- Annelies
"Annelies" is a full-length choral work based on the
Diary of Anne Frank .cite web |url=http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=20278&hilite= |title=Response Source | Press Releases - NEW ORATORIO BASED ON THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK | Journalist enquiries, press releases and more! |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= 2005-01-05|language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZP7BNTNv|archivedate= 2008-07-18|quote= |accessdate=2008-07-18] The music is by the British composerJames Whitbourn and the libretto is compiled from the diary by Melanie Challenger.cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/04/08/bmannelies08.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/04/08/ixartleft.html |title=Anne's story brims with childlike innocence - Telegraph Anne's story brims with childlike innocence - Telegraph |author= Geoffrey Norris|authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2005-04-08|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZP7Mac2Z|archivedate= 2008-07-18|quote= |accessdate=2008-07-18]Movements from "Annelies" were first performed at the National UK Holocaust Memorial Day in Westminster Hall, London on 27th January 2005. The World Premiere of the full work followed three months later in April 2005 and was given at the Cadogan Hall, London, conducted by
Leonard Slatkin with the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.The US Premiere was presented in April 2007 at Westminster Choir College, Princeton NJ with Lynn Eustis (soprano) under
James Jordan (conductor) , in the reduced scoring for soprano, choir and chamber ensemble. The chamber ensemble comprises violin, cello, piano and clarinet.Notes
External links
- - * [http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2496&State_3054=1&composerId_3054=1712 Works page at G Schirmer Inc]
-- * [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2432&State_3041=2&workId_3041=14649 Annelies page at Chester Music]
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