Memorial Ceremony and Concert
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Audience Observse Moment of Silence in Memory ofthe victims of the Holocaust
Zubin Mehta – Conductor
United States Congressman Tom Lantos – Keynote Speaker
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Monday 28 January 2008, 6:00 - 8:30PM
Programme:
A Message from Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Srgjan Kerim
President of the sixty-second session of
the United Nations General Assembly
Dan Gillerman
Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations
Kiyo Akasaka
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information,
introduced the programme and speakers
Music:
Zubin Mehta, Maestro and Conductor conducts the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra
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)
Keynote speech delivered by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett,
Memorial Prayer:
Cantor Itzhak Meir Helfgot
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.