Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers is a unique Colburn resource that encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of classical music by composers whose careers and lives were tragically cut short by the Nazi regime in Europe.
Music Restored is made possible through the generous support of Marilyn Ziering and the Emma and Adam Zhu Foundation, alongside the many donors who are inspired by this important work.
Music Restored: Adam Millstein, Violin and Dominic Cheli, Piano
Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli performs works by innovative Czech composers who profoundly impacted the trajectory of 20th-century music. Works by Smetana and Martinů appear alongside two lesser-known composers: Vítĕzslava Kaprálová, who was on the threshold of a successful international career as a composer and conductor when she died in exile in France at the age of twenty–five, and Erwin Schulhoff, a prolific and multi-faceted creative figure who was the subject of the Colburn-produced online series Schulhoff and More.
MARTINŮ Sonatina for Violin and Piano, H. 262
KAPRÁLOVÁ Elegy
SMETANA From My Homeland, Op. 128
SCHULHOFF Sonata for Solo Violin
MARTINŮ Violin Sonata No. 2
This concert is made possible by Erica Clark in recognition of the extraordinary Music Restored initiative and the equally extraordinary virtuosity of the musicians, Adam Millstein and Dominic Cheli.
Music Restored: Exploring Czech Masterworks
Saturday, March 7 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
James Conlon, Conductor
Music Restored Ensemble
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, leads the Music Restored Ensemble in a love letter to Bohemian melodