The Past Is Present
by Jeffrey Schanzer
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The Past Is Present is a cantata about – and by – Holocaust survivors and their children. All of the text is taken from the oral testimony of members of Jeffrey’s family.
New Music Coming Soon — 5/16/2025 Released 2025
Neuma Records

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Album tracks

  • 1
    5:53
    I. Lament for Erik (feat. Ron Lawrence & Thomas Meglioranza) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 2
    16:25
    II. A Mother’s Story – 1939-40 (feat. Mary Wooten & Isabelle Ganz) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 3
    2:06
    Interlude: Erik’s Story (feat. Sylvia Bloom & Isabelle Ganz) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 4
    9:34
    III. Afterture / A Son’s Thoughts (feat. Ned Rothenberg, Margot Leverett, Laura Seaton, Joyce Hammann, Ron Lawrence, Mary Wooten, Kevin Norton & Brian McCorkle) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 5
    5:56
    IV. Conversation with a Cousin – I (feat. Brian McCorkle, Thomas Meglioranza, Laura Seaton, Ned Rothenberg & Sylvia Bloom) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 6
    8:56
    V. Conversation with a Cousin – II (feat. Ned Rothenberg & Sylvia Bloom) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 7
    9:30
    VI. A Mother’s Story – After the War (feat. Thomas Meglioranza, Joyce Hammann & Isabelle Ganz) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 8
    3:14
    VII. A Son Questions (You Can’t Make Up for the Holocaust) [feat. Laura Seaton, Joyce Hammann, Ron Lawrence, Mary Wooten, Kevin Norton & Brian McCorkle] (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
  • 9
    9:08
    VIII. A Father’s Death (feat. Sylvia Bloom, Brian McCorkle, Thomas Meglioranza, Laura Seaton, Joyce Hammann, Ron Lawrence, Mary Wooten, Margot Leverett, Kevin Norton & Isabelle Ganz) (clip)
    Jeffrey Schanzer
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