Both your Mothers

1996, rev. 1998| baritone/doublebass or baritone/cello

Poem by Jerzy Ficowski, translated by Keith Bosley

• Song 3 of cycle Holocaust 1944
• Song 14 of chamber opera Come to Me In Dreams

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Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 150 -- the second note in the bass part is a concert E flat, not an E natural

Holocaust 1944

Song cycle: I did not manage to save; How can I see you, love; Both your Mothers; What Luck; Massacre of the Boys; Race; Holocaust 1944

1996, rev. 1998 | baritone/doublebass or baritone/cello

Poems by Ficowski, Vogel, Rosewicz, Gershon and Ranasinghe, about 28 minutes long.

I Did Not Manage to Save

1996, rev. 1998 | baritone/doublebass or baritone/cello

poem by Jerzy Ficowski, translated by Keith Bosley

• Song 1 of cycle Holocaust 1944
• Song 1 of chamber opera Come to Me in Dreams

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 13, remove the decrescendo in the bass part
• m. 15, the first chord in the bass should be written an octave lower than is printed. There should be a forte marked under that chord, and the diminuendo should be on the last three eighths.