Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony ‘Kaddish’ and His Friend Samuel Pisar’s Lyrics Fill Carnegie Hall on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
The maestro and the Holocaust survivor composed a musical memorial to the Jews of Europe.

“How do you make it to Carnegie Hall?” That was the question Secretary Blinken asked the hundreds in attendance from the Perelman Stage at the redoubt of classical music on 57th Street. “Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish,” America’s erstwhile top diplomat explained. The edit of the classic gag was made to introduce a performance of Maestro Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish.’” The occasion was International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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