Ellis Island: The Dream of America

Album by Peter Boyer & Barry Bostwick & Blair Brown & Olympia Dukakis & Anne Jackson & Bebe Neuwirth & Eli Wallach & Louis Zorich & Philharmonia Orchestra & Peter Boyer

Ellis Island: The Dream of America is a 2005 album by American composer Peter Boyer, featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra. The work combines orchestral music with narrations of first-person accounts from immigrants who passed through Ellis Island between 1910 and 1940, reflecting on the American immigrant experience.
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  1. 1.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Prologue
    6:09
  2. 2.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Helen Cohen, Emigrated From Poland in 1920
    2:37
  3. 3.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 1
    1:24
  4. 4.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of James Apanomith, Emigrated From Greece in 1911
    2:43
  5. 5.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 2
    2:07
  6. 6.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Lillian Galleta, Emigrated From Italy in 1928
    3:32
  7. 7.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 3
    1:33
  8. 8.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Lazarus Salamon, Emigrated From Hungary in 1920
    4:16
  9. 9.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 4
    1:55
  10. 10.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Helen Rosenthal, Emigrated From Belgium in 1920
    4:27
  11. 11.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 5
    1:01
  12. 12.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Manny Steen, Emigrated From Ireland in 1925
    4:42
  13. 13.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Interlude 6
    2:24
  14. 14.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Words of Katherine Beychook, Emigrated From Russia in 1910
    2:53
  15. 15.
    Ellis Island: The Dream of America: Epilogue “The New Colossus” (Emma Lazarus, 1883)
    1:50

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