Radio Programs
Episode 11: Holocaust
This episode features several musical responses to the extermination of six million European Jews in the Second World War, including a “new haggada” based on the Warsaw ghetto uprising, many poem settings, and an elegy for Anne Frank.
| PART ONE | |
| Audio for this program is currently unavailable. | |
| 05:00 | Max Helfman: Di naye hagode (excerpts) |
| 16:25 | Lazar Weiner: Yidn zignen “ani mamin” |
| 22:00 | Gershon Kingsley: Voices from the Shadow (excerpts) |
| 31:15 | Robert Beaser: The Heavenly Feast |
| PART TWO | |
| Audio for this program is currently unavailable. | |
| 03:30 | Robert Stern: Voices from Terezin |
| 15:30 | Bruce Adolphe: “Ani Ma’amin” from Out of the Whirlwind |
| 22:30 | Lukas Foss: Elegy for Anne Frank |
| 32:30 | David Stock: A Little Miracle |
*Times are approximate
| About the Series: Produced in conjunction with the WFMT network and broadcast on radio stations throughout the U.S., American Jewish Music from the Milken Archive with Leonard Nimoy is a 13-part series of two-hour programs featuring highlights from the Milken Archive’s extensive collection of the musical recordings. Episodes include interviews and commentary with Lowell Milken, Neil W. Levin, and Gerard Schwarz. Radio stations interested in broadcasting the series should contact media@milkenarchive.org. |
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Date: December 31, 1969
Credit: Milken Family Foundation
