Holocaust Remembrance Project - Voices from the Holocaust - 1/22/23

70 County Road 516,Old Bridge NJ 08857

22 January, 2023

Description

Voices from the Holocaust - Music, Arts, and Poetry from Terezin Township of Old Bridge Cultural Arts Committee in collaboration with Collegium Musicum NJ presents music, art and poetry from Terezin (Theresienstadt) Jewish Ghetto / Concentration camp and the story of Terezin's children's opera "Brundibar" by Czech-Jewish composer and victim of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Hans Krasa. In 2018, Collegium Musicum launched "The Artistic Remembrance - Voices from the Holocaust" project dedicated to the victims of Terezin (Theresienstadt) Jewish Ghetto / Concentration camp 1941-45 in Czechoslovakia. The project consists of a series of lectures, music presentations and exhibitions dedicated to cultural activities in Terezin. Collegium Musicum continued developing the project by collecting art, visual materials and music pieces from Terezin. Brundibar is an opera written for children. No more than forty minutes long, it was composed in 1938 by Hans Krása, with lyrics by Adolf Hoffmeister, as an entry for a children’s opera competition. It's premiere was in German-occupied Prague and was performed by children at the Jewish Orphanage on Belgicka Street. Brundibar had one additional performance in the Hagibor building before the mass transports of Bohemian and Moravian Jews to Terezín began in 1942. In July 1943, the score of Brundibár  was smuggled into camp, where it was re-orchestrated by Krasa for the various instrumentalists who were available to play at that time. The premiere of the Terezín version took place on 23 September 1943 in the hall of the Magdeburg barracks. Realizing the propagandistic potential of this enormously popular artistic , the Nazis arranged a special new staging of Brundibár for the propaganda film Theresienstadt - eine Dokumentarfilm aus den jüdische Siedlungsgebiet (directed by Kurt Gerron), and the same production was performed for the inspection of Terezín by the International Red Cross in September 1944. This would be the last of the fifty-five performances in the Terezín ghetto; two weeks later, transportation of artists to Auschwitz and other destinations East began, silencing the most popular theatrical production in Terezín. Make you contribution to support this important mission. The funds collected will be used to support the Holocaust Remembrance Project Collegium Musicum is non-profit 501c3 public charity organization - EIN - 35-2638687. All contributions are tax deductible up to the limits of the local tax law. Sign up for our concert announcements and special invites on our web site. https://www.collegiummusicumnj.org Limited seating. You must reserve your seat with a ticket.