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. Prologue2. Shanghai3. Look Ahead4. Dreaming Must Wait5. This House We Share6. My City7. Recitative8. No Word From Home9. In A Woman’s Hands10. Yu Garden11. In a Perfect World12. One Magical Night13. Our People14. Ent’acte15. Light a Flame16. The Song Home17. You Cannot Deny My Love18. And Another Day19. Forever20. Once Upon a Night21. Where Is My Father?22. The Yeshiva in the Ghetto23. Nowhere to Go24. Through a Window
