“Farewell, Auschwitz” from Out of Darkness (2016)
Commissioned by Music of Remembrance
World Premiere, arrangement for child voices – January 27, 2020
Poetry written in Auschwitz by Krystyna Zywluska and adapted by Gene Scheer
The Northwest Boychoir, Joseph Crnko director
Seattle Girls Choir, Prime Voci, Jacob Winkler director
Megan Parker, soprano; Karen Early Evans, mezzo soprano; Erich Parce, baritone
Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Walter Gray, cello; Jonathan Green, double bass;
Mina Miller, piano