Musical Selections

From this page you can download musical selections that figure powerfully in Lisa Jura’s story. Played by Lisa’s daughter Mona Golabek, and provided by the Milken Family Foundation, these performances can be listened to on their own and are also part of the lessons in the curriculum guide for The Children of Willesden Lane.

To play a selection: Click on either “Sample” (for a 30-second clip from the selection) or "Full" (to play the entire selection). Help for downloading the audio files is at the bottom of this page.

Selections 1–11

In these selections, Mona Golabek places each musical piece in the context of her mother ’s story. She reads a portion of the book and plays a short excerpt from each piece. Selection 10 features a recording Lisa Jura made in 1944.

Selection	Title	Composer	Length	Sample	Full
1	Piano Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra (First Movement)	Edvard H. Grieg	2:03	Sample (759k)	Full (2.4MB)
2	“Moonlight” Sonata (First Movement)	Ludwig van Beethoven	1:38	Sample (590k)	Full (1.9MB)
3	Prelude in E Minor	Frédéric Chopin	1:22	Sample (590k)	Full (1.6MB)
4	“Clair de Lune”	Claude Debussy	3:09	Sample (590k)	Full (3.7MB)
5	“Clair de Lune”	Claude Debussy	2:33	Sample (668k)	Full (3MB)
6	Nocturne in B-flat Major, Opus 9, Number 3	Frédéric Chopin	2:05	Sample (668k)	Full (2.5MB)
7	Sonata in B-flat Minor (Last Movement)	Frédéric Chopin	1:00	Sample (590k)	Full (1.2MB)
8	Piano Concerto in A Minor	Edvard H. Grieg	1:58	Sample (668k)	Full (2.3MB)
9	Piano Sonata in C Minor, “Pathétique”	Ludwig van Beethoven	2:19	Sample (766k)	Full (2.7MB)
10	“Liebestraum”	Franz Liszt	2:31	Sample (746k)	Full (3MB)
11	Prelude in C-sharp Minor	Sergei Rachmaninoff	3:39	Sample (707k)	Full (4.3MB)

Selections 12–21

In these selections Mona simply introduces each piece by name, and then plays a portion of the piece.

Selection	Title	Composer	Length	Sample	Full
12	Piano Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra (First Movement)	Edvard H. Grieg	12:16	Sample (707k)	Full (14MB)
13	“Moonlight” Sonata (First Movement)	Ludwig van Beethoven	6:03	Sample (649k)	Full (7MB)
14	Prelude in E Minor	Frédéric Chopin	1:05	Sample (651k)	Full (1.3MB)
15	“Clair de Lune”	Claude Debussy	5:34	Sample (630k)	Full (6.5MB)
16	Nocturne in B-flat Major, Opus 9, Number 3	Frédéric Chopin	1:48	Sample (630k)	Full (2.1MB)
17	Sonata in B-flat Minor (Last Movement)	Frédéric Chopin	0:53	Sample (590k)	Full (1MB)
18	Piano Concerto in A Minor (Cadenza)	Edvard H. Grieg	2:54	Sample (668k)	Full (3.4MB)
19	Piano Sonata in C Minor, “Pathétique”	Ludwig van Beethoven	1:45	Sample (611k)	Full (2MB)
20	“Liebestraum”	Franz Liszt	1:46	Sample (668k)	Full (2.1MB)
21	Prelude in C-sharp Minor	Sergei Rachmaninoff	3:42	Sample (610k)	Full (4.3MB)

Selections 22–25: Legacies

Selection 23 features two of Lisa Jura ’s granddaughters, Michele and Sarah Golabek-Goldman, playing “Clair de Lune” and Rhapsody at a gathering in London in June 1999 that marked the 60th anniversary of the Kindertransport. On selection 25, the girls’ mother, Renée Golabek-Kaye, performs the Prelude in B Minor by Abram Chasins.

Selection	Title	Composer	Length	Sample	Full
22	The Legacy	Mona Golabek	1:01	Sample (668k)	Full (1.2MB)
23	“Clair de Lune” / Rhapsody	Claude Debussy/Maxwell Eckstein	6:24	Sample (710k)	Full (7.5MB)
24	Sarah Golabek-Goldman Speaks	Sarah Golabek-Goldman	0:31	Sample (619k)	Full (619k)
25	Prelude in B Minor	Abram Chasins	2:45	Sample (668k)	Full (3.2MB)

Audio File Help

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