Elegy and Vision
for solo cello (1993)
commemorating my brother Edwin Neal Sherr (1961-1986)

Edwin Neal Sherr was named after my mother's sister Edith, who perished at Auschwitz.

Performances of Elegy and Vision at Holocaust Memorial Concerts
eventually led me to make the connection with my family history,
and decide to actively engage in composing Holocaust commemorative works.

A Remembrance Concert
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art
St. Petersburg, Florida
April 28, 2007
Theresa Villani, cello

Intimate Voices Concert
Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum
Tarpon Springs, Florida
May 6, 2006
Theresa Villani, cello

Holocaust Memorial Concert: Music of Two Generations (see below)
The Kitchen
New York City
April 27, 1997
Dorothy Lawson, cello

Ashen Hues
Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum and Education Center
Madeira Beach, Florida
Februrary 4, 1996
Theresa Villani, cello

Abraham Rattner (American, 1893-1978)
The Last Judgement, 1953-56
Oil on panel, triptych 94 x 144 in.
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art

Additionally, many cello and viola recitals featuring Elegy and Vision have included commentary or program notes regarding the comemoration of Edwin Neal Sherr and the connection of the work to the Holocaust.

Holocaust Memorial Concert:
Music of Two Generations

The Kitchen
New York City
April 27, 1997

Program
1st half: composers in Terezin (Theresienstadt Concentration Camp)
Gideon Klein
Viktor Ullmann
Hans Krasa

2nd half: 1st generation composers (children of survivors)
Jeffrey Schanzer
Laurence Sherr
Boaz Tarsi

Elegy and Vision excerpt from this concert (mp3 audio file)

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