Upcoming lecture recitals
(100) Wednesday, 15. February 2012Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, 20 h
Georg Kreisler: Composer, Emigrant
Georg Kreisler was known for more than fifty years as the undisputed master of political cabaret. Less well-known is that the poet, satirist, author and composer of prose, verse, plays and musicals also composed two successful operas, that he and his family fled Vienna to Los Angeles in 1938, and that as an American soldier he interviewed Germans in preparation for the Nuremberg Trials. Entirely unknown is the fact that he composed chamber music while living in New York around 1950.
Georg Kreisler had planned to take part in the event on 29 October and was looking forward to it immensely. An unexpected illness, which caused the concert to be postponed, led to his death on 22 November. The program of our memorial concert will now include his widow, Barbara Kreisler-Peters, and others who knew the great artist personally.
Sherri Jones will perform the complete piano music of Georg Kreisler, including the world premiere of his Sonata for Piano (1952).
Moderation: Albrecht Dümling and Albrecht Riethmüller
Following lecture recitals
(101) Thursday, 29. March 2012 Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub, 20 h
Joseph Horovitz: Escape to the Island of Rescue
(102) Thursday, 24. May 2012 Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub, 20 h
Aldo Finzi: A Master of Musical Refinement
(103) Thursday, 28. June 2012 Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub, 20 h
Will Eisenmann: Avowed Pacifist and Anti-Fascist
Admission: 8 Euros, for students 6 Euros
Special price for concert No. 100 in Werner-Otto-Saal: 15 Euro / 10 Euro
Reservation: Konzerthaus Berlin [www.konzerthaus.de]
Tel.: (030) 20309 - 2101