26 Novembre 2009
"This is the theme from Schindler's List, the 1993 movie about the Holocaust.
Erick Friedman, my violin teacher and mentor, had a magnet on his filing cabinet that read "Holocaust: Never Again".
He lost several family members.
The determination of that motto has stayed with me.
I didn't want the mournful tone of this piece to become self-pity or maudlin,
but to maintain the clarity of the statement "we will never let this happen again".
I modified the theme and bowings to create a sense of growing focused emotional intensity as the song progresses.
The final quarter is one of sorrow and I modified the final note to a fading long harmonic."
Ann
Fontanella