Upcoming lecture recitals
(148) Berlin 22. October 2021, Grunewald Church Berlin, 20h (Bismarckallee 28b, 14193 Berlin-Wilmersdorf)Ernst Bachrich (1892-1942) - a strong voice in the 2. Viennese School
The 2. Viennese School was a cornerstone within the multitude of musical tendencies of the 1920's. The Schoenbergians did share some fundamental beliefs but they were individualists nevertheless. Ernst Bachrich, who studied with Schoenberg 1916-19, was one of them. In the following years Bachrich played a vital role in Schoenberg's "Society for Private Musical Performances" (as pianist and secretary). As a composer of songs, chamber and piano music he found his own voice. He conducted at the Vienna Volksoper and later (1928-32) in the Rhineland. In 1933 he returned to Vienna and contributed to the city's musical life as pianist, conductor and co-organiser of the concert series "Musik der Gegenwart". In 1938 he was blacklisted. He was deported to Izbica Ghetto (Poland) in May 1942 and killed in Majdanek shortly afterwards.
Program:
Piano sonata op. 1
Portraits - Three pieces for piano op. 6
Songs op. 3, 10 and melodrama op. 15 with lyrics by Christian Morgenstern, Theodor Däubler, Greta Bauer and Emil Arnold Holm.
Performers: Anna Christin Sayn (soprano) and Alexander Breitenbach (piano)
Frank Harders-Wuthenow and Alexander Breitenbach talk with Peter Sarkar
Tickets from 7 p.m. at the venue only, price 10 Euros.
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This concert will be supported by the Harald Genzmer Foundation
Following lecture recitals
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10. February 2022: The Austrian Victor Urbancic's (1903-1958) key role to Iceland's music scene
5. May 2022: Genius and modesty - Ignace Strasfogel in Berlin and New York
23. June 2022: Escape in the very last moment: Hans Heller (1898-1969), a pupil of Franz Schreker