Butterfly, The (Pavel Friedman)
Daniel Burwasser
About this work:
The Butterfly, based on the poem by Pavel Friedman, is a living symbol of the beauty of freedom. Such a free spirit could never have survived the confines of the Warsaw ghetto. But while the butterfly did fly away, the spirit and love of freedom it represented never left the souls of the Jews of the ghetto. They always prayed that one day the barbed wire would come down and the butterfly would reappear. The butterfly flutters there today, but many of the Jews who prayed for its return did not live to welcome it back.
The first performance of The Butterfly was given on May 8, 1988 at JASA in New York City.
Year composed: 1988
Duration: 00:04:30
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Vibraphone, 1 Narrator
Instrumentation notes: Nar, fl, vib