The diary of Anne Frank inspires composer
[...] The new work, called From the Diary of Anne Frank, will be performed
for the first time on Tuesday by internationally known Toronto soprano Lois
Marshall and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lawrence Leonard. It
will be broadcast later this year on CBC- Radio.
[...]
"These parts [of the diary] struck me particularly because her fears for the safety of a friend were almost as if someone had put into words my own life during those years. . . I know many friends who perished in concentration camps."
"I feel that music should have an immediate impact," he says. "It shouldn't have to be analyzed with a microscope to find technical devices. It should have impact in what
it says."
[...]
