A Jewish Chronicle (Jüdische Chronik)

World premiere 14. january 1966

Cologne
WDR-Sinfonieorchester

Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi

World premiere 15. february 1966

Leipzig
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig
Contralto Anna Barová
Baritone Vladimir Bauer
Narrator Ekkehard Schall, Hilmar Thate

Conductor Herbert Kegel

A joint project of composers from both parts of Germany (GDR and FRG);
the premieres took place in Cologne and Leipzig at different times in 1966.

The complete work consists of 5 movements:

I Boris Blacher: Prologue (This is happening today)
II Rudolf Wagner-Régeny: Untitled (Will the voices be calling?)
III Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Ghetto (It will be reported)
IV Hans Werner Henze/Paul Dessau: Uprising (Oh soil don’t cover my blood)
V Paul Dessau: Epilogue (This is happening today)