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Friday, November 2nd, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Max Raabe
Palast Orchester
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Palast Orchester
Max Raabe, Vocalist
Evoking a nostalgic romance that has captured the imaginations of generations from all over the world, singer and bandleader Max Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester perform dance and film music from the golden age of songwriting in Germany, the United States, and beyond.
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Berlin: Symphony of a City
Zankel Hall
Helmut Imig, Conductor
Eric Huebner, Piano
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Eric Poland, Percussion
Haruka Fujii, Percussion
In beautiful black-and-white images, the 1927 silent film Berlin: Symphony of a City, directed by Walther Ruttmann, depicts a day in the life of Weimar Berlin; these screenings feature a live per-formance of the original score by Edmund Meisel, arranged for two pianos and percussion.
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 at 7:30 PM
HK Gruber Conducts Weill & Eisler
Zankel Hall
HK Gruber, Conductor and Chansonnier
The Zankel Band
··Kelli Kathman, Flute and Piccolo
··Tara O'Connor, Flute and Piccolo
··Anthony Burr, Clarinet
··Moran Katz, Clarinet
··Dan Block, Clarinet and Saxophone
··Ted Nash, Saxophone
··Michael Migliore, Tenor Saxophone
··Marc Goldberg, Bassoon
··Tom Sefcovic, Bassoon
··Louis Hanzlik, Trumpet
··Michael Blutman, Trumpet
··Mike Boschen, Trombone
··Pablo Rieppi, Percussion
··Eric Poland, Percussion
··Eric Huebner, Piano and Harmonium
··Scott Kuney, Banjo and Guitar
··Will Holshouser, Accordion
··Caleb Burhans, Violin
··Priscilla Lee, Cello
··Nathan Farrington, Bass
Conjuring up the decadence and sharp wit of the era of Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, conductor-chansonnier HK Gruber leads a chamber orchestra in a performance of music by the two greatest theatrical composers of Weimar Berlin.
WEILL "Berlin im Licht"
EISLER "Ballade von der Krüppelgarde"
EISLER Suite for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 24
WEILL "Öl-Musik"
EISLER "Ballade von der Wohltätigkeit"
EISLER "Das Lied vom SA-Mann"
EISLER Suite for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 26
WEILL "Morgenchoral des Peachum" from Die Dreigroschenoper
WEILL "Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" from Die Dreigroschenoper
EISLER "Stempellied"
EISLER "Ballade von den Säckeschmeißern"
WEILL "Klopslied"
WEILL Kleine Dreigroschenmusik für Orchester
Encores:
WEILL "Der Song von Mandalay" from Happy End
WEILL "Moritat von Mackie Messer" from Die Dreigroschenoper
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Berliner Philharmoniker
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
MAGNUS LINDBERG Seht die Sonne (US Premiere)
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
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