The TMF/Boston Children's Chorus Liberation Tour of Terezin, Prague, and Berlin
HONORING THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE NAZI CAMPS
Above: Receiving a standing ovation June 19, 2015 at Prague's Spanish Synagogue — the Boston Children's Chorus with (from left) TMF Executive Director Mark Ludwig and Liberate Commission composers Sivan Eldar (Israel), David Post (U.S.), and Elaine Agnew (Ireland). The concert featured the premiere of new choral works by the three composers; it was part of TMF's Liberarte Project, honoring the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camps. Special thanks to BCC Music Director Anthony Trecek-King and to the Jewish Museum of Prague for their support for this memorable event.
Above: Receiving a standing ovation June 19, 2015 at Prague's Spanish Synagogue — the Boston Children's Chorus with (from left) TMF Executive Director Mark Ludwig and Liberate Commission composers Sivan Eldar (Israel), David Post (U.S.), and Elaine Agnew (Ireland). The concert featured the premiere of new choral works by the three composers; it was part of TMF's Liberarte Project, honoring the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camps. Special thanks to BCC Music Director Anthony Trecek-King and to the Jewish Museum of Prague for their support for this memorable event.
TMF Executive Director Mark Ludwig performed the "Preludium" by Gideon Klein (Prague 1940) at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague.
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The Boston Children's Chorus rehearsed in the attic theatre of the Magdeburg Barracks of Terezin and at Prague's Deyl Conservatory, and performed in Prague's Spanish Synagogue, Strakonice Church in Pilsen, and Lobkowitz Palace.
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Photos above by Michael J. Lutch.