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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Petroc Trelawny marks the solemn anniversary of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a live broadcast from the site.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (the Nazi extermination camp) by Soviet forces in 1945. In a special broadcast from the site, Petroc Trelawny reflects, and commemorates the lives of those murdered in the Holocaust and those who survived, through music, stories and poetry.

We hear the Chief Rabbi of Krakow, Boaz Gadka, sing the Jewish prayer for the dead, 'El Male Rachamim', specially recorded at Auschwitz. We also hear accordion player Jaroslaw Bester, recorded at Krakow's Tempel Synagogue.

Cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 99 years old, is the last surviving member of the Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz. Her son, the cellist Raphael Wallfisch, in honour of his mother, plays a Bach Allemande and Sarabande from the 5th cello suite and Robert Schumann's Tr盲umerei.

Shai Wosner, pianist and son of Holocaust survivors, performs the Hungarian Melody by Franz Schubert and Gideon Klein's Wiegenlied, which he specially recorded for this broadcast.

We will also hear extracts from the writings of Primo Levi and Tadeusz Borowski.

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Music Played

  • Traditional Jewish

    Sh'ma Yisrael

    Performer: Rabbi Boaz Gadka.

  • Salamone Rossi

    Hashirim asher lish'lomo (the Songs of Solomon): The Full Kadish: "Magnified and

    Ensemble: Profeti della Quinta. Ensemble: Muscadin.
    • Rossi: The Song of Solomon and Instrumental Music.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight" (1st mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Pavel Haas

    Strind Quartet no. 2.3rd mvt: The Moon and I

    Ensemble: Bennewitz Quartet.
    • Ullmann - Krasa - Schulhoff - Haas.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no. 5: Allemande, Sarabande

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.posth

    Performer: W艂adys艂aw Szpilman.
    • BMG.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Romance (From "The Adventures of Robin Hood")

    Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Simon Laks

    String Quartet No. 3: III. Vivace non troppo

    Ensemble: Dover Quartet.
    • Voices of Defiance.
    • Cedille.
    • 9.

  • Zygmunt Bia艂ostocki

    Rebekah Tango

    Performer: Zofia Tern茅.
    • 4EVER MUSIC.

  • SYRENA RECORDS SELECTION

    1. untitled (folk band - far South of Poland) 2. Koraliki "Coral" by Aniela Szelminska

  • W艂adys艂aw Szlengel

    Again That Night

    Performer: Mieczys艂aw Fogg.
    • 4EVER MUSIC.

  • POEM

    "The Sun of Auschwitz" by Tadeusz Borowski, read by Henry Goodman

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Sea Murmurs

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Maria Todtenhaupt. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Escape To Paradise - The Hollywood Album.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Clara Schumann & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios & String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Elijah)

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mendelssohn : Elijah.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Hungarian Melody

    Performer: Shai Wosner.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 7 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Dvor谩k: The Symphonies/Overtures.
    • Decca.
    • 28.

  • R. T. Odeman

    Die Denkmalschanderin

    Singer: Olga Rinnebach.
    • Die Zeit vergeht (Robert T. Odeman - Ein Portrait in historischen Aufnahmen).
    • duo-phon records.
    • 01.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA.

  • Traditional Jewish

    El Malei Rachamim

    Performer: Rabbi Boaz Gadka.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Anon Roma

    Mai avla o cajto

    Ensemble: Burgenland-Lovara Roma. Singer: Ugi Tarquini.
    • KZ MUSIK Vol 20.
    • KZ MUSIK.
    • 11.

  • Gideon Klein

    Wiegenlied

    Performer: Shai Wosner. Performer: Alma Wosner.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride: Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.
    • Ancerl Gold Edition 29. Beethoven, Glinka, Berlioz, Mozart, Smetana, Shostakovic.
    • SUPRAPHON a.s..
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei - Dreaming

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins (1st mvt)

    Performer: Arnold Ros茅. Performer: Alma Ros茅.
    • J.S. Bach & Beethoven: Works.
    • Biddulph Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in D minor BWV 926

    Performer: Jaroslaw Bester. Music Arranger: Jaroslaw Bester.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op. 130: 5th mvt, Cavatina

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Last String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 25.

  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bebe Risenfors.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • POEM

    1"1 February 1946", by Primo Levi, read by Henry Goodman

  • Erwin Schulhoff

    Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Grand Ballet (extract)

    Ensemble: Ebony Band. Conductor: Werner Herbers.
    • Schulhoff: Ensemble Works, Vol. 1.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Kaddische (2 Hebrew Melodies)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Works by Bloch, Caplet and Ravel.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 10.

  • Mordechai Gebirtig

    Dos Lidl fun Goldenem Land

    Performer: Jaroslaw Bester. Music Arranger: Jaroslaw Bester.

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