Hobson’s Horses
1m Mar 13, 2019
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1845
1m Mar 13, 2019
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Hand on the Bridge
2m Mar 13, 2019
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Navvies
3m Mar 13, 2019
3m
Parker’s Piece Feast
4m Mar 13, 2019
4m
Torn from Home
3m Mar 12, 2019
3m
Home
3m Mar 12, 2019
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We are One World
3m Mar 12, 2019
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All Those We Love & See No Longer
Welcome to Cambridge’s interfaith civic event by Revd Cannon Adrian Daffern hosting us here at the University Church of Great St Mary’s. We will have a minute of silence together to remember all those we love and see no longer. CANNON ADRIAN DAFFERN: Dear Deputy Lieutenant, Madam Deputy Mayor, members of Cambridge City Council, - our speakers Eva Clarke BEM, former childrens’ poet laureate Mic...
3m Jan 30, 2019
3m
Cambridge Pledge to Equality and Respect
Executive Councillor for Communities and Deputy Leader of the Council, Anna Smith explains why we mark Holocaust Memorial Day as a City affirming Cambridge as a place which pledges to equality, asking citizens to respect one another, standing up to hatred and prejudice in all its forms, and to stand alongside the persecuted. EXEC CLLR ANNA SMITH: It is a real privilege to welcome you to this H...
6m Jan 30, 2019
6m
This Year’s Theme for Marking Holocaust Memorial Day
Eva Clarke and Michael Rosen introduce this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme ‘Torn from Home’. Home is a place you should feel safe in. Home is past. Home is present. Home is future. Home is a sense of well-being. Home is peace. Home is community and family and friends. There are many reasons people find themselves in a situation where they don’t have a home. Today we will consider what home...
4m Jan 30, 2019
4m
What Home Means to Me
Song performed by school choirs led by Mario Satchwell and accompanied by Bethany Kirby. This is a newly commissioned piece by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen & musical composition by Bethany Kirby, with singers from St Matthew’s Primary School and Milton Road Primary School. Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines) Home is a roof over my head...
4m Jan 30, 2019
4m
Six for Six
Six candles are lit to pay tribute to the six million murdered during the Nazi Holocaust. The majority of those persecuted and murdered by the Nazis were Jews, so the candles represent the almost six million Jews killed; but also Nazis persecuted and killed the people they labelled as Gypseys (Roma & Sinti), People of Colour, Trade Unionists, and LGBT people, murdered because of their sexuality...
4m Jan 30, 2019
4m
Kindness
Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen, imagining what it would be like to be at home in what should be a safe space, hearing a knock at the door, and being confronted by impossible dangerous choices. KINDNESS BY MICHAEL ROSEN A knock at the door A catch of breath Find a way out Or is that way death? The danger of being heard The danger of being seen The danger of being us But wha...
1m Jan 30, 2019
1m
A Family Story of a Baby Born in the Holocaust
Eva Clarke tells her family story, and explains if her family had not been ‘torn from home’ she would not exist! Telling one family’s story matters, because the only way people live on is through our remembering them. For all those who have perished in wars and genocides, they may never have had one single person to remember them, and so if we tell one family story it allows us to learn lessons...
6m Jan 30, 2019
6m
Durme, Durme
This is a traditional Sephardic lullaby surviving down the generations dating back to when Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, a beautiful lullaby telling a child to sleep peacefully, in the language called Ladino, performed by Sing! Community Choir, arranged by Audrey Snyder, conducted by Anna Lovewell and accompanied by Bethany Kirby. DURME, DURME - A SEPHARDIC LAMENT: Durme, durme, ijik...
3m Jan 30, 2019
3m
What Would I Take from Home
Poems written and performed by Cambridge School Students inspired by the workshops in schools with Helen Weinstein, Michael Rosen and Eva Clarke. These poems powerfully empathize with those in the world who have been displaced and have had to leave home through no fault of their own.
6m Jan 30, 2019
6m
The Missing
Michael Rosen worries about missing family members he was told about as a child, taking us on his historical detective journey where he has taken years to trace his missing Uncle Oscar and Aunt Rachel & shares how his mission to find his family is because otherwise the Nazis would have erased their identity and their memory. Michael Rosen ends with his poem in their honour ‘The ClockMender Osca...
8m Jan 30, 2019
8m
The Absentees
Song performed by Music Director at Historyworks, Mario Satchwell, a poignant song about gaps in our lives, the missing spaces where people used to be. Commissioned by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen, and musical composition by Kirsty Martin. THE ABSENTEES There are gaps there are blanks in the house of my life there's a face nothing more something gone from my life She was ...
