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Carnegie Hall Presents Five Major Kurt Weill Works (and more)

Jan. 25, 2024

Kurt Weill’s work stands front and center in New York City during the first months of 2024. Carnegie Hall’s festival “Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice” includes a generous helping of the composer’s music. Among a host of events, performances of five important works by great artists stand out: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik by the Met Chamber Ensemble (January 22); Symphony No. 2 by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (January 23); Symphony No. 1 by The Knights (February 29); Four Walt Whitman Songs by Justin Austin (March 5); and The Seven Deadly Sins (fifteen-player version) by Ensemble Modern, with HK Gruber and Wallis Giunta (April 12). A number of concerts in the festival are projected to include songs by Weill as well, including those of Ute Lemper, Meow Meow, Max Raabe and Palast Orchester, and the American Composers Orchestra. As a bonus, just before the festival opens, soprano Julia Bullock included four Weill songs in her recital on January 19. 


Trailer | Carnegie Hall's Fall of the Weimar Republic Festival

Of its festival, Carnegie Hall writes: “From January through May 2024, as the centerpiece of its 2023–2024 season, Carnegie Hall presents Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, an expansive citywide festival exploring one of the most complex and consequential chapters in modern history: Germany’s Weimar Republic of 1919–1933. Through 30 concerts and events at Carnegie Hall and 70+ multidisciplinary offerings at more than 50 leading cultural and academic institutions across New York City, the festival examines the arts and culture that flourished as artists sought bold avenues for creative expression in this increasingly traumatic time.” 

Read more on the Kurt Weill Foundation website.

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