Vedem Songs

2010: for mezzo-soprano and tenor with clarinet and piano; OR mezzo or tenor with clarinet and piano.

2018: Violin versions created.

This six song cycle is drawn from the Vedem oratorio, commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Poems are by Petr Ginz (1928-1944), Hanuš Hachenburg (1929-1944), Zdeněk Ornest aka Orče (1929-1990), and Josef Taussig (1914-1945).

Memories of PragueFiveJust A Little Warmth; ThoughtsLove In The FloodgatesFarewell To Summer.

ERRATA for VEDEM ORATORIO and VEDEM SONGS.

JUST A LITTLE WARMTH:

39-40, violin — the octave may be incorrect in some versions. The phrase starts on a B a 7th above middle C and continues in that register until 41.

In THOUGHTS:

53, the F# should be up an octave, and 15 should be completely slurred.

Change original tempo to quarter=92; also change marking to 92 at 32.

82 add forte to Mezzo and Clarinet and Piano in full score.

88 remove metronome marking.

In FAREWELL TO SUMMER:

34-36, piano, Right Hand: The A in the chord should be an A#.

69-70, piano, Left Hand: the Abs should be tied across the bar line .

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