Émigré: 2CD

Émigré is a collaboration between the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Long Yu and Deutsche Grammophon. The oratorio was carefully crafted over five years and has a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Campbell, with additional lyrics by Brock Walsh.

Inspired by true events, Émigré deals with a little-known chapter of the Second World War: the welcome given by the people of Shanghai to Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe in the 1930s. At its core, Émigré is a love story that is a parable for the world. The turmoil that tears the couples apart in the story is a reflection of how the world often tears itself apart.

Tracklist:

1.    Prologue
2.    Shanghai
3.    Look Ahead
4.    Dreaming Must Wait
5.    This House We Share
6.    My City
7.    Recitative
8.    No Word From Home
9.    In A Woman’s Hands
10.    Yu Garden
11.    In a Perfect World
12.    One Magical Night
13.    Our People
14.    Ent’acte
15.    Light a Flame
16.    The Song Home
17.    You Cannot Deny My Love
18.    And Another Day
19.    Forever
20.    Once Upon a Night
21.    Where Is My Father?
22.    The Yeshiva in the Ghetto
23.    Nowhere to Go
24.    Through a Window