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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ein Quartett-Satz on the name of Walter Arlen
This lyrical and intimate work is one of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s 52 musical “greeting cards”, and the only one written for string quartet. The work pays homage to his enduring friendship with Walter Arlen and weaves in musical quotes from Schubert as a nod to Arlen’s Viennese heritage.
Shostakovich and Weinberg: A Story of Loss and the Healing Power of Friendship
Using the music of Dimitri Shostakovich and Mieczysław Weinberg, a concert presented at Colburn in 2023 paints a picture of the composers’ friendship and life at the end of World War II.
In 2022, James Conlon and artists from the Colburn School released Shapeshifter, an album on the Delos label featuring the music of Erwin Schulhoff. Shapeshifter is especially notable as the first album-length example of his works being taken up by American musicians of classical’s ascendant “next generation.
In an album launch event at Colburn, the young artists on the album shared their journey of discovery and performed works from Shapeshifter.
TEDx: James Conlon on Resurrecting Forbidden Music
The racist, genocidal goal of the Nazi regime was not only to destroy the Jewish population, but also to stifle its cultural voice forever. James Conlon, one of today’s most distinguished international conductors, introduces the listener to this troubling but fascinating story, shows how its effects are still with us today, and describes his personal journey that started with a chance discovery on the radio, through his efforts to bring a voluminous heritage of music to the public’s consciousness.
Recovered Voices 2021: Schulhoff and More
Presented by James Conlon, this four-part online series delves into the life and music of Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942), a fascinating, prolific, and multi-faceted composer who embraced a full panoply of styles and influences from his era.
Schulhoff’s life and career are emblematic of the vitality not only of his own work, but that of two generations of composers whose lives, careers, and legacies were profoundly disrupted during—and following—the years 1933–1945 as a result of Nazi repression. Schulhoff, like all Jewish composers and many non-Jewish composers, was branded by the regime as “degenerate.”
James Conlon and Musicians from The Colburn School at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress presented a virtual concert by Colburn musicians in 2022 as part of an online concert series. James Conlon and Adam Millstein spoke with Anne McLean and David Plylar of the Library of Congress in a virtual pre-concert talk.
- “I Remember Gideon Klein”- Testimony
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Holocaust Music Testimony of Terezin Composer. Holocaust survivor, George J. Horner, remembers Gideon Klein.
- A Concert of Music by Ernst Krenek: In honor of his 80th birthday (April 18, 1980)
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A recording of a concert given in celebration of Ernst Krenek’s 80th birthday, on April 18, 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and sponsored by the Goethe Institute. Charles Boone, who studied with Krenek, introduced the composer
- A Tribute to Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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The copyright to the rare images of Erich Wolfgang Korngold all belong to ‘The Brendan G Carroll Collection’ and if anyone wishes to use them, they must request permission. These requests may be sent to: [email protected]
“A collection of unique photos of Erich Wolfgang Korngold accompanying a rare test recording of TOMORROW – in its chamber version – for the film THE CONSTANT NYMPH with Sally Sweetland dubbing Joan Fontaine, and the ensemble comprising Louis Kaufman (violin) Eleanor Aller (cello) and Korngold himself at the piano. This recording is a test and differs somewhat from the final version that appears in the film, where the opening lines of the first verse are spoken by Charles Boyer. The film was never shown due to complex copyright issues. Korngold is pictured here from age 4 until his last photo age 60, with several showing him at the piano, and with famous colleagues such as Max Reinhardt, Jascha Heifetz and Bette Davis, as well as his wife Luzi and his parents Dr Julius & Josephine Korngold. The last photo shows his grave in Hollywood with a facsimile of his autograph of the Mariettalied from the opera Die tote Stadt.”—Brendan G. Carroll
- Arnold Schoenberg Statement by Ernst Krenek
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Composer Ernst Krenek (1900-1991), pupil of the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), is talking about his teacher.
- Eric Zeisl: His Life and Music
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Transcript of a twelve-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program and the UCLA School of Law. Zeisl recalls her and her husband’s life in Vienna; his musical education; details of his compositions and teaching; their émigre life; and settling in California.
- Glenn Dicterow on Korngold’s Violin Concerto
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The New York Philharmonic’s concertmaster, Glenn Dicterow, discusses his February 2008 performance.
- James Conlon [Brandeis] Lectures on Composers Silenced During Holocaust
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James Conlon, music director of Los Angeles Opera, visited Brandeis on Nov. 17, 2008 to speak about his project “Recovered Voices,” which celebrates and revives the music of composers silenced during the Holocaust.
- Morning Concert: The Music of Berthold Goldschmidt (July 21, 1992)
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Charles Amirkhanian explores the life and music of Berthold Goldschmidt (b. 1903). Goldschmidt is a German born composer who emigrated to England when Hitler came to power. There he existed in the margins of the musical world until his work was discovered by a number of younger composers in the early 1980s. He then experienced a sort of renaissance in which his works were performed and recorded, and also during which he composed a number of new works. This program includes a telephone interview with the 89 year old composer from London as well as interviews with a number of his relatives that live in the Bay Area.
- Recovered Voices: Operas Suppressed by the Nazis- Jewish TV Network
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LA Opera Music Director James Conlon presents “Recovered Voices,” operas suppressed by the Nazis. The operas include the U.S. Premiere of “The Broken Jug” by Viktor Ullmann & West Coast Premiere of “The Dwarf” by Alexander Zemlinsky.
- Weinberg: Short Televised Clip [in Russian]
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Televised clip “Culture” about a concert in Rachmaninoff Hall, Moscow Conservatory that took place in January 20, 2009. [In Russian Language]
- What Happens When Art Collides with Its Society? A Lecture by James Conlon
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James Conlon, Music Director of the LA Opera, is one of todays preeminent conductors. He has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. In this lecture, Conlon discussed how compositions and performances were affected by the rise of Nazism and the events of World War II and looked at parallels in societies around the world today. The event was organized by the USC Thornton School of Music as part of Visions and Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, and was held on October 13, 2008, at Bing Theatre.