An event that I’ve recently attended From my point of view, it’s always worth attending historical events when you have the time to: as well as providing the knowledge of the past, they contain a variety of interesting facts. In a couple of weeks ago, all of my friends and I attended an event called Music in the Holocaust in BVIS Royal City. I was so glad that I went there because otherwise we’d have missed all the wonderful songs. The first song was “Our town is burning” by Mordecai Gebirtig (1877- unknown). It was told that Gebirtig wrote “Our Town is Burning” in response to a 1936 pogrom in the Polish town of Przytyk. The song is written to be heard as an urgent calls to action (“Don't stand there, brothers, douse the fire!”). From my perspective, the song is very meaningful and it makes people have sympathy for the Jewish. There were five songs in total but the one I like the most was “A child of our time” by Michael Tippett (1905 – 1997). This English composer conceived “A Child of Our Time” after he learned of the November 1938 Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) pogrom in Germany and Austria. Wishing to communicate a universal message of tolerance, Tippet failed to deliver the reference to the current events in his lyric. Furthermore, during the song, we got the chance to sing along with the music performer which was amazing. If you want to go to attend this event, it will be held on the Holocaust Remembrance Day 27th of January. I’d certainly recommend taking the time to go and hear it for yourself. And by the way, it’s free!
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