Hear the distinctive voice and powerful music of Erwin Schulhoff. Effortlessly shifting between styles, Schulhoff’s compositions were influenced by Dada, Impressionism, Jazz, Czech national music, and Socialist Realism. Nearly erased by the Nazi regime, the music of Erwin Schulhoff is given new life by Colburn’s Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices.
Using the music of Dimitri Shostakovich and Mieczysław Weinberg, this concert paints a picture of the composers’ friendship and life at the end of World War II.
Maestro James Conlon leads the Colburn Orchestra in performances by Korngold, Schoenberg, and Schreker — composers whose works were nearly buried by the Nazi regime. Following the concert, Maestro Conlon signs copies of the Shapeshifter album, produced by the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices and featuring the music of Erwin Schulhoff.
Violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli will perform a one-hour selection of concert music by composers who shaped the sound of film music.
Shostakovich would have written his quintet in 1940 shortly before meeting Weinberg for the first time. Fleeing the invading German forces in 1941, Weinberg made his way to Uzbekistan eventually meeting Shostakovich. After this meeting, Weinberg stated: “It was as if I had been born anew… Although I took no lessons from him (Shostakovich) he was the first person to whom I would show each of my new works.” Weinberg’s Quintet shows his musical admiration of the older Shostakovich, while still retaining his own steely personality throughout.
Dedicated to emigre, composer, and long-time Los Angeles resident Walter Arlen, this program features premieres of works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Arlen, who both fled fascism and artistic repression in Europe and made their home in Los Angeles. The concert will include US premiere performances of quartets by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, including one written based on the name of Walter Arlen.
Canada’s Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory), a group dedicated to the recovery of suppressed and lost 20th century music, performs a program of rarely-heard works for clarinet, piano, and strings.
Despite being a friend and contemporary of Shostakovich, Mieczysław Weinberg and his musical genius went unrecognized for much of the 20th century due to Soviet-Era suppression. This concert highlights three of Weinberg’s more than 150 works: a playful flute concerto, a concertino for violin and string orchestra, and a dramatic chamber symphony.
The dynamic duo of violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli performs works by innovative Czech composers who profoundly impacted the trajectory of 20th-century music.
The Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center and Cincinnati Museum Center perform a commemorative program featuring a chamber ensemble from the CSO and honors Holocaust survivor Henry Meyer, who rebuilt his life in Cincinnati after the war. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed LaSalle Quartet and a beloved longtime professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Meyer shaped generations of musicians and left a lasting mark on the city’s cultural landscape. The repertoire reflects his artistic legacy and includes works once banned under the Nazi regime.
This program is presented in connection with Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, leads the Music Restored Ensemble in a love letter to Bohemian melodies.
Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers Program Director and violinist Adam Millstein joined pianist David Hausknecht for a sold-out performance at the legendary Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna. Programming for the evening included Korngold, Mozart, Schulhoff, Arlen, and Smetana.