
Concert Event Features Songs Written During Holocaust
Clip: 10/31/2023 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
The lyrics will be performed at the Salt Shed on Nov. 6.
A concert at the Salt Shed on Nov. 6 features lyrics written in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust.
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Concert Event Features Songs Written During Holocaust
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A concert at the Salt Shed on Nov. 6 features lyrics written in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipONE-TIME CONCERT EVENT THAT FEATURES SONG LYRICS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND GHETTOS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
THE LYRICS TAKE ON NEW LIFE WITH NEW MUSIC THAT'S JUST BEEN COMPOSED WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE SALT SHED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BY A COLLECTION OF ACTORS, MUSICIANS AND LOCAL NEWS PEOPLE INCLUDING YOURS TRULY.
IT WILL CERTAINLY BE A MEMORABLE NIGHT.
AND JOINING US WITH DETAILS IS IRAN.
TELL US THE CREATOR OF THIS PRODUCTION, PRACTICING UP.
YOU AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING ON AS I TELL PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME TO THE CONCERT TO SEE MAY BECOME TO SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING.
WELL, NOW I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER SO I COULD I COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
THAT A LOT OF AMAZING PERFORMERS AT THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
NOW, THIS ONE SONG THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING.
>> THAT YOU HELPED WRITE THE MELODY FOR A REALLY AMAZING SONG.
BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULD MENTION THE LYRICS ALL COME FROM FOLKS THAT WERE IN GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE AN ACTIVE RESISTANCE WHEN THEY WROTE THE ESSENCE LITTLE.
WHAT IS A WITNESS HISTORY BECAUSE THE SONGS TELL STORIES OF THE PAY.
ACTUALLY YOURS CALL PAIN AND SORROW.
>> AS THE SUN AND PLAYING SO THE TELLING THE STORIES OF THEIR LIVES DURING THESE HORRIFIC TIMES, MANY OF THEM ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, DYING IN >> AND THE CHAMBERS AND A LOT OF THIS, MOST OF THE MUSIC AND LYRICS WERE WRITTEN PRIOR CERTAIN CERTAIN SONGS.
I HELP THROUGH, YOU KNOW, JUST ADJUST THINGS A LITTLE BIT.
>> WHERE THE WHAT I'M PLAYING KIND OF HAS THIS LIKE ELTON JOHN, THE MELODY.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A VERY SAD SONG.
SO LET'S REWIND A BIT.
HOW DID THIS PROJECT COME ABOUT?
>> ONLY WAS DIED.
I WAS READING ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND IT SAID THAT HE WROTE THE FORWARD 2 IN FALL, BUT FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, I WAS LIKE MUSIC FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
I JUST ACTUALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL I FOUND THE BOOK A LOT.
WHILE THE U.S. ALSO BEAUTIFUL AM THAT I BECAME POSSESS HOW WE GET A LIFE AND I'M LIKE, LET'S LET'S PERFORMER DIFFERENT PLACES WE PERFORMED AT THE CARNEGIE HALL LAST.
WORRY WITH BROADWAY STORMS LIKE HARVEY FIRE STEEN SHOULD RIVERA.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND THEN A FRIEND OF MINE, KEN LEONARD SAID YOU SHOULD DO THE CONCERT HERE.
I WASN'T REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT.
A LOOK AT THE STORE HERE TALK TO MY FRIEND CHRIS GOULDING FROM THE SALT SHED AND HE YES, COME HERE AND DO THIS CONCERT.
SO IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
CERTAINLY A GREAT VENUE FOR THAT CONCERT.
LET'S A TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP.
THIS IS E. THEY AND SAYING, THEY THE SONG AND SO SOME PHOTOS OF THAT PERFORMANCE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE SONGS AND SO TELL US ABOUT THE OTHER FOLKS TAKING PART IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MUSIC.
>> FOR OVER AND I MUSIC TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN OF >> SO WE HAVE PEOPLE PERFORMING LIKE DONALD LAWRENCE, ICONIC GOSPEL ARTIST, ADAM JACOBS, WHO STARRED PUTTING A LOT CREW TO THE ROLE ON BROADWAY.
I'M JUST I'M JUST BIG STAR IN EUROPE FROM HIGHLAND PARK YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, NEWSCASTERS SPORTS THINGS COMING TO PRESENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND IT'S ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER OF ALL FAITHS ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ALL RELIGIONS, EVERYTHING.
IS IT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA AND ISRAEL?
DOES IT GIVE NEW?
>> A MEETING TO THIS EVENT?
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT WAS SCHEDULED BEFORE LIKE PEOPLE SCHOOL TIME.
SO THIS THIS EVENT IS NOT POLITICAL IN ANY WAY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE SONGS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN THE IN THE 30'S AND 40'S, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK OF TO THE SITUATIONS AND THE DIFFICULTY IS GOING ON.
>> AND INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST AND HOW, YOU KNOW, PULL OVER HOW HORRIBLE THAT IS.
>> YEAH.
JUST THINKING OF THE LYRICS RIGHT NOW, THE SONG THAT I HAVE TO SAYING IT GOES ON, LIKE SMALL LITTLE KIDS CARRY GRAVEL AND STONE GET BEAT WITH ARRIVED FROM ABOVE, YOU KNOW, CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S THERE'S SUCH A TRAGIC LYRICS.
BUT AGAIN, THE MUSIC TO THIS, WHAT IT'S MORE UP TO IT.
THERE'S LIKE A TRUCK TO POSITION THE MUSIC IS NOT SAD.
THERE'S SOME KIND OF THERE'S UPLIFTING ELEMENT TO THE MUSIC.
I WOULD SAY YES.
AND THE REASON IS I KNEW THAT IF WE DID A CONCERT AND EVERYTHING WAS SORT OF VERY, VERY DOWN, NOBODY WILL CALL.
>> SO I WENT THROUGH LIKE 3, 4, 100 SONGS AND FIGURED OUT THE SONGS THAT CAN BE, LET'S SAY A RANGE OF MORE OF A CONTEMPORARY WAY.
YOUR SONG WHAT SORT OF THE WORLD DON'T JOHN BILLY JOEL TO GIVE IT UPLIFTING, FEEL.
BUT THE LYRICS OR ALDER, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVES AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN LOST.
THEY LOST THE FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR HOMES.
YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 80, 90 YEARS VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL, ERIC'S.
I'M STILL WORKING ON THE COURT AND THAT THAT 11 KORDA THANK YOU.
THREW IN THERE THAT I DON'T LOVE THE MINOR 11 COURT.
A LOT OF COOL LITTLE CORDS IN THERE THAT I'M WORKING.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
I TELL US.
>> I HOPE EVERYONE BREAKS A LEG ON MONDAY.
THE CONCERT IS SALT SAID NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 6, 07:30PM.
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