2m Jan 30, 2019
2m
Home is Where the Heartbreak Is. Genocide, Despair, Resilience & Football for Hope
Eric Murangwa. survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, was the goalkeeper for an international football team, Rayon Sports. He only had his life saved by Hutu team mates and other team supporters because he was a footballer. Eric talks about how this experience has inspired him to dedicate his life to drawing on survivors’ experiences to connect us all to our common humanity ...
15m Jan 30, 2019
15m
Voices That Come, Voices That Go
Poems written and performed by Cambridge School Students inspired by the workshops in schools with Helen Weinstein, Michael Rosen and Eva Clarke.
5m Jan 30, 2019
5m
Torn from Home
A Rap performed by Cambridge Academic Partnership Singers, with Choir Director & Lead for Create, Rebecca Lewis, accompanied by Bethany Kirby. Cambridge Academic Partnership students perform this newly commissioned piece by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen & musical composition by Bethany Kirby. LYRICS for SONG What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anyt...
3m Jan 30, 2019
3m
Let There Always Be a Reason to Hope for the Better
Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge reflects on global refugee crises past and present, conflicts which result in huge levels of human displacement. Daniel is calling on us all to be compassionate for refugees who have been ‘torn from home’ and is proud that Cambridge has recently resettled over 100 refugees. Friends – it is an honour to be here today and to have been asked to be part of our cit...
7m Jan 30, 2019
7m
I Had a Name Once
Barry Griffiths, Communities Officer at Jimmy’s Homeless Shelter on East Road reveals to us his own story of how he once became homeless, and how it felt to become faceless and nameless, a body on a bench. I had a name once I sat on a bench, home was memory past I don’t know what happened, it was all so fast One moment I was Barry, a person that I got Now I am one of that homeless lot Fac...
3m Jan 30, 2019
3m
We Are One World, One Voice, One Heart Beating
The audience will join our voices together with the choirs from the primary and secondary school students, led by Sing! Community Choir, conducted by Mario Satchwell. WE ARE ONE WORLD, ONE VOICE, ONE HEART BEATING arranged for voice by Sue Kirkpatrick Part 1 We are one world, one voice, one heart beating We are one world, one voice, one heart beating Part 2 Everybody living in this world ...
2m Jan 30, 2019
2m
Cambridge as a Community Pays Tribute to Mayor Nigel Gawthrope
We carry with us a powerful message from this event today, where we’ve come together to show a strong sense of community and inclusiveness. We remember today a special person who dedicated his life to enriching and supporting our communities and charities in Cambridge, our Mayor, Nigel Gawthrope, who has sadly passed away, so we’ll end with a tribute to him by Cllr Anna Smith. In memory of Nig...
3m Jan 30, 2019
3m
“What Home Means to Me” by Michael Rosen
'What Home Means to Me' A place where I feel safe A place where I am me A place where I feel warm A place where I am free I love the place I call my home I love the place where I am me I love it in the heart of my home Home is deep inside of me. Home is a roof over my head Home is a pillow on my bed Home is the smell of good things to eat Home is the floor under my feet Home is the door I want ...
1m Jan 23, 2019
1m
Torn from Home by Michael Rosen
Torn from Home What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE This is all about being in the wrong kind of TIME ‘cos we were called out turned out pushed out shoved out nowhere to call home we w...
1m Jan 23, 2019
1m
ClockMender Oscar Rosen and His Wife Rachel on Convoy 62 - November 1943
OSCAR & RACHEL ON CONVOY 62, BY MICHAEL ROSEN  IMAGINING WHAT HIS GREAT UNCLE OSCAR AND GREAT AUNT RACHEL WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED AS THEY HAD NARROWLY MISSED ESCAPING BY BOAT AND INSTEAD ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ BY TRAIN, FROM PARIS IN FRANCE TO AUSCHWITZ IN POLAND CRAMMED IN A CATTLE TRUCK, WHERE ON ARRIVAL THEY WERE MURDERED BY THE NAZI REGIME IN GAS CHAMBERS.   What did you think...
2m Jan 23, 2019
2m
Kindness by Michael Rosen
KINDNESS BY MICHAEL ROSEN A knock at the door A catch of breath Find a way out Or is that way death? The danger of being heard The danger of being seen The danger of being us But what does it mean? Running in the dark Listening for voices Press on or hide? Impossible choices. The danger of being heard The danger of being seen The danger of being us But what does it mean? A knoc...
