Â鶹Éç

Sun 23 Jan 2022

• 10:30

  Film: The Music of Terezín

  Barbican, London

  The Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion in music written in the prisons and ghettos of the Second World War opens with a film in testament to acts of creativity from the musicians of Terezín.

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  Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season

  
• 13:30

  The Theresienstadt Orchestra

  Barbican, London

  Musical testaments by Hans Krása and Pavel Haas written inside Theresienstadt, and a compelling symphony by Schulhoff that warns of impending human catastrophe.

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  Musical testaments by Hans Krása and Pavel Haas written inside Theresienstadt, and a compelling symphony by Schulhoff that warns of impending human catastrophe.

  Programme

  • • • Hans Krása
      • Overture for Small Orchestra
    • • Pavel Haas
      • Studyfor string orchestra
    • • Erwin Schulhoff
      • Symphony no. 5, WV 125

  Performers

  • Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
  • Alpesh Chauhan

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Hans Krása
  • Pavel Haas
  • Erwin Schulhoff

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  Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season

  
• 15:30

  Songs in Time of Distress

  Barbican, London

  The Â鶹Éç Singers offer haunting choral music from the Theresienstadt ghetto, with reflective interludes provided by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

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  Â鶹Éç Singers 2021-22 Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season

  
• 18:30

  Talk: An Introduction To Der Kaiser von Atlantis

  Barbican, London

  Discover the political, satirical opera that dared to hope for a better world, even as its composer suffered in the Theresienstadt ghetto.

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  Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season

  
• 19:45

  Der Kaiser Von Atlantis & Quartet For The End Of Time

  Barbican, London

  Extraordinary music written amid the hopelessness of prison and concentration camps that dared to seek the truth – and to hope for better times.

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  Extraordinary music written amid the hopelessness of prison and concentration camps that dared to seek the truth – and to hope for better times.

  Programme

  • • • Viktor Ullmann
      • Der Kaiser von Atlantis
    • • Olivier Messiaen
      • Quartet for the End of Time

  Performers

  • Thomas Johannes Meyer

    Kaiser Overall
    Kaiser Overall
  • Derrick Ballard

    Der Lautsprecher (loudspeaker)
    Der Lautsprecher (loudspeaker)
  • Oliver Johnston

    Ein Soldat (a soldier)
    Ein Soldat (a soldier)
  • Benjamin Hulett

    Harlekin (Pierrot)
    Harlekin (Pierrot)
  • Soraya Mafi

    Bubikopf (a maiden)
    Bubikopf (a maiden)
  • Henry Waddington

    Der Tod (Death)
    Der Tod (Death)
  • Hanna Hipp

    Der Trommler (drummer girl)
    Der Trommler (drummer girl)
  • Kenneth Richardson

    director (Ullmann)
    director (Ullmann)
  • Sarah Playfair

    casting consultant (Ullmann)
    casting consultant (Ullmann)
  • Josep Pons

    conductor (Ullmann)
    conductor (Ullmann)
  • Guildhall School Musicians

    ensemble (Messiaen)
    ensemble (Messiaen)
  • Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Viktor Ullmann
  • Olivier Messiaen

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  Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season