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Austrian Cultural Forum and Trinity Wall Street Celebrate Ernst Krenek

Feb. 26, 2014

Austrian Cultural Forum and Trinity Wall Street Celebrate Ernst Krenek

Several events take place this month in celebration of the music of Ernst Krenek. On March 9, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street presents Krenek's The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah, Op. 93 Part I. The performance, directed by Julian Wachner, takes place at Trinity Church in Manhattan.

On March 31, New York's Austrian Cultural Forum hosts a portrait concert featuring the music of Ernst Krenek as part of its Vienna Complex Festival 2014, a partnership with the Carnegie Hall series “Vienna: City of Dreams.” The evening offers an intimate look at the composer’s chamber and vocal music with performances by soprano Ilana Davidson, cellist Jing Li, and pianist Mikhail Korzhev. Works include Krenek’s Piano Sonata No. 2, Solo Cello Suite, and the songs Die Nachtigall, Monologue der Stella and Wechselrahmen.

Preceding the concert, on March 30, is a performance by the New York Virtuoso Singers of Krenek’s Cantata on the Transience of Earthly Things, op. 72, for solo soprano, mixed choir, and piano. The performance, featuring soprano Mary Mackenzie and pianist Brent Funderburk, takes place at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in New York.

To learn more about the life and work of Ernst Krenek, go to www.universaledition.com and www.baerenreiter.com.

For complete concert details, visit www.acfny.org, www.gemsny.org and www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org.

Ernst Krenek
The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah, Op. 93 Part I (1942)
for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB)
68'

Die Nachtigall, op. 67 (1931)
for soprano and piano
8’ 

Monologue der Stella, op. 57 (1928)
for soprano and piano
10’

Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 59 (1928)
for solo piano
20’

Wechselrahmen, op. 189 (1965)
for soprano and piano
12’

Suite for Solo Cello, op. 84 (1939)
for solo cello
10’

Kantate von der Vergänglichkeit des Irdischen, op. 72 (1932)
for solo soprano, mixed choir and piano
20’

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