Intro:
Alone opens with the Jiddisch Song 'Es Brent" (1938) of M. Gebirtig. This lament is about synagogues and shops which have been put on fire during the Reichskristallnacht. Hundreds of autumn leaves whirl down from heaven. After that a Classic female dancer enters the stage. She dances (tells) the melody, motif, harmony, metrum and rhythm. This gives the audience its own unique Muzik-erlebnis when they see the dance. The soloist dances on the leaves inch by inch a swastika. When she realizes this, she jumps frightened aside and starts to dance in front of a huge mirror. Instinctively she attacks her own extra large beamed reflection which counter attacks at the same time. This 'David and Goliath' fight escalates when the soloist finds an army helmet. She almost puts the helmet on, but she changes her mind and throws the helmet into the mirror. The Kristallnacht is a fact.

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