Product Number | 8740* |
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Composer/Arranger | Hoffman, Stanley M. |
Text Author | Koplowicz, Abraham |
Voicing & Instruments | SATB Chorus (divisi) and Piano or Chamber Orchestra |
Instrumentation | 2[pic.2] 1 1 1 — 2-1-1-1 timp+1 — hp — str |
Difficulty | Moderately Difficult |
Text Language | English |
Topics (Secular) | Nature/Landscape/Earth/Sky, Jewish, Holocaust |
Publisher | E. C. Schirmer Music Company |
Recording Credits | Recorded by From Age to Age, under the drection of Peter J. Durow. Used by permission. |
A creative and unusual work, The Gale uses text painting, sound effects, and crafty choral writing to bring to life the text written by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. He wrote this poem during the time that his family was trapped in the Lodz ghetto. The terror of the storm represents a deeper terror, the "swallow and his wife...wondering what will come next" allegorically speaks for the people. So it is with the entire poem, which results in a powerful piece of music which is equally effective accompanied by piano or by chamber orchestra. Duration: 6:30