Word: kaddish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walked past neatly tended mass graves at the site of the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Hannover, where an estimated 30,000 Jews died during the years of Nazi terror. While his German-born wife Leah, who fled the country as a child, looked on, Rabin recited the Kaddish, the traditional Hebrew prayer for the dead. The Premier also laid a wreath of blue and white carnations -the national colors of Israel-at the foot of a memorial plaque...
...handsomely. He is without doubt the U.S.'s finest native-born conductor. As a man of music, he has always radiated a special charm and authority in making the worlds of the classics and pop complement each other. As a composer, he is above all versatile; if his Kaddish Symphony (1963) was something less than a masterpiece, his West Side Story (1957) was that and more-a turning point in the history of musical comedy. All these things combined to make Bernstein an exciting choice to write the commemorative work for the memorial opening of Washington's John...
Many great composers have written a Mass to prove their ultimate skill. Latest to try is Leonard Bernstein, who had already set a Hebrew prayer for the dead (Kaddish) to music in his third symphony. By all accounts, his trip through the Roman Catholic liturgy will be something to see as well as hear. Along with the usual array of orchestra, choir and soloists, the Alvin Ailey dance company will appear before scenery by Oliver Smith. "It is an entirely new concept," says Bernstein, but he refuses to give many details. "I don't want to take away...