1m Jan 23, 2019
1m
January 31st 1944
On January 31 1944 at 2.30 in the morning in a village in France 4 policemen knock on the door of a woman  who has several lodgers in her house. They take away one of them,  a man who has done nothing wrong. They take him to a nearby town to put him with 30 others who have done nothing wrong. He is taken away with them and put on a train to where he and they are put with hundreds of others who ...
1m Jan 23, 2019
1m
Martin Rozen Arrest Document 31 January 1944
Martin Rozen There is a report in the archives of the ‘département’ of the Vendée in western France which says that: on 31 January 1944, officers Salomon, Mazouin, and Cabanetos under command of Adjutant Le Papu, from the Fontanay-le-Comte station, in the Sainte-Hermine Brigade acting on instructions from Prefect Monsieur Gaston Jammet according to the ordinance of Jan 20 1944 calle...
5m Jan 23, 2019
5m
Martin Rosen by Michael Rosen
Martin Rozen There is a report in the archives of the ‘département’ of the Vendée in western France which says that: on 31 January 1944, officers Salomon, Mazouin, and Cabanetos under command of Adjutant Le Papu, from the Fontanay-le-Comte station, in the Sainte-Hermine Brigade acting on instructions from Prefect Monsieur Gaston Jammet according to the ordinance of Jan 20 1944 called at 2.30 in...
4m Jan 23, 2019
4m
Yours Hopefully by Michael Rosen
YOURS HOPEFULLY by Michael Rosen Meine Lieben my dears, from where we are now but I can’t say how we have hopes we have fears . So send us news send us a word Please send for our brothers send for our mother. Nothing more can be said as this letter may be read by others. Dear sisters from your brothers between us such a distance meine Lieben ambestens**.  I close this letter h...
1m Jan 23, 2019
1m
Harmony 2 - Michael Rosen - What Home Means to Me
Lyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commissioned by Historyworks Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines) Home is a roof over my head Home is a pillow on my bed Home is the smell of good things to eat Home is the floor under my feet< /p> Pre-chorus (unison) A place where I feel safe A place where I am me A place where I f...
3m Jan 07, 2019
3m
Harmony 1 - Michael Rosen - What Home Means to Me
Lyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commissioned by Historyworks Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines) Home is a roof over my head Home is a pillow on my bed Home is the smell of good things to eat Home is the floor under my feet< /p> Pre-chorus (unison) A place where I feel safe A place where I am me A place where I f...
3m Jan 07, 2019
3m
Michael Rosen - What Home Means to Me
Lyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commisioned by Historyworks Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines) Home is a roof over my head Home is a pillow on my bed Home is the smell of good things to eat Home is the floor under my feet< /p> Pre-chorus (unison) A place where I feel safe A place where I am me A place where I fe...
3m Jan 07, 2019
3m
(Soprano/Top Part) Torn From Home by Michael Rosen
Lyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks) Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.  LYRICS What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE This is all about being in the wrong k...
2m Jan 07, 2019
2m
(Alto/Middle Part) Torn From Home by Michael Rosen
Lyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks) Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.  LYRICS What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE This is all about being in the wrong k...
2m Jan 07, 2019
2m
(Tenor/Low Part) Torn From Home by Michael Rosen
Lyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks) Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.  LYRICS What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE This is all about being in the wrong k...
2m Jan 07, 2019
2m
Torn From Home by Michael Rosen
Lyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks) Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.  LYRICS What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE This is all about being in the wrong k...
2m Jan 07, 2019
2m
The Bath House
1m Jul 23, 2018
1m
Stourbridge Fair - all parts & piano
Commisioned by Historyworks Lyrics: Michael Rosen Recording, Music & Score: Bethany Kirby Download a copy of the SCORE HERE (https://historyworks-media-01.s3.amazonaws.com/media/uploads/stourbridge_fair.pdf) Verse 1 Come Sisters and brothers Come Fathers and mothers Come on down to Stourbridge Fair Come Girls and boys there's puppets and toys Come on down to Stourbridge Fair Verse 2 ...
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
Stourbridge Fair - tune
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
Stourbridge Fair - low harmony
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
Stourbridge Fair - high harmony
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
The Grotesque At The Leper Chapel Speaks - low harmony
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
The Grotesque At The Leper Chapel Speaks - high harmony
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
The Grotesque At The Leper Chapel Speaks - all parts & piano
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m
The Grotesque At The Leper Chapel Speaks - tune
2m Jul 23, 2018
2m