Jaclyn Grossman soprano
Nate Ben-Horin piano

Programme

musical works from the archive of the Exilarte Centre of

Walter Arlen

Wilhelm Grosz

Erich Zeisl

Hans Winterberg

Walter Bricht

Julius Schloss

The Shoah Songbook is an ongoing project of the Likht Ensemblewhich researches and performs music from the ghettos of the Second World War. The works revolve around themes such as spring, dreams, longing and resistance and combine lyrical beauty with subtle irony and deeply moving truth. The programme will be complemented by scholarly lectures by Nate Ben-Horin and Jaclyn Grossman on vocal music from the Exilarte Centre's collections and on the work of exiled composers in Canada.

Organised by the Exilarte Centre of the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The project is supported by the Canada Council for the Artssupported. Ticket reservation.