The Somerset Hills Chorus & Rise Up Chorus join together for a performance of James Whitbourn’s oratorio “Annelies,” based on The Diary of Anne Frank.
The libretto of this modern oratorio was compiled and translated by Melanie Challenger from The Diary of Anne Frank. It is divided into fourteen movements:
1. INTROIT - PRELUDE (INSTRUMENTAL)
2. THE CAPTURE FORETOLD
3. THE PLAN TO GO INTO HIDING
4. THE LAST NIGHT AT HOME AND ARRIVAL AT THE ANNEXE
5. LIFE IN HIDING
6. COURAGE
7. FEAR OF CAPTURE AND THE SECOND BREAK-IN
8. SINFONIA (KYRIE)
9. THE DREAM
10. DEVASTATION OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD
11. PASSING OF TIME
12. THE HOPE OF LIBERATION AND A SPRING AWAKENING
13. THE CAPTURE AND THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
14. ANNE’S MEDITATION
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