RE: International Conference and Concerts of Entartete Musik

[Jewish Music Institute <jewishmusic...>]

Members of the list may like to know about the Conference with leading 
International
experts on music suppressed by the Third Reich.  Its part of the music Festival 
and
after the Jewish Music Concerence.  Over two days 2-3 July lectures and musical
prensetations will take place.  Details below and on our website (where you can 
find a
registration form).
Geraldine

Sunday 2-Monday 3 July, SOAS

'Entartete Musik' Thwarted Voices: Music Suppressed by the Third Reich.
Chairman Michael Haas, Conference Director Erik Levi. Invited speakers, 
Christopher
Hailey (USA), David Matthews (UK), Martin Shüssler, Thomas Gayda and Kolja 
Lessing
(Europe) on Franz Schreker the most influential European composition teacher 
based in
Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s and his students, among them, Berthold 
Goldschmidt, Ernst
Krenek, Karol Rathaus, Max Brand, who were considered the rising talents in 
Western
Europe, writing tonal music whilst being part of a very spirited avant-garde, 
until
almost without exception, they were forced into exile by the Nazis at the start 
of
promising careers.
Presented by the International Forum for Suppressed Music of the Jewish Music 
Institute.
Co-hosted by the Music Department. SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, 
London WC1H
0XG. Information and registration: www.jmi.org.uk Booking: Erik Levi 01784 443 
532 Fax
01784 439441
e-mail uhwm018 (at) sun(dot)rhbnc(dot)ac(dot)uk
Sunday 2 July, 2.30pm, SOAS
'Entartete Musik' recital of vocal music Introduced by Christopher Hailey
Part of International Conference: Thwarted Voices: Music Suppressed by the 
Third Reich
(see Conferences)
Barbara Heimann, soprano, Anne Buter, soprano
with Reinild Mees, piano
Music by Schreker and his students Krenek, Grosz, Goldschmidt and others, 
introduced by
the world's leading authorities. Songs specially chosen and introduced by Dr 
Christopher
Hailey (Los Angeles), biographer of Franz Schreker.
Supported by Bnai Brith Leo Baeck Women's Lodge. Brunei Theatre, SOAS, 
University of
London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. Tickets: £10.00 
(discounts:
A-E see box) booking:Royal Festival Hall Box Office 020 7960 4242
Sunday 2 July, 7.30pm, St John's, Smith Square,
'Entartete Musik' concert of works by Schreker, Goldschmidt, Krenek and Rathaus
Part of International Conference: Thwarted Voices: Music Suppressed by the 
Third Reich
(see Conferences)
Andrusier Ensemble, string trio, clarinet, horn and piano, Artistic Director: 
Tamar
Andrusier, special guest: Kolja Lessing, piano solo
This concert, featuring three premières, highlights the music of Schreker, the 
most
influential composition teacher in pre-war Germany, and his students. These 
rising
talents, were part of an adventurous avant garde whilst following tonality. 
Their works
were feted in concert halls and opera houses all over Europe until, almost 
without
exception, they were forced into exile. Goldschmidt, Retrospectrum; Rathaus, 
Piano
Sonata No. 1; Krenek, Serenade op 4, UK Premiere; Goldschmidt, Marche 
Militaire, world
premiere; Schreker, Four Sketches for Film, world premiere; Schreker, Der Wind.
Concert presented by the Jewish Music Institute, SOAS International Forum for 
Suppressed
Music. St John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA. Tickets £16.00, £14.00, 
£12.00, £8.00
Booking: (discounts: A-E see box) 020 7222 1061 and Royal Festival Hall Box 
Office
020 7960 4242


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of
Ari Davidow
Sent: 12 May 2000 08:02
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Fwd: Concert of Entartete Musik

