Brundibar Arts Festival Opening Concert – HMD 2025

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Activity information

Activity type: Public activity

Organisation name: Brundibar Arts Festival

Website: http://www.brundivbarartsfestival.co.uk

Address:
St. James' United Reform Church
Burdon Terrace, Jesmond
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE2 3AE
United Kingdom

Composers forced into Exile in the United States

Artists
Violin: Jack Liebeck, Alexandra Raikhlina
Viola: Benjamin Roskams
Cello: Adrian Brendel
Tenor: Alex Aldren
Clarinet: Jessica Lee
Piano: Danny Driver, Yoshie Kawamura

7.00pm Pre-Concert talk by Michael Haas PhD.

7:30pm Concert

The concert explores works by composers who fled from the Nazis to the United States. All of the works were written during their years in exile. They convey a yearning for home, the composers’ attempts at assimilation and, sometimes, a protest.

M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 3 Shepardic Songs
E Krenek: Clarinet Trio op.108
F.Waxman: Memories of Childhood
Interval
D. Milhaud: Quartet no.13
E.Toch: Adagio for clarinet & piano
A.Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte

Tickets: www.brundibarartsfestival.co.uk

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