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''Annelies'' is a full-length choral work based on the ''Diary of Anne Frank''. Annelies is the full first name of Anne Frank, now commonly referred to by her abbreviated forename, Anne. The music is by British composer James Whitbourn and the libretto is compiled from the diary by Melanie Challenger. Movements from ''Annelies'' were first performed at the National UK Holocaust Memorial Day in Westminster Hall, London on 27 January 2005. The World Premiere of the full work followed in April 2005 at the Cadogan Hall, London, conducted by Leonard Slatkin with the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.〔 The fourteen movements are:〔http://www.jameswhitbourn.com/annelies/performance〕 1. Introit - prelude (instrumental) 2. The capture foretold 3. The plan to go into hiding 4. The last night at home and arrival at the Annexe 5. Life in hiding 6. Courage 7. Fear of capture and the second break-in 8. Sinfonia (Kyrie) 9. The Dream 10. Devastation of the outside world 11. Passing of time 12. The hope of liberation and a spring awakening 13. The capture and the concentration camp 14. Anne’s meditation The US Premiere was presented in April 2007 at Westminster Choir College, Princeton NJ with Lynn Eustis (soprano) under James Jordan, with a reduced scoring for soprano, choir and chamber ensemble. The final chamber version calls for an ensemble comprising violin, cello, piano and clarinet and was premiered in The Netherlands on 12 June 2009 with Daniel Hope (violin) and Arianna Zukerman (soprano). In May, 2012, the piece was recorded for Naxos Records by the Westminster Williamson Voices under the direction of James Jordan with Soprano, Arianna Zukerman, the (Lincoln Trio ), and Clarinetist, (Bharat Chandra ). The recording was nominated for the 2014 Grammy for Best Choral Performance. The U.S. West Coast premiere of the chamber version was performed in April 2015 at Beth Israel Synagogue in Portland, Oregon, by the Oregon Youth Chorale and Oregon Chamber Singers (Rachel Bard as Anne) under the direction of Sandra Miller.〔http://www.allclassical.org/event/annelies/ Annelies: All Classical Portland. Retrieved 2015-04-19〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annelies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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