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Rozsa’s Wish and The Angel of Chomutov: Two New Works by Marilyn Herman
5 February 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free – £10
Second generation composer Marilyn Herman will talk to founding director of Insiders/Outsiders Monica Bohm-Duchen and conductor Kǎrin Hendrickson about two brand new chamber works. One is entitled Rozsa’s Wish, based on the last words of Marilyn’s grandmother, Rachel Rozsa, to her children before she was sent to the gas chamber in Auschwitz – ‘I have lived. Just that you should live.’ In Marilyn’s own words, ‘my aunt related these words to me – in English (learned entirely from watching films!) in, I now realise, the Hebrew form (my aunt survived and lived in Israel after the War). It is in the Hungarian language, and scored for mezzo, harp (or piano), flute and strings.’ The other work is entitled The Angel of Chomutov, in the Czech language, scored for soprano, French horn, harp (or piano) and strings. This pays tribute to the courage and compassion of a young Czech woman who risked and probably gave her life to hand Marilyn’s father a piece of bread, when aged just fourteen, he was on a death march from Buchenwald.
The event will include a screening of a video-recorded recital of these painfully beautiful works and involve other members of the composer’s family.
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Marilyn Herman – Composer
Karin Hendrickson – Conductor
Denise Alonzo – Soprano
Sarah Castle – Mezzo soprano
Fabian van de Geest – French Horn
Alyson Frazier – Flute
Anne Denholm – Harp
Philippa Mo – 1st Violin
Victoria Gill – 2nd Violin
Daniel Sanxis – Viola
Tom Wraith – Cello
Toby Hughes – Double Bass
Edita Brychta – Spoken Voice
For further information about Marilyn, click here + Spotlight on: Marilyn Herman – Sound and Music
and about Kǎrin, click here.
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