MUSIC IN EXILE ÉMIGRÉ COMPOSERS OF THE 1930s

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1 MUSIC IN EXILE ÉMIGRÉ COMPOSERS OF THE 1930s PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, CANADA In association with the Jewish Music Institute (JMI), London University SATURDAY 12 AND SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2008 CADOGAN HALL 5 SLOANE TERRACE LONDON SW1X 9DQ ARC, ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE

2 IT IS 75 YEARS SINCE HITLER S ASCENT TO POWER IN JANUARY 1933, AND 70 YEARS SINCE KRISTALLNACHT IN NOVEMBER 1938,YEARS WHICH SAW MASSIVE EMIGRATION.

3 ARC, the ensemble-in-residence at Canada s Royal Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with the English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble presents Music In Exile, a series of concerts, lectures and films that explore the works and the context of Jewish composers who fled Germany during the 1930s, and the non-jews who stayed behind; resisted the regime and became internal exiles. In many instances, these performances are the first in modern times. Simon Wynberg, Artistic Director, ARC

4 MUSIC IN EXILE SATURDAY APRIL 12, :00 1:00 PM LECTURE ALBRECHT DÜMLING INNER EXILE The political and social context of those who remained in Germany, resisted the regime and continued to compose. CONCERT 1: INNER EXILE 2:00 PM Walter BRAUNFELS [ ] Songs (TBA) Heinrich KAMINSKI [ ] Lied eines Gefangenen Heinz TIESSEN [ ] Amsel Septet, op. 20* The Blackbird for flute, clarinet, horn and string quartet Walter BRAUNFELS, String Quintet in F minor, op. 63* ARC AND ECO ENSEMBLES 4:00 5:30 PM THE OTHER TRUTH PART I Jagna Wright s revelatory documentary that revisits the generally accepted views on Poland and the Jews. The series is introduced by Stephen Wright. 5:30 6:30 PM LECTURE / MICHAEL HAAS MUSIC AS A FAST TRACK TO ASSIMILATION The producer and scholar responsible for Decca s seminal Entartete Musik series discusses how music provided a means for assimilation in the late 19th and early 20th century. CONCERT 2: CONTINENTAL BRITONS 7:30 PM A programme devoted to the music of composers who fled to Britain during the 1930s: including the most senior among them, Robert Kahn, a Brahms acolyte, and one of the youngest, Franz Reizenstein, a Hindemith pupil who went on to study with Ralph Vaughan Williams in London. Robert KAHN [ ] 7 Lieder aus Jungbrunnen * Berthold GOLDSCHMIDT [ ] Two Morgenstern Songs* Hans GÁL [ ] Clarinet Quintet, op. 107 Franz REIZENSTEIN [ ] Piano Quintet in D, op. 23 ARC ENSEMBLE * UK premiere

5 MUSIC IN EXILE SUNDAY APRIL 13, :00 1:00 PM LECTURE BRET WERB WE WILL NEVER DIE The repercussions and influence of the massive 1943 propaganda pageant by Kurt Weill and Ben Hecht drawing on contemporary photographs, newsreels and a rare broadcast recording. 1:00 2:00 PM THE OTHER TRUTH PART I CONCERT 3: POLES APART 2:00PM Alexander Tansman left France for America in 1941 and returned to Paris after the war. Miezcyslaw Weinberg escaped Germany s eastward expansion and was taken under Shostakovich s wing in Moscow. Miezcyslaw WEINBERG [ ] Clarinet Sonata, op. 28 Alexander TANSMAN [ ] String Sextet Miezcyslaw WEINBERG, Piano Quintet, op. 18 ARC AND ECO ENSEMBLES 4:00 5:30 PM THE OTHER TRUTH PART II 5:30 6:15 PM LECTURE / GOTTFRIED WAGNER 75 YEARS ON THE MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF DEGENERATE MUSIC Musicologist, director, co-founder of the post-holocaust dialogue group and Richard Wagner s great-grandson, brings a unique personal and historical perspective to the music the Nazis deemed degenerate. CONCERT 4: THROUGH ROSES 7:00 PM Miklós RÓZSA [ ] Three Songs Erich KORNGOLD [ ] Sonett fur Wien, op. 41 Karl WEIGL [ ] Three Songs for Contralto and String Quartet* PHILLIDA BANNISTER, CONTRALTO / RAPHAEL TERRONI, PIANO Marc NEIKRUG [b. 1946], Through Roses Marc Neikrug s music-drama for actor and eight solo instruments examines the tyranny of memory, specifically the recollections of violinist and Auschwitz survivor, Carl Stern who, through the rose hedge of the Kommandant s garden, witnessed the fate of arriving prisoners. MARC NEIKRUG, CONDUCTOR / SAUL RUBINEK, ACTOR & DIRECTOR / STEPHANIE GONLEY, VIOLIN, ECO ENSEMBLE * UK premiere

