[ all events ]Welcome to the Carnegie Mellon School of Music events listing. Please look below for a full comprehensive list,
and use the links, dropdowns and searchbar above to sort through the entries. Click on any of the
event titles for more information.
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic [ return to listing | link to this page ]
Monday November 9 2009, 8:00 pm
Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Ronald Zollman, Music Director
MARTINU - Lidiče
SCHULHOFF - Symphony No. 1
***********************
BARBER - Adagio for Strings
SCHOENBERG - A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
Men's Chorus
Narrator: Douglas Ahlstedt, Associate Professor of Voice
MAHLER - Todtenfeier
Tickets: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors,
free for Carnegie Mellon students with ID
Purchase Tickets
Webcast N/A
Program N/A
Directions
The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, the flagship performing ensemble of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music, performs powerful music written by composers both well known and long forgotten.
This concert illuminates the work of prominent European-Jewish composers, whose work was banned during the Nazi regime, leading to the neglect of such pieces for nearly half a century thereafter. Their stories demonstrate incredible strength of spirit and mind in overcoming physical and emotional hardship in the face of horrific events. Remarkably, their music rarely portrays the dire circumstances under which it was written.
Nazi propaganda exposing and banning “degenerate” artists and composers eventually led to the pogrom of Kristallnacht on November 9th, 1938. Held exactly 71 years later, this commemorative Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic performance sheds light on those composers and their music.
Tickets to this performance are just $5 for general admission, $4 for senior citizens and free to all college students with valid university ID. To purchase tickets in advance, visit music.cmu.edu and click on ‘Box Office’. Seating is open and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. As the concert date approaches, call the Concert Line at 412-268-2383 for more information.
|
