When searching the internet I accidentally stumbled upon the cycle of pieces I never saw another butterfly by Lori Laitman, whose work I had not performed previously. I read the poetry, written by children who lived and died in the concentration camp Terezin, and it struck me so deeply that I ordered the music. Lori originally composed for soprano saxophone and voice, but later orchestrated for clarinet and voice. The combination of these two instruments creates a meaningful, poetic sound, infused with melancholic hope, longing and despair. The clarinet part is unbelievably demanding—it requires an exquisite player to pull it off dramatically, and I find one needs to muster quite a bit of courage to perform these pieces as they are written so elegantly and economically that the players are very exposed.

from notes by Hila Plitmann © 2011