Hans Gál: What a Life!
May 28 2009
Embassy of Austria, Washington DC
The revue “What a Life!,” with music by Austrian exile Hans Gál, debuted during the War at a British internment camp for so called “Enemy Aliens” on the Isle of Man. This program spotlights Gál's revue, in its first concert performance since 1940. The program will be introduced by Bret Werb, music curator at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, who will also read excerpts from the diary Gál kept during this period. In addition, Washington Musica Viva will perform Gál's “Huyton Suite” – also written during internment – as well as his Trio Op. 97 for clarinet, violin and piano, and Suite Op. 102b for alto saxophone and piano.
Performers:
Karyn Friedman - mezzo soprano, David Lonkevich - flute/piccolo, Ben Redwine - clarinet, Charley Gerard - alto saxophone, Regino Madrid - violin, Judith Spokes - violin, Nina Falk - viola, David Cho - cello, Carl Banner - piano.
Admission free. RSVP required: 202-895-6776
For more information, visit: http://www.acfdc.org/
Hans Gal