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2004-11-22: Terezin Triptych    

Monument to the victims of Terezin (photo by Mitchell Bard, used with permission)

Distinguished Cellist Joyce Geeting has recently commissioned a three-movement Cello-Piano Sonata called:

Terezin Triptych

Joyce plans to premiere the new work at St. Martin-in-The-Fields sometime in early Spring 2005.

This work has been conceived as a tribute to the sixtieth anniversary of the Liberation (1945) from Nazi concentration camps, among them the fortress/waystation at Theresienstadt (known today as Terezin). Terezin was remarkable for the number of Jewish artists, scholars and musicians held there, many of whom died at Terezin or were sent on to death camps such as Auschwitz. The cultural life maintained at Terezin in the face of abject cruelty and deprivation is a tribute to the power of the human spirit.

The term "triptych" generally refers to a Medieval or Renaissance painting or carving divided into three panels, the outer panels of which fold over the larger middle one. Similarly, in Terezin Triptych the stirring middle movement is the longest. The three movements are entitled:

Watch for details about the premiere of this powerful major addition to the cello/piano repertoire. After its premiere in 2005, the score will be available for purchase at our website store.

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