Sachs' fusion of grief with subtly romantic elements is in keeping with the imagery of the kabbalah, where the Shekhinah represents God's presence on earth and mourns for the separation of God from His people in their suffering.
Goldman Sachs | Nelly Furtado | Nelly | Jeffrey Sachs | Andrew Sachs | ZF Sachs | Julius Sachs | Jonathan Sachs | Tay-Sachs disease | Loose (Nelly Furtado album) | Leonard Sachs | Hanns Sachs | Abraham Sachs | Sachs | Paul J. Sachs | Nelly Thüring | Nelly Sachs | Nelly Furtado's | Hugh Sachs | Viola Sachs | Tay–Sachs disease | Party People (Nelly song) | Nelly Neppach | Nelly Erichsen | Maria Sachs | Leo Sachs | Kantowski-Sachs metric | Julius von Sachs | Joe Sachs | Ignacy Sachs |
Additional readings were included from philosophers Martin Buber and Alfred North Whitehead; poets E. E. Cummings, John Masefield and Nelly Sachs; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and from Elie Wiesel.
The 20-minute-long concerto, written between 1976 and 1992, is based on Paul Celan's poem Todesfuge and texts by Nelly Sachs.