For more info, visit: www.milkenarchive.org/music/volumes/view/intimate-… Passover Offering (1959), was born as a commission from the University of Michigan’s radio station (WUOM) as a part of a series devoted to holiday-related compositions. Many of the commissioned composers elected to address national or quasi-religious holidays. Wyner, however, selected Passover—not only for its spiritual and religious elements but also for its dramatic and symbolic story line.