The Canadian Jewish Congress, Eastern Region, recently presented the premier performance of the commissioned work, “Three Songs of the Holocaust,” at the Samuel Bronfman House. The work is a song cycle inspired by “O the Chimneys” written by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs in 1961. It was composed by Prof. Marvin Duchow of McGill University at the request of the Jewish Music Committee. This work and selections by other composers presented at the concert was recorded for broadcast on the CBC Stereo Network and will be presented nationwide on the Arts National Program on Wednesday, April 18, 1979 at 4:04 p.m. local time.
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