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ERNST KRENEK : Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae, Op. 93
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Sunday 5 October, 1958 - Martinskirche, Kassel, Germany
N.C.R.V. Vocaal Ensemble, dir. Marinus Voorberg
Bärenreiter Verlag, 1957 (BA 3648)
“The 'Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae' was composed during the winter of 1941 to 1942, when I was professor of music at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. While I do not now remember in detail the circumstances attending my decision to set to music this particular text, I feel that the generally sinister mood of the first years of World War II undoubtedly enhanced my interest in the powerful expression of grief and anguish as laid down in the Book of the Prophet.” — Ernst Krenek