Emigres & Exiles in Hollywood: Series Finale

• Songs by Austrian émigré Erich Zeisl (1905-1959)
• “Hollywood-Elegie Nr. 7” (1942) from Hollywood Liederbuch by Austrian émigré Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) to a text by Bertolt Brecht);
• excerpts from “Kaleidescope” for solo piano (1946) by two-time Academy Award winner Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
• excerpt from “Sonatine Transatlantique”(1930) by Polish composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)
• “Tanzlied des Pierrot” from Die Tote Stadt (1920) by Austrian-American prodigy Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
• “Scherzo and Introduction,” arranged for cello and piano, by two-time Oscar winner Franz Waxman (1906-1967); )
• “Echoes of Love,” arranged for soprano, cello, and piano, by Henryk Vars (1902-1977)
• “Moravian Dance” for cello and piano by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
• Selected inventions for solo piano by Polish composer André Tchaikowsky (1935-1982);
• Preludes for solo cello by Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
• Romance from “Trois Pièces de Concert” for cello and piano by Auschwitz survivor Szymon Laks (1901-1983).

Musicians: soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Anne Lerner, season guest pianist Margaret Halbig

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