Refugees from World War II: Reclaiming the Music of Polish Composers features, among other works, wonderful and compelling Jewish-themed music by Szymon Laks, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband, all of whom were arrested or fled from Poland after the Germans bombed Warsaw, completely destroyed its Philharmonic Hall and many other sites on September 1, 1939, and subsequently occupied the city until 1945.
Presented by American Society for Jewish Music, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Holocaust Music Lost & Found, Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association
Music by Szymon Laks, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband
Featuring
Huit Chants Populaires Juifs (Laks)
Trois Ballades Hébraïques (Ryterband)
Clarinet Sonata & Rhapsody on Moldovan Themes (Weinberg)
and more
Performed by
Hanna Hipp, mezzo soprano
Grzegorz Mania, piano
Alan R. Kay, clarinet
Jarosław Nadrzycki ,violin
Marcin Sikorski, piano
