The Song of Names
Dovidl Rapoport and Martin Simmonds grew up as best friends, each considering the other like a brother. Their close relationship was despite their rocky start upon their initial meeting at age nine, when Dovidl's father, Zygmunt Rapoport, of Jewish faith from Warsaw, brought Dovidl, a violin prodigy, to London both to continue his violin tutelage and to get him out of Poland in 1939, with Martin's parents, Gilbert and Enid Simmonds, they an upper class musical family, taking Dovidl in as Zygmunt returned to Warsaw to rejoin the rest of his family. That rocky start was due to Gilbert giving Dovidl seemingly favored status as a guest in their house, as Gilbert vowed to Zygmunt that they would maintain Dovidl's Jewish faith (despite Dovidl growing further and further away from that aspect of his life as he grew into his late teen and early adult years), and in Dovidl's musical gifts far outstripping Martin's, he a talented enough pianist in his own right.
That friendship hit an abrupt end of sorts when Dovidl failed to show up for his first major featured concert in London in 1951, he seemingly disappearing into thin air on his own volition. Dovidl's failure to perform that evening led to financial ruin for the Simmonds, with Gilbert passing of a heart attack a few months later arguably a further result. It's now 1986, and Martin, prominently working in the music business in London, has searched for Dovidl over all these years partly in wanting to deal with what he considers unfinished business, and as he believes that Dovidl may not have had someone to look out for him as he would have. Martin comes into evidence of Dovidl's recent whereabouts. Two parallel stories are then told, the first Martin and Dovidl's time together from 1939 to 1951 which may provide some clues as to why Dovidl left, and the second as Martin follows the leads to locate his "brother".
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The Song of Names
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Partita for Violin No. 2, Chaconne (Clarinet Arrangement)
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Autobiografia
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Liebesleid (Cello and Piano Arrangement)
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Letnie Milosc
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Bagatelles, Op. 126, Allegro in G Minor (Piano Solo)
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Sonata No. 13, Andante (Violin Solo)
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Partita for Violin No. 2, Chaconne
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Thème Original Varié, Op. 15
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Song of Names (For Cantor Solo)
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Bublitschki
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Caprice No. 24 in A Minor Var 9
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
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Caprice No. 9 in E Major
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Song of Names (For Solo Violin)
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Caprice No. 24 in A Minor, Var. 11 & Finale
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Themes from Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
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The Song of Names for Violin and Cantor (for Violin and Cantor) (Howard Shore, Ray Chen & Daniel Mutlu)
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Howard Shore:
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London Debut 1951
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Howard Shore:
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They Have To Be Told
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Howard Shore:
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Play for the Ashes (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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For His Father (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Bicycling
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Howard Shore:
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24 Caprices for Violin, Op. 1, MS. 25: No. 9 in E Major "La Chasse" (Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Warsaw 1986
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Howard Shore:
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Family Portrait (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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The Asylum
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Howard Shore:
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Synagogue 1947 (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Treblinka Memorial (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Farewell Anna
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Howard Shore:
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Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004: 2. Courante (Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Seeking the Gagliano (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Crown Heights (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Brooklyn
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Howard Shore:
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Stoke Newington (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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The Song of Names Prayer (Howard Shore & Daniel Mutlu)
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Howard Shore:
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It Ended in Silence (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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Dovidl's Letter
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Howard Shore:
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The Song of Names for Violin and Orchestra (for Violin and Orchestra) (Howard Shore & Ray Chen)
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Howard Shore:
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