Memorial Ceremony and Concert
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Monday 28 January 2008, 6:00 - 8:30PM
Zubin Mehta – Conductor
United States Congressman Tom Lantos – Keynote Speaker
Watch video (47 minutes)
A group photo of the main participants and organizers of the Holocaust Remembrance Day concert. From left to right: Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Avi Shoshani, Secretary-General of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra; Ambassador Richard Swett; Katrina Swett, daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos; Bareket Buchmann, Josef Buchmann, Ron Huldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv; Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General; Srgjan Kerim, President of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly; Daniel Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations; Janice Gillerman, Maestro Zubin Mehta, Nancy Mehta, Tomer Lev, Dean of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music; Ariel Atias, Minister of Communication for Israel; and his wife, Ariel Atias. UN Photo/ Evan Schneider
Programme
Srgjan Kerim
President of the sixty-second session of
the United Nations General Assembly
Dan Gillerman
Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations
Music
Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984) – Psalms (1940)
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Kol Nidre
Adagio on Hebrew Melodies for Cello & Orchestra
Hillel Zori – Cello Solo
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – Symphony no. 5 in C minor op. 67.
Allegro con brio, Andante con moto, Allegro, Allegro
Keynote Address
United States Congressman Tom Lantos:
“Remembrance and Beyond – Civic Responsibility and the Preservation of Democratic Values”
(delivered by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, on behalf of her father Congressman Lantos (D-CA), Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
Memorial Prayer
Ani Maamin- " I believe" , melody composed by Rabbi Azriel David Fastag to the words of the twelfth of the Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith . Known as the Holocaust Hymn, this song is frequently performed at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. El Maleh Rachamim - "Merciful God". This memorial prayer asks God to grant perfect rest to the souls of the dead.