Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival «Es gibt da ein Land...»

The 9th edition of the Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival, from 19 to 22 January
2023 will follow the stations of Theodor Herzl's (1860-1904) life to relate musical works of his time. Herzl not only gave the Zionist «Project Blue and White» - the movement for a Jewish nation state - theoretical and practical foundations with his writing «The Jewish State», published in 1896, and the Zionist Congress held for the first time in Basel in 1897. The lawyer, who worked as a writer and journalist, saw the path to a Jewish state as being based on European political principles and placed great value on culture - especially music. In twelve concerts and panel discussions, the Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival presents important, including forgotten, works by Jewish and non-Jewish composers in the field of tension between the utopia and reality of Zionism.

With

Gringolts Quartet: Ilya Gringolts (violin), Anahit Kurtikyan (violin), Silvia Simionescu (viola), Claudius Herrmann (cello),
Turicum Quartet: Jiska Lambrecht (violin), Karolina Miśkowiec (violin), Amir Liberson (viola), Maura Rickenbach (cello),
Munich Tetra Brass: Luca Chiché (trumpet), Aljoscha Zierow (trumpet), Christian Traute (trombone), Jakob Grimm (trombone),
Duo Goldstein-Nemtsov:
Tehila Nini Goldstein (vocals), Jascha Nemtsov (piano), Eda Paçacı (horn), Rodrigo Costa (horn), Samuel Elsig (tuba), Sándor Rinkó (double bass), Yi-Chen Tsai (percussion), Daniel Borovitzky (piano), Annelis Berger (moderation).

Program

Richard Wagner (1813–1883): «Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser.» Bearbeitung für Ensemble von Kirsten Milenko (2022); Uraufführung der Ensemble-Fassung, Auftragswerk von Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival

Joel Engel (1886–1927):
«Drei Lieder zu den Gedichten von Saul Tschernichowski op. 39», für Stimme und Klavier
(‎1923), Schweizer Erstaufführung

Ödön Pártos (1907–1977): «Yizkor» (In memoriam) für Viola und Klavier (1946)

Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984): «Aus Melodies from the East» für Alt und Klavier (1941–1945), Schweizer Erstaufführung

Yedidyah Admon (1894–1982): «Sh’demati» (Mein Feld) (1927), Bearbeitung für Stimme und Klavier von Menachem Wiesenberg, Schweizer Erstaufführung

Duration

80 minutes, with break

Prices

Tickets → https://mizmorim.com/programms/es-gibt-da-ein-land