E4TT’s season finale is also the series finale of the group’s exploration of rarely heard chamber works and arrangements by Émigré composers who fled war-torn Europe in the 1930s and 40s and created today’s characteristic “Hollywood sound,” along with works by several composers who remained in Europe and survived the war.
Featuring music by:
- Polish composer, Alexandre Tansman
-German/Polish-American composer, Franz Waxman
-Czech-American prodigy, Erich Korngold
-Austrian-American, Erich Zeisl
-Polish-American composer, Henry Vars
-Austrian-America, Hanns Eisler
-Auschwitz survivor, Szymon Laks
-Polish-Russian, Mieczyslaw Weinberg
-Polish composers André Tchaikowsky and Grażyna Bacewicz
Musicians: E4TT (Nanette McGuinness, soprano; Anne Lerner, cello; and season guest pianist Margaret Halbig)
Info: www.E4TT.org/emigres.html or https://emigres.eventbrite.com
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Program Items
Hanns Eisler
“Hollywood-Elegie Nr. 7” (1942) from Hollywood Liederbuch
Miklós Rózsa
Excerpts from “Kaleidescope” (1946)
Alexandre Tansman
Excerpt from “Sonatine Transatlantique” (1930)
Erich Korngold
“Tanzlied die Pierrot” from Die Tote Stadt (1920)
Franz Waxman
“Scherzo and Introduction”
Performers
Nanette McGuinness
Soprano
Anne Lerner
Cello
Margaret Halbig
Piano