Escape from an Auschwitz train is the tale of a new opera

Sarah says:

Actually Howard Moody is one of the few musicians that really excel in both worlds, classical and jazz. He is world renowned in Bach, conducting with John Eliot Gardener, and yet could also just be jazz. The Reuters journalist is not a musician and his own Facebook page corrected the Reuter’s version and said “Howard Moody’s original score PUSH is inspired by both classical and jazz traditions of music, using professional operatic soloists and orchestra together with a community chorus.” The jazz part of PUSH comes from the night that Simon Gronowski jumped in 1943, he was singing ‘In the Mood’ to himself all night. There is a reference to that in the music. Also, Simon Gronowski himself is a brilliant self taught jazz pianist and still plays;