Symphonic Portrait composed by Ulf Björlin,
text by Herb Schapiro
Movments: Elegi
Allegro agotato
Budapest 1944
The nameless quire
Late in the autumn
The 17th of January 1945
the Voices: Raoul Wallenberg Cliff Robertson
Voice and the surviver Ruth Warrick
the narrator and Eichman Fritz Weaver
The Palm Beach Quire and school quire
Raoul Wallenberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor the composer Ulf Björlin
Recorded from the world premier 25/26 April 1990 Palm Beach
recoring made by the Swedish Radio/ National Brodcasting
presentation by Ulf Billberger,
Swedish Radio brodcasting the 13th of August 1990 P.2.
On the 25th of April 1990 was the world premier of The
PORTRAIT OF RAOUL WALLENBERG
in the Royal Poinciana Conert Hall, Palm Beach, Fl. USA
This is composed for an symphonic orchester, quiere, childrenquie
and recitation. The text is written by the playwriter Herb Schapiro
It is a composition in six movments without pause.
The worldpremier was a great success, documentd in the press.
The Swedish Composer Federation “STIM” has the score.
Kate Wacz, Sweden e-mail: niwako@chello.se
Fary Björlin USA e-mail: farybjorlin@msn.com (The composer widow
Ulf Björlin Junior USA ulfbjorlin@netzero.net
Herb Schapiro USA HESchapiro@cs.com
Re the text above: it was derived from my 3-act play,
That Strange Encounter of Wallenberg and Eichmann.
The performances of the dramatic symphony were both richly
emotional and exhilarating for a range of audiences,and for Ulf,the actors and myself.
See>>> Palm Beach Daily News / 27 April, 1990.
HS
Thank you for your attention re a work that we always felt
could reach all kinds of audiences; we saw it happen
in Florida among diplomats, Palm Beach residents, students
and families.
HS