Product DescriptionTHIS ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE PERFORMED BY THE IPO AND CONDUCTED BY ZUBIN MEHTA AT YAD VASHEM THE LARGEST REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION AND MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST IN THE WORLD. INCLUDES INTERACTIVE MENU AND SCENE ACCESS.Amazon.comCommissioned and performed for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the State of Israel this video of Noam Sheriff sMechaye Hametim (Revival of the Dead) epitomizes Jewish life and aspirations in a powerful blend of carefully coordinated sounds and images. In successive movements the music evokes life in the Diaspora then the horrors of the Holocaust; it prays for Holocaust victims and celebrates the foundation of Israel. Its primary audience will be Jewish but some of the Hebrew texts may sound familiar to admirers of Handel sMessiah. Sheriff s score is eclectic using motifs that recall cantorial styles (with tenor and baritone cantors) folk music and the classic oratorio techniques of mainstream Western culture. Video images are powerfully matched to the music--symbols landscapes ancient buildings flowers children at play marching soldiers book-burning freight trains and concentration camps. --Joe McLellanFrom the Back CoverThis orchestral performance was filmed on May 4 1998 performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Zubin Mehta at Yad Vashem--the largest repository of information and memorial to the Holocaust in the world--and incorporates historical footage from the archives of Yad Vashem. Noam Sheriff s composition Revival of the Dead was performed on this poignant remembrance site as a joint tribute to the victims of the Holocaust and the founders of the state of Israel. Since the premiere of Sheriff s Festival Prelude by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein at the opening of the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv in 1957 his works have been regularly performed all over the world. Among his significant compositions is the trilogy of vocal works Revival of the Dead (Amsterdam 1987) Sephardic Passion (Toledo 1992) and Psalms of Jerusalem (Jerusalem 1995). His latest work Genesis commissioned by the IPO premiered recently at the festival concert of the 50th Independence Day of Israel. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Ramat Gan Chamber Choir and Ankor Children Choir; Cantor Joseph Malovany tenor Vladimir Braun baritone; conducted by Zubin Mehta. 55 minutes.