Leshnoff Elegy

Farber Bestemming, Concerto for Cello and Narrator

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)

Yaniv Attar, conductor
Amit Peled, cello
Daniel Gale, narrator

Jonathan Leshnoff’s Elegy, commissioned by our Music Director Yaniv Attar in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, is a deeply moving work resounding with beauty and introspection. Sharon Farber’s Concerto for Cello and Narrator blends powerful storytelling with the soulful voice of the cello in a unique and captivating experience. The cello, along with a narrator, recounts the story of an actor who survived the Holocaust and saved an American pilot and 150 Jewish children. The concert concludes with Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), a masterpiece that celebrates heroism and the triumph of the human spirit.

Generously sponsored by The Jewish Community of Greater Rockford.

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