Voices of Terezin

Composer of the Week Podcast vor 1 Jahr

Donald Macleod shares music of composers interned in the concentration camp at Terezin

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Composer of the Week marks 80 years since the liberation of
Auschwitz with a series commemorating some of the musical voices
that were silenced by the atrocities of the Second World War.
This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the penultimate destination
of these musicians, the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin, and
the incredible story of creative resistance in the face of
unthinkable adversity and persecution which unfolded there.

Music Featured:

Gideon Klein: Bachuri Le’an Tisa (my Boy, Where are you going?)
Lullaby String Quartet, Op 2 (iii. Adagio) Divertimento for Winds
(iii. Adagio and iv. Allegro) Folk Songs for Male Chorus: 'Už mně
koně vyvádějí' (They have untethered my horses) Piano Sonata
String Trio

Viktor Ullmann: Sha shtil Piano Sonata No 7 (1st mvt, Allegro) 6
Lieder, Op 17 (No 1, Am Himmelfahrt; No 5, Wie ist die Nacht)
Piano Concerto, Op 25 (1st & 2nd mvt) String Quartet No 3, Op
46 Der Kaiser von Atlantis (excerpts)

Hans Krása: Brundibár Suite (7th mvt) Tanec for String Trio
Kammermusik for Harpsichord and 7 Instruments Theme and
Variations for String Quartet Three Songs to texts of Arthur
Rimbaud Brundibár, Act II

Pavel Haas: Pripoved (Narrative) Quartet Op 2 “From the Monkey
Mountains” (2nd mvt, Coach, Coachman and Horse) Overture for
Radio, Op 11 Šarlatán Suite, Op 14 (excerpt) Study for Strings
Four Songs on Chinese Poetry

Ilse Weber: Kleines Wiegenlied Karel Švenk: Rozloučení (from play
The Last Cyclist) Karel Švenk: Pod destnikem (Under an umbrella);
Vesechno jde! (Terezin Hymn) Ilse Weber: Ich wandre durch
Theresienstadt; Wiegala František Domažlický: Song without Words
František Domažlicky: Suite Danza Karel Berman: Piano Suite:
Reminiscences (excerpts)

Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC
Audio Wales & West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Voices of Terezin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002756y And you can delve into
the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the
Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z