11. Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival | Konzert II – Lieder vom Exil

All four composers presented in this program lived in America for a time, but only Antonín Dvořák moved to the "New World" voluntarily. Erich Itor Kahn, Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill were forced to emigrate due to the persecution of Jews in Germany and had to build a new artistic existence in the USA.
Erik Itor Kahn (1905-1956)
"Nenia Judaeis qui hac aetate perierunt" (Funeral song for the Jews who perished in this age) for cello and piano (1943)
Swiss premiere

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)
"Kriegslied eines Kindes", No. 4 from "Zeitungsausschnitte" for voice and piano op. 11 (1925-26)
"Panzerschlacht" from the "Hollywooder Liederbuch" for voice and piano (1939)
Text: Bertolt Brecht

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
"Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib" for voice and piano (1942)
Text: Bertolt Brecht

Hanns Eisler
"Und ich werde nicht mehr sehen das Land" for voice and piano (1941)
Text: Peter Altenberg

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quintet in E flat major op. 97, No. 3 (1893)


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