Schönberg, Arnold (1874-1951) | A Survivor from Warsaw, for narrator, male chorus and orchestra, Op.46 | |
Schostakowitsch, Dmitrij (1906-1975) | Symphonie Nr. 13 in b-Moll "Babi Jar", Op.113 |
Orchestre National de Lille | |
Joshua Weilerstein | Musikalische Leitung |
Lambert Wilson | Schauspiel |
Dmitry Belosselskiy | Bass |
Philharmonia Chorus | |
Gavin Carr | Chorleitung |
The Orchestre National de Lille makes a vibrant plea against the scourge of antisemitism. Evoking the victims of the past, this programme reminds us that, in the words of Bertolt Brecht, ‘the belly is still fertile from which the foul beast sprang’.