Send us a textFor more information, please visit the Defiant Requiem Foundation's website.3:30 Maestro Murry Sidlin’s creation of concert-drama Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín 6:00 Eizenstat’s contribution to formation of Defiant Requiem foundation8:00 Rafael Schächter’s background and work before being interned at Terezín10:40 Schächter’s decision to pack the Czech opera, Bedrich Smetana’s Bartered Bride11:50 Schächter’s decision to pack Verdi’s Requiem Mass 14:30 Terezín Commandants, including SS First Lieutenant Karl Rahm16:45 Terezín became a hotbed of arts and humanities19:00 Schächter taught Verdi’s Requiem Mass to approximately 150 singers by rote20:20 Edgar Krasa’s recollection of Schächter as “merciless” in rehearsals because they “could not afford for any minds to wander”21:15 Verdi’s Requiem Mass was performed 16 times at Terezín21:45 Edith Steiner Kraus’ recollection that the chorus led by Schächter in Terezín would make one proud “in any urban setting” and the singers were “so far inside the music that we’d returned to Verdi’s desk”24:00 Edgar Krasa’s recollection about controversy between Jewish Council and Schächter over performing Verdi’s Requiem Mass31:15 Jewish Council’s concern that Requiem Mass had Catholic origin36:50 Sidlin’s one act “speculative history” drama Mass Appeal 1943 based on Schächter’s meeting with Jewish Council38:00 Schächter’s use of Verdi’s Requiem as an act of defiance and to uplift prisoners39:30 Jewish Council’s censorship of Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Kael Švenk’s The Last Cyclist44:00 Performance of Defiant Requiem at Terezín 48:30 composer Ilsa Weber at Terezín 49:55 Inspiration for Foundation’s concert, Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer that includes work by composers such as Victor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa, James Simon, Zikmund Schul, Rudolf Karel and others54:00 Pianist and Composer James Simon’s background and work56:15 Simon’s colleague Violinist Alma Rosé 59:00 Pavel Haas and Karel Ančerl1:00:20 Conductor Karel Ančerl 1:01:30 Phillip Silver’s contribution to Hours of Freedom1:04:10 Hours of Freedom arranged by chapters that include Longing, Hope, etc.1:05:00 Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Singer Karel Berman created Terezín Suite that includes Auschwitz Corpse Factory 1:06:20 10-minute memorial by Martinů1:09:00 Maestro Sidlin’s challenge to a description of Ullmann as ‘finding his voice’ in Terezín and his thoughts on Ullmann’s critical essay that described his experience at Terezín 1:13:45 cloud over many composers was their background training in the law1:16:10 misconception that Gideon Klein learned to compose at Terezín1:16:50 Strauss’ unsuccessful efforts to have daughter-in-law’s grandmother released from Terezín1:20:00 Maestro Sidlin as messenger Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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