6 MUSIC IN EXILE ARTISTS ARC, ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY Simon Wynberg, Artistic Director Erika Raum and Benjamin Bowman, violins Steven Dann, viola. Bryan Epperson, cello Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet David Louie & Dianne Werner, pianos with Peter Barrett, baritone ARC is the ensemble-in-residence of Canada s Royal Conservatory of Music. Since its creation in 2002, it has presented a number of highly successful concert series and symposia in Toronto, including explorations of music of the Holocaust Music Reborn ; programmes of British chamber music from the early 20th century, and a series devoted to chamber music by film composers Reel Music. These have been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and by National Public Radio throughout Canada and the USA. ARC made its New York debut in 2003, performed in Stockholm and London in November, 2004, and toured China in the Spring of On the Threshold of Hope (RCA Red Seal), dedicated to the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, has received enthusiastic reviews in the world s press. ARC s recording of music by Julius Röntgen Right Through the Bone will be released in the UK in Spring Music in Exile was first presented in Toronto in November 2006, will be repeated in Budapest, New York and Israel during the 2008/09 season. PHoto: Cliff Spicer

7 ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE Since its inception in 1960 the ECO has incorporated a core of accomplished chamber musicians who perform frequently in a variety of instrumental formations. The ECO Ensemble has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida and Christian Zacharias, and, following debuts in New York and the Wigmore Hall in 1998, has performed in Paris, Madrid, at the Barbican Hall, Kensington Palace and the BBC Proms. It gives two concerts each season at the Wigmore Hall in addition to appearances at music festivals and series across the UK. SIMON WYNBERG ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ARC Simon Wynberg has been artistic director of the ARC Ensemble since its creation in He is the curator of the Music in Exile series, first presented in Toronto in 2006, and has run festivals and series in both Canada and the UK. He is also a distinguished guitarist and chamber musician. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: MUSIC, OPPRESSION AND EXILE TUESDAY 8 TO FRIDAY 11 APRIL, 2008 Presented by The Jewish Music Institute, SOAS Centre for Suppressed Music and the Institute of Musical Research, University of London. The conference covers the impact of Nazism on music in the 20th Century: musical life in Europe prior to Hitler; the mechanics of the Reich s music policies; the dispersal of composers and musicians, and the consequences post-war for musical life in Europe. For details go to the Jewish Music Institute s website: exile@jmi.org.uk Tel / Fax Stephanie Gonley, Leader ECO Photo: Clive Barda

8 MUSIC IN EXILE ÉMIGRÉ COMPOSERS OF THE 1930s PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, CANADA in association with the Jewish Music Institute (JMI), London University SATURDAY 12 AND SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2008 CADOGAN HALL 5 SLOANE TERRACE LONDON SW1X 9DQ ARC, ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE Music in Exile is funded through the generosity of Leslie and Anna Dan and the Garfield Weston Foundation. BOX OFFICE TICKETS 22, 18, 12 (includes free entry to lectures) Three concerts: 56, 44, 30 Four concerts: 66, 54, 36 Lectures: 5 / All 4 lectures: 15 ONLINE BOOKING (booking fees apply) IN PERSON Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace London, SW1X 9DQ BOOKING FEES A transaction fee of 2.50 when booking by phone. A transaction fee of 1.50 when booking on line. Fees are not applied to personal callers. Concept & Design: HM&E Design Communications, Toronto, Canada