Emigres & Exiles in Hollywood: Series Finale

2724 Haste Street,Berkeley CA 94704

12 June, 2021

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The finale of E4TT's exploration of music by film composers who fled Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, along with Polish composers of the era. Songs by Austrian émigré Erich Zeisl (1905-1959)“Hollywood-Elegie Nr. 7” (1942) from Hollywood Liederbuch by Austrian émigré Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) to a text by Bertolt Brecht); excerpts from “Kaleidescope” for solo piano (1946) by two-time Academy Award winner Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)excerpt from “Sonatine Transatlantique”(1930) by Polish composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)“Tanzlied des Pierrot” from Die Tote Stadt (1920) by Austrian-American prodigy Erich Korngold (1897-1957)“Scherzo and Introduction,” arranged for cello and piano, by two-time Oscar winner Franz Waxman (1906-1967); )“Echoes of Love,” arranged for soprano, cello, and piano, by Henryk Vars (1902-1977)“Moravian Dance” for cello and piano by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Selected inventions for solo piano by Polish composer André Tchaikowsky (1935-1982); Preludes for solo cello by Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)Romance from “Trois Pièces de Concert” for cello and piano by Auschwitz survivor Szymon Laks (1901-1983).Musicians: soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Anne Lerner, season guest pianist Margaret Halbig