>From: LMGaubatz (at) aol(dot)com
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:40:02 EDT
>
>In Honor of the 95th Birthday of Composer Eric Zeisl
>
>The Church of the Annunciation presents
>
>Entartete Musik - Music Banned by the Nazis
>
>Including the world prémière of Eric Zeisl's "The Good Old Time"
>
>Lynn Gaubatz, bassoonist
>Frank Conlon, pianist
>
>
>Music by Mendelssohn, Vaughn Williams, Hindemith, Tansman, and Zeisl
>
>Thursday, May 18
>7:30 PM
>
>Admission Free
>
>Church of the Annunciation
>3810 Massachusetts Avenue NW
>Washington, DC
>(1 block west of Wisconsin Avenue)
>
>For concert information, call (703) 207-9450.
>
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Gaubatz To Perform World Prémière Of Eric Zeisl Work
>
>WASHINGTON, DC --  American virtuoso Lynn Gaubatz of Falls Church, Virginia,
>will perform the world prémière of Eric Zeisl's "The Good Old Time" in
>celebration of his 95th birthday at the Church of the Annunciation, 3810
>Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC (1 block west of Wisconsin Avenue) on
>Thursday, May 18 at 7:30pm.  The concert will include other works for bassoon
>[Gaubatz] and piano [Frank Conlon] by Zeisl, Alexandre Tansman, Egon Wellesz,
>Paul Hindemith, and Karol Rathaus.  All these works are "Entartete Musik", or
>music by composers banned in Nazi Germany.  For concert information, call
>(703) 207-9450.
>
>"I am honored to be the first person to perform Zeisl's piece "The Good Old
>Time", although I wish it had been performed 50 years ago when it was
>composed.  His daughter's cooperation with my article on Zeisl's life was so
>helpful, and when she sent me an unpublished and unperformed piece of his I
>was really excited."  Gaubatz wrote an article about the life and music of
>Eric Zeisl which will appear in the May edition of "Austria Kultur", the
>magazine of the Austrian Cultural Institute.
>
>Zeisl, born May 18, 1905 in Vienna, Austria, fled Vienna the morning after
>Kristallnacht [November 9, 1938], narrowly avoiding capture.  Settling for a
>time in Paris, where he began his long friendship with Darius Milhaud, Zeisl
>eventually moved to the United States, finally landing in Hollywood.  In 1945
>he became an American citizen.  On February 18, 1959, after teaching a
>composition theory class at Los Angeles City College, Zeisl suffered a fatal
>heart attack.  Much of his work remains unpublished and unheard.
>
>Gaubatz was the only musician invited to perform at the International
>Holocaust Conference in Vienna, Austria in 1999, where she performed a solo
>work by exiled Viennese composer Egon Wellesz at the official reception given
>by the Burgermeister of Vienna.  Through her research into the lives and work
>of composers whose work was labeled "Entartete Musik" [degenerate music]
>because it was created by Jewish composers or dissidents, Gaubatz is
>uncovering and performing music that was banned by Hitler, much of it never
>before published or performed.
>
>Lynn Gaubatz is a name familiar to audiences around the world.  Named "One of
>America's Ten Most Outstanding Young Working Women" by GLAMOUR Magazine,
>Gaubatz has performed as soloist in Europe, North and South America, and
>Africa.  Her critically-acclaimed performances of Mozart's "Bassoon Concerto"
>have been broadcast on three continents by PBS, Radio Nacional de Espana, and
>Radio Nacional de Venezuela, and she's the only bassoonist ever to have a
>recital broadcast worldwide by The Voice of America.  She is also the only
>bassoon soloist ever featured at the Smithsonian Institution's "Art of the
>Virtuosi" and "The Concert Experience" in Washington, DC.
>
>She has played as principal bassoonist under Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa,
>Sir Georg Solti and others, with orchestras in Austria, Germany, Spain,
>Venezuela and the U.S.  She has performed at music festivals around the
>world, including Tanglewood, Aspen, and Wolf Trap, where she played the
>bassoon on stage in costume in Mozart's "Don Giovanni".  She taught at the
>world-renowned Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria from 1982 to 1984, and has
>given master classes in Salzburg, Seville, Malaga, Caracas, Boston,
>Washington, Madison, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe.
>
>Gaubatz has been invited to perform again in March 2001 at an international
>Peace Prize ceremony in Norway.  On March 12, 1999, Gaubatz was the featured
>soloist at the ceremony during which Carmel Budiardjo, the 1995 recipient of
>the alternative Nobel Peace Prize (Right Livelihood Award) and leader of
>Tapol (an organisation which supports political prisoners and fights for
>human rights in Indonesia) awarded an international Peace Prize to East
>Timorese Student Leader Antero B. da Silva. Gaubatz also performed as an
>introduction to the March 13, 1999 speech of Ms. Jasmind Sooka from South
>Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the commission established to
>help South Africa deal with its post-apartheid era problems.
>
>For more information:  http://members.aol.com/mozartsalz/gaubatz.html



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