New World Symphony: The Diary of Anne Frank
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/04/2024 @ 04:45 PM
Saturday October 5 & Sunday, October 6
Stéphane Denève conducts Michael Tilson Thomas' From the Diary of Anne Frank.
Michael Tilson Thomas:
"The work is a melodrama in the form of symphonic variations. It was written for Audrey Hepburn. Audrey had grown up in occupied Holland; she was exactly the same age as Anne Frank and identified strongly with her. While some of the words concern tragic events, so many of them reflect the youthful, optimistic, inquisitive, and compassionate spirit of their author. Above all, we wanted these qualities to come through in the piece, and so I have derived the themes … from turns of phrases in traditional Jewish music, especially the hymn to life, Kaddish."
