»Überlebensmusik«: Bennewitz Quartet / Hans Christoph Begemann
2. Internationales Musikfest Hamburg
Description
This concert gives prominence to four talented composers sharing the same merciless fate in the hands of the German Nazi Party. The works on the programme were composed in concentration camps and as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival’s series »Survival Music«, two of the compositions will be heard for the first time ever.
Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann and Hans Krása died in Auschwitz, Erwin Schulhoff in the Bavarian detention centre in Wülzburg. Hard to fathom, is how the composers were able to find the strength to write music in the pressurised atmosphere of a detention camp. And more incredibly, it was in these conditions that some of the composers’ best works were produced. With the Czech Bennewitz Quartet and its renowned guests, the composers have gained distinguished interpreters to share their poignant creations.
Performers
Hans Christoph Begemann baritone
Bennewitz Quartet
Jakub Fišer violin
Štěpán Ježek violin
Jiří Pinkas viola
Štěpán Doležal violoncello
Krzysztof Chorzelski viola
Antoine Lederlin violoncello
Klaus Simon piano
Programme
Gideon Klein
Fantasie und Fuge
Erwin Schulhoff
Streichsextett WV 70
– Interval –
Erwin Schulhoff
1917 / Liederzyklus WV 110 / Uraufführung
Viktor Ullmann
Liederbuch des Hafis op. 30
Herbst für Singstimme und Streichtrio
Erwin Schulhoff
Fünf Lieder nach Christian Morgenstern op. 20 / Uraufführung
– Interval –
Hans Krása
Passacaglia und Fuge
Viktor Ullmann
Streichquartett Nr. 3 op. 46
Zugabe:
Erwin Schulhoff
Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett / Alla Tango milonga. Andante
