Songs in Times of Distress
The 大象传媒 Singers offer haunting choral music from the Theresienstadt ghetto, with reflective interludes provided by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Singing gives comfort in dark times. Before the Nazis sanctioned Theresienstadt鈥檚 'leisure activities', covert music persisted 鈥� composers drew their own manuscript paper and choirs met in secret. Hear works that would have been forbidden elsewhere in Nazi territory, including Hebrew and Yiddish songs by Viktor Ullmann. Baritone Simon Wallfisch 鈥� co-curator of the concert and grandson of an Auschwitz survivor 鈥� also sings Ullmann鈥檚 Songs of Comfort and reads first-hand accounts from the camp.
With most instruments needing to be smuggled in, Theresienstadt led composers to write for small groups, such as in the pieces for strings by Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas and Franti拧ek Doma啪lick媒 which are presented here by Guildhall School Musicians. Post-war reflections from Silvie Bodorova and Dieter Gogg complete the programme, with reflective interludes provided by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
大象传媒 Singers
Nicholas Chalmers conductor
Simon Wallfisch baritone/narrator
Iain Farrington piano
Guildhall School Musicians:
Hana Mizuta-Spencer violin
Melanie Gruwez violin
Kate de Campos viola
William Clark-Maxwell cello
Bogdan Skrypka percussion
Viktor Ullmann Two Hebrew Pieces for choir
Extracts from Diary of Dan by Gonda Redlich, 16 March - 6 October 1944
Words from Viktor Ullmann
Viktor Ullmann Songs of Comfort for low voice and string trio:
Extract from Goethe and Ghetto
Extract from a review by Viktor Ullmann
Gideon Klein String Trio
Words by Zeev Shek, extract from Music in Terezin by Joza Karas
Gideon Klein Folk Songs for male chorus
Silvie Bodorova 'Lacrimosa' from Terez铆n Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet
Pavel Haas 'Wild Night' from String Quartet No 2
Extract from Terezin, a story of the Holocaust by Franklin Watts
Dieter Gogg/Leo Strauss Als Ob (As If) (arr Iain Farrington)
Dieter Gogg/Otto Beer Theresienstadt, der sch枚nste Stadt der Welt (Theresienstadt, the most beautiful city in the world) (arr Iain Farrington)
Franti拧ek Doma啪lick媒 Song Without Words for string quartet
Viktor Ullmann Yiddish Songs for choir
Viktor Ullmann 鈥楰omm Tod, du unser werter Gast鈥� from Der Kaiser von Atlantis (arr Iain Farrington)
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Viktor Ullmann
Two Hebrew pieces for choir: Eliahu
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
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Viktor Ullmann
Two Hebrew pieces for choir: Anu Olim
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
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Viktor Ullmann
Lieder der Tr枚stung: 1.Tote wollen nicht verweilen
Singer: Jessica Gillingwater. Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Viktor Ullmann
Lieder der Tr枚stung: 2.Erwachen zu Weihnachten (Fragment)
Singer: Jessica Gillingwater. Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Gideon Klein
Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Gideon Klein
Sundenfall for Male Chorus
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
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Sylvie Bodorov谩
Requiem for Terezin for baritone solo & string quartet: first movement
Singer: Simon Wallfisch. Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Gideon Klein
Folksongs for Male Chorus
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
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Pavel Haas
String Quartet No. 2, Op.7: IV - Wild Night
Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Dieter Gogg
Theresienstadt, der sch枚nste Stadt der Welt
Performer: Iain Farrington. Singer: Katherine Nicholson. -
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Dieter Gogg
Als Ob'
Performer: Iain Farrington. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Simon Wallfisch. -
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Franti拧ek Doma啪lick媒
Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words) for string quartet
Ensemble: Members of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -
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Viktor Ullmann
Yiddish Songs for Male & Female Choir
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. -
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Viktor Ullmann
From Kaiser von Atlantis 'Komm Tod, du unser werter Gast'
Performer: Iain Farrington. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour Op.12 vers. for violin and piano
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.- Elgar Violin Concerto.
- Decca Classics.
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Broadcast
- Sun 29 Jan 2023 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3