Concert of Banned Music: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic
| November 9, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Carnegie Music Hall
Tickets are $5 for general admission, $4 for senior citizens, and free to all college students with valid ID. To purchase tickets in advance, visit www.music.cmu.edu and select “Box Office.” Seating is open and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Maestro Ronald Zollman leads the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in a performance of works by prominent European-Jewish composers whose music was banned during the Nazi regime at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9 in Oakland’s historic Carnegie Music Hall. The performance is part of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project.
In close partnership with The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is presenting Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, a month-long collaborative effort with a broad spectrum of Pittsburgh organizations to create educational programming and inspire a community-wide dialogue about the Holocaust.
The Nazi propaganda that exposed and banned “degenerate” artists and composers was a precursor to the state-sponsored pogrom of Kristallnacht on Nov. 8 and 9, 1938. Held exactly 71 years later, this commemorative performance sheds light on those composers and their music.
The program features Martinu’s Lidiče, Schulhoff’s Symphony No. 1, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Schoenberg’s A Survivor of Warsaw and Mahler’s Todtenfeier. Special guests Sandy and Edgar Snyder and Kristallnacht survivor Ruth Drescher will address the audience prior to the performance.