In order to make the best of the current situation and continue our UA Berlin series despite the pandemic, we invite you to listen to and watch our UA Berlin III, IV and V concerts online at www.drinhalten.de on March 14th, March 28th and April 11th every day from 5 p.m.!
The UA Berlin III concert is available here: Stayed in
The Zafraan Ensemble is celebrating its 10th anniversary!
In a series of ten chamber concerts, the history of Berlin from the 1910s to today is told as a musical one. Each of the evenings represents a decade, in which a work that premiered in Berlin during that decade forms the programmatic trigger.
The third concert in the UA series highlights the loss of home in the 1930s, when everything was falling apart. One moment Berlin is listening to a premiere
of the world-famous Stravinsky, and suddenly everything is different. Many go, some go within themselves, and ‘arranging’ takes on a meaning outside of the musical. Paul Dessau’s suite, composed in 1935, was not
premiered until 1989, when we also heard the remaining movements. Rudolf Wagner-Régeny gets through this and does not remain unwounded. Paul Hindemith has many students everywhere and yet does not establish a tradition. To this day, the record for
most students is held by one composer: Carl Orff.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Solo – Arioso – Duet from: Trio for piano, viola and tenor saxophone op. 47 (1928)
Paul Dessau Main Herz, main Herz after a Yiddish folk tune (1936)
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903-1969) Love Song (1950)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Duo concertante (UA Berlin 1932)
Darío Guerrero (*1987) Tres Intensidades (UA, 2021)
Carl Orff (1895-1982) from: Music for Children Volume 4 No. 29: “Pieces for flutes, also to be played on other instruments”
(1930-1935, new version 1950-1954)
Paul Dessau (1894-1979) Suite for alto saxophone and piano (1935, premiere Berlin 1989)
Etienne Haan (*1992) Standing for/by ( UA, 2021)
Moderation: Mark Scheibe
SAVE THE DATE for the next concert in the series:
The 1940s: Master Class Quartet on March 28th, 2021 at 5 p.m. on dranhalten.de!
The 1950s: Borderlines/Splinters of Life on April 11, 2021 at 5 p.m. on dreihalten.de!
A concert series by the Zafraan Ensemble.
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation.
