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Heggie: Out of Darkness - Music of Remembrance

Heggie: Out of Darkness - Music of Remembrance

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In Out of Darkness, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer accomplish something remarkable. They convey the vastness of the Holocaust’s scope through emotionally rich portraits of those caught in its grasp, without reducing them to caricatures of martyrdom. The three chapters of this work relate stories that offer compelling musical witness to survival in the face of unimaginable adversity. Another Sunrise tells the amazing story of Krystyna Żywulska who, after being captured as a member of the Polish resistance, created poems and songs in Auschwitz that circulated secretly and became anthems of defiance amongst her fellow prisoners. Farewell, Auschwitz adapts Krystyna’s lyrics, with their exhortations to preserve a sense of humanity in a place defined by inhuman behaviour. The deeply moving song cycle For a Look or a Touch illuminates Nazi persecution of homosexuals, informing historical realities through an intensely intimate story of memory and loss.

Tracklist
 Artist details
Heggie, Jake
Scheer, Gene - Lyricist
 Another Sunrise
1 Another Sunrise 28:33
Heggie, Jake
Scheer, Gene - Lyricist
Zywulska, Krystyna - Lyricist
 Farewell, Auschwitz
2 I. Prologue: For Maria 00:41
3 II. Soldiers 06:23
4 III. Diamonds 02:39
5 IV. In The Cards 02:18
6 V. Irenka 05:11
7 VI. Miss Ziutka 02:53
8 VII. The Sun and the Skylark 03:12
9 VIII. Farewell, Auschwitz 04:27
Heggie, Jake
Scheer, Gene - Lyricist
 For a Look or a Touch (song cycle version)
10 I. The Voice 03:51
11 II. Golden Years 04:51

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