This composition, which was specially created for Anita Rachvelishvili's concert at the Teatro alla Scala, is dedicated to the memory of people who have been tortured and killed unjustly. The final words from Shakespeare's Hamlet are used for a title. The work is based on a poem "Death Fugue”, written by an outstanding poet Paul Celan (1920-1970) about his experience in the Nazi concentration camps. Five-piece vocal cycle consists of Georgian poet Vazha Pshavela’s (1861-1915) poem “I could not save anyone” and poem about Jewish boy - 1st part, 2nd part - The Fest of the Tortured Souls,  3rd - Hebrew lullaby by Emanuel Harussi (1903-1979), 4th - "Death Fugue" by Paul Celan, and 5th part - Postludium, where Paul Celan reads his own poem written in the concentration camp. After the premiere on December 27, 2017 the mesmerized public was silent for a long time before a standing ovation.

special guest

Anita Rachvelishvili - mezzo-zoprano 

participants

Kakhi Solomnishvili - conductor

Nikoloz Rachveli - composer, conductor

Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra

with

Gori Sulkhan Tsintsadze Music College Girls Choir

Nino Tsiklauri - chormaster

Festival Choir

giorgi margvelashvili - chormaster