missing the primary goal to bring his words to the world. Therefore, we are looking for some organization or private donors that will sponsor a live concert in order to reveal this important work to a larger audience or will grant the full-scale recordings.
Foremost, it is crucial to keep the Holocaust memory alive because such a horrified and dreadful event in the history of mankind had never occurred before. Among such memorials that occur once in a generation or more, are the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and the Movie "Shoah" by Steven Spielberg. Please feel free to send comments to: ucsj@ucsj.com
To contact Ms. Razdolina regarding this CD, please write to her directly at razdolin@netvision.net.il
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