The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
Daughters — for mezzo-soprano and piano trio (priced for 4 copies)
SM-000528899
- Composer
- Lori Laitman
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Lyricist
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Anne Ranasinghe, Karen Gershon
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
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Classical / Song
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Violin, Cello, Mezzo-soprano
- Scored for
- Quartet
- Type of score
- Full score, Solo part
- Movement(s)
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1 to 3 from 3
- Duration
- 17'30"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Year of composition
- 1998
Description
Anne Ranasinghe and Karen Gershon both wrote a great deal of Holocaust themed poetry. They were German Jews, each sent by their families to England as teenagers in order to escape the Nazis.
Each poem chosen is a message from poet to daughter. Since both Anne and Karen lost their mothers at such a young age, these poems are particularly poignant. As the mother of three (including one daughter), I was touched on a very emotional level.
You can hear the premiere recording at these links:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddkwZimBiTw
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWaA9BbFy0
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXbC1BiZIdc