Chamber Symphony No. 1 'Remember to Forget' uses the audible metaphor of a train journey, symbolizing a path from youth to catastrophe, survival, and rebuilding.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The phrase 'Remember to forget' from Tenach (The Old Testament) alludes to the idea that self-destructive doubt should not deter one from striving for the best.
Composer Biography
György Ligeti, a Hungarian Jewish composer whose father and brother were killed in Auschwitz, escaped the post-war communist regime by hiding under a mailbag on a train to Vienna.
Composition History
Chamber Symphony No. 2 'Children's War Diaries' was inspired by five diaries of teenagers murdered during the Second World War.
Composition History
The idea for Jaap Nico Hamburger's Chamber Symphony No. 2 'Children's War Diaries' came to him "virtually complete" after visiting the Children's Memorial at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Compositional Technique
Chamber Symphony No. 1 'Remember to Forget' is both a chamber symphony and an opera without words, inspired by the biography of composer György Ligeti.
Composition History
Chamber Symphony No. 1 'Remember to Forget' was commissioned by the Turning Point Ensemble.
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