Michael Stern, Sharon Roffman, IRIS Orchestra, University of Michigan Chamber Choir - Bruce Adolphe: I Will Not Remain Silent & Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society (Live) (2021)

Tracklist

01. I Will Not Remain Silent: I. Berlin During the Nazi Era (Live)
02. I Will Not Remain Silent: II. America During the Civil Rights Movement (Live)
03. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 1, Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society (Live)
04. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 2, The Most Tragic Problem (Live)
05. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 3, We Have Become the People (Live)
06. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 4, Consider Love (Live)
07. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 5, Chief Joseph (Live)
08. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 6, Interlude. Change Society (Live)
09. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 7, If You Live by the River (Live)
10. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 8, Tell Me (Live)
11. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 9, We Are Free (Live)
12. Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: No. 10, Reprise, Finale (Live)


The compositions on this album touch on themes of social justice and advocacy through the prism of Joachim Prinz, a 20th-century rabbi and activist who spoke out against the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany in the 1920s and 30s and later became a prominent voice of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

I Will Not Remain Silent is a two-movement violin concerto that depicts the broad arc of Prinz’s life from Europe to America. The violin—an instrument Adolphe sees as “profoundly tied to Jewish musical identity”—represents Prinz as an orator and prophet, the voice that refuses to remain silent in the face of violence and opposition.

In the first movement, “Berlin During the Nazi Era,” a potent and foreboding orchestra represents the powerful, oppressive National Socialist regime. In the second movement, titled “America During the Civil Rights Movement,” the violin soars over quotations of “Oh, Freedom” and “We Shall Overcome,” but struggles as it confronts angry masses opposed to the Civil Rights Movement.

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