our will to live • music tracks
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OUR WILL TO LIVE
The Terezín Music Critiques of Viktor Ullmann Illustrations by Terezín artists Clothbound. 328 pages. $45 Steidl Verlag • Available October 25, 2021 
YO-YO MA: “Our Will to Live takes readers into the world of Terezín’s silenced artists and makes their voices come alive. A testimony to the inextinguishable strength of the human spirit. There are moments of excruciating beauty, there are heartrending stories, all reminding us that if we lose our humanity, we are nothing.”
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Audio tracks will go live on this page on October 25, 2021, deepening your experience of the book.
1 Josef Suk, “Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale, ‘Saint Wenceslas’”
op. 35 [07:11] Hawthorne String Quartet Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 1, 7, 14, 23 2 Hans Krása, Passacaglia and Fugue for String Trio (Terezín, 1944) [09:37] Si-Jing Huang, violin Mark Ludwig, viola Sato Knudsen, cello Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 16, 17 3 Hans Krása, Finale from children’s opera Brundibár [01:40] Excerpt from the Nazi propaganda film “Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet” (“Theresienstadt. A Documentary from the Jewish Settlement Area”) performed by children in Terezín, 1944. Courtesy of National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University. Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 16, 17 4-5 Gideon Klein, Duo for Violin and Cello I — Allegro con Fuoco [06:31] II — Lento [02:36] Si-Jing Huang, violin Sato Knudsen, cello Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 7, 18, 20 6 Gideon Klein, “Fantasie and Fugue” for String Quartet (Terezín, 1943) [08:15] “Fantasie” “Fugue” Hawthorne String Quartet performing in Terezín Ghetto Museum. Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 7, 18, 20 7-9 Gideon Klein, Piano Sonata (Terezín, 1943) [10:09] Movement I — Allegro con Fuoco Movement II — Adagio Movement III — Allegro Vivace Přemsyl Charnát, piano November 1991 Czech Radio broadcast of a concert featuring Terezín composers in the Jewish Town Hall, Prague. Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 7, 18, 20 10-12 Gideon Klein, String Trio (Terezín, 1944) Movement I — Allegro [02:19] Movement II — Theme and Variations [07:17] Movement III — Molto Vivace [03:04] Ronan Lefkowitz, violin Mark Ludwig, viola Sato Knudsen, cello Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 3, 7, 18, 20 13-16 Pavel Haas, Four Songs on Chinese Poetry (for Karl Berman) (Terezín, 1944) [14:11] “I Heard the Cry of the Wild Geese” (Wei Yingwu) “In the Bamboo Grove” (Wang Wei) “Far is My Home, O Moon” (Zhang Chiu-Ling) “A Sleepless Night” (Han Yu) Karel Berman, baritone Přemsyl Charnát, piano November 1991 Czech Radio broadcast of a concert featuring Terezín composers in the Jewish Town Hall, Prague. Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 8, 14, 15. 17 Pavel Haas, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 7 [08:47] Movement IV — “A Violent Night” Hawthorne String Quartet Will Hudgins, percussion Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 8, 14, 15 18 Pavel Haas, “Studie” for String Chamber Orchestra [02:01] Excerpt from the Nazi propaganda film “Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet” (“Theresienstadt. A Documentary from the Jewish Settlement Area”) performed by prisoners conducted by Karel Ančerl in Terezín 1944. Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critiques 8, 14, 15 19 Sigmund Schul, “In the Shadow of Your Wings” for String Quartet (Terezín, 1942) [02:24] Hawthorne String Quartet Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 10, Additional Terezín Writings 20 Sigmund Schul, “Chassidic Dance” (Terezín, 1942) [01:06] Mark Ludwig, viola Sato Knudsen, cello Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 10, Additional Terezín Writings 21-24 Erwin Schulhoff, String Quartet No. 1 Movement I — Presto con fuoco [02:28] Movement II — Allegretto con moto e con malinconia [04:31] Movement III — Allegro giocoso alla slovacca [02:56] Movement IV — Andante molto sostenuto [07:10] Hawthorne String Quartet Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 11 25 Erwin Schulhoff, “Tempo di Fox a la Hawaii” (Berlin, 1928) [02:00] Erwin Schulhoff, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 11 26 Erwin Schulhoff, “Shimmy-Jazz: Jolie tambour, donne-moi ta rose” (Berlin, 1928) [01:04] Erwin Schulhoff, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 11 27 Viktor Ullmann, Third String Quartet (Terezín, 1943) [13:38] Hawthorne String Quartet Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 3 28 Viktor Ullmann, The Lay of the Love and Death of Christoph Rilke for Recitation and Piano (Terezín, 1944) [29:29] Mark Ludwig, director Annette Miller, recitation Vytas Baksys, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 3 29 Karel Švenk, “Why Does the Black Man Sit at the Back of the Car?” (Terezín, 1943) [01:16] Arrangement by David L. Post Thomas Martin, clarinet Hawthorne String Quartet Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 30 Karel Švenk, “Why Does the Black Man Sit at the Back of the Car?” (Terezín, 1943) [01:06] Performed by Terezín survivor Dr. George Horner, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 31 Karel Švenk, “Why Does the Black Man Sit at the Back of the Car?” (Terezín, 1943) [01:21] Yo-Yo Ma, cello Dr. George Horner, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 32 Karel Švenk, “Terezín Strut” (Terezín, 1943) [01:38] Yo-Yo Ma, cello Dr. George Horner, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 33 Karel Švenk, “Terezín March” (Terezín, 1943) [01:35] Yo-Yo Ma, cello Dr. George Horner, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 34 Karel Švenk, “Lullaby” (Terezín, 1943) [02:27] Yo-Yo Ma, cello Dr. George Horner, piano Suggested listening for Viktor Ullmann critique 12 |