Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim, Chamber Orchestra Version - Violin

Choose Life combines solos, choruses, and a narrator. Gregorian chant, polyphonic motets, Anglican verse and choral anthems, Jewish modes and hymnody, recitative, and Klezmer music blend to create the score. The music and text express bitterness, anguish, anger, our sorrow and need for comfort, our will to overcome evil, and our determination to choose life over death. The readings were selected from Holocaust survivors' writings. Choose Life is staged with singers in costumes, minimal sets, lighting, and choreography. Many musical styles and sounds occur in the score. The music of Adonai and Lazar includes traditional Jewish modes and hymnody, recitative, and klezmer music. Music in the Christian tradition such as Gregorian chant, polyphonic motets, Anglican Verse and Choral anthems also appear in the work. see www.chooselife-music.com Duration: 50:00