World première of “That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple” by Jerome N. Margolis in Venice, Old Ghetto, conducted by Davide Casali.
That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple, Pittsburgh, PA, for string orchestra (composed: October 30, 2018) premiered in Venice, Old Ghetto, by the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta conducted by Jewish-and-Holocaust-music specialist, Davide Casali. The performance, within the Festival Viktor Ullmann, is a collaboration with ICAMus and with the composer.
American composer Jerome N. Margolis (born in 1941) wrote That Their Memory Be Blessed in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Synagogue mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018.
Dr. Margolis donated this unpublished and unperformed score to the ICAMus Archive, as part of a major donation of his works.
The concert, featuring a program of rare pieces, takes place at the Sala Montefiore of the Old Ghetto (Ghetto Vecchio) in Venice, Italy. Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 6:30 pm; free admission.
In the image below: Poster/Flyer for the January 12, 2020 concert in Venice conducted by Davide Casali, featuring That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple, Pittsburgh, PA, for string orchestra, by American composer Jerome N. Margolis.
CONCERT PROGRAM
Festival Viktor Ullmann
ORCHESTRA REGIONALE FILARMONIA VENETA
Direttore DAVIDE CASALI
Sala Montefiore, Ghetto Vecchio, Venezia
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2020, 6:30 pm
Free admission
MARC LAVRY (1903-1967)
Jewish Suite, for string orchestra, op. 17 (Berlin, 1929)
1. Allegretto – 2. Andante – 3.Vivace
VITO LEVI (1899-2002)
Adagio per orchestra d’archi in memoria di mio padre (Trieste,1942)
KARL WEIGL (1881-1949)
Summer Evening Music, for string orchestra (1938). World première performance
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN (1892-1981)
Variationd and fugue on a theme by Johann Kuhnau for Bertus van Lier, for string orchestra (1935)
JEROME N. MARGOLIS (born in 1941)
That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple, Pittsburgh, PA,for string orchestra (composed: October 30, 2018). World première performance, in collaboration with ICAMus - The International Center for American Music and with the composer.
In the image below: Conductor Davide Casali, a specialist of Jewish and Holocaust music, Artistic Director of the Festival Viktor Ullmann.
Download the Poster/Flyer (PDF) for the January 12, 2020 concert in Venice conducted by Davide Casali, featuring That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple, Pittsburgh, PA, for string orchestra, by American composer Jerome N. Margolis.
Download the Program (PDF) for the January 12, 2020 concert in Venice conducted by Davide Casali, featuring That Their Memory Be Blessed. For the Victims: The Tree of Life Temple, Pittsburgh, PA, for string orchestra, by American composer Jerome N. Margolis.
In the photo below: JEROME N. MARGOLIS.
Find out more on contemporary American composer, JEROME N. MARGOLIS - Biographical Note, Catalogue of Works, photos, and information on Dr. Margolis’ recent donation of scores to the ICAMus Special Collections - ON THIS PAGE.
Learn more about Festival Viktor Ullmann and conductor Davide Casali, the Festival’s artistic director.
