For several years now, the Hamburger Kammermusikfreunde have marked the historically significant dates of 25 and 30 January, the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp and the Nazi seizure of power, with a concert entitled »Verfemte Musik – gerettete Klänge«. And musicians from Jerusalem, of course, would not have been able to perform in Germany during the »Thousand Years« proclaimed by the Nazi regime.
Alongside works by five composers of Jewish heritage, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg, Kurt Weill, Fritz Kreisler and Werner Richard Heymann, the Jerusalem Quartet brings music by other composers to the programme as well. The ensemble makes its first Hamburg appearance with its new violist and is joined by acclaimed baritone Benjamin Appl, expanding the all-strings programme with a compelling selection of chamber music songs. An evening rich in musical discoveries.
PERFORMERS
Benjamin Appl baritone
Jerusalem Quartet string quartet
Alexander Pavlovsky violin
Sergei Bresler violin
Alexander Gordon viola
Kyril Zlotnikov violoncello
PROGRAM
Robert Schumann
Belsazar, Op. 57
Robert Schumann
Dein Angesicht
Robert Schumann
Mit Myrthen und Rosen
Johannes Brahms
Romanze
Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
- Interval -
Samuel Barber
Dover Beach, Op. 3
Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement) for String Quartet
Anton Webern
Three Pieces for String Quartet
Arnold Schönberg
Gigerlette
Fritz Kreisler
Old Refrain for Violin and Piano
Werner Richard Heymann
Irgendwo auf der Welt from the film soundtrack to »Ein blonder Traum« (director: Paul Martin, DE 1932)
