[HANASHIR:4406] Music at the Holocaust Museum in D.C., Sundays at 3:00 PM

[PKellyJr <PKellyJr...>]

 Sunday, 3:00 PM concerts are again scheduled at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in 
D.C.
Steven Honigberg is the Director of this Chamber Music Series. Tickets are 
free but to guarantee seating availability, call Protix 800-400-9373 who 
charge a fee. 

Nov. 21, 1999  
Zoltan Kodaly  "Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7" (1914)
Marcel Farago "Duo for Violin & Cello, Op.52" (1983)
                           "Zikaron (Remembrance) for Violin & Piano, Op. 65a"
                          (1992)  *Farago composed his first string quartet 
at age
                          16 and spent most of the war in forced labor camps. 
                           Mr. Farago will play cello & piano.                
Bela Bartok    "Sting Quartet No.6" (1939)

Jan. 23,2000
Lukas Foss  "Anne Frank" for Piano & Cello (1999) world premier
                       "Time Cycle for Soprano, Clarinet, Cello, Piano & 
                        Percussion (1959-1960)
Herman Berlinski  "Le Violon de Chagall" (1980)  in honor of Mr. 
                        Berlinski's 90th birthday

Feb. 27, 2000                           D.C. Premiers = !
Leon Levitch       "Trio for Flute, Clarinet & Piano, Op. 2" (1952)!
Moisei Vainberg "Clarinet Sonata" (1945)!
Felix Mendelssohn "Fugues for String Quartet" (1822)!
Bohuslav Martinu  "String Quartet #5" (1938)!       Blacklisted by the        
            
                        Nazis, Martinu was forced to flee Czechoslovakia.

March 26, 2000
Tom Myron   "Kathe Kollwitz for Soprano & String Quartet" with poems
                      by Muriel Rukeyser (1998) !
Sheila Silver "Piano Trio "To the Spirit Unconquered" (1992) ! inspired    
                      by Primo Levi's writing on the Holocaust about the human
                      spirit's ability to transcend devastating circumstances
Shulamit Ran "O the Chimneys" (1969)

May 21, 2000
Benjamin Lees "Night Spectres for Solo Cello" (1999) !
Pavel Haas     "Suite for Solo Piano, Op. 13" (1935) !
Alban Berg     "String Quartet, Op 3" (1910) 
Karl Weigl       "Piano Trio" (1939) !   As Hitler rose to power,Weigl 
                         fled with his family to the U.S. where he spent his 
last 11
                          years cut off from his roots & culture

For additional info on performers,  www.ushmm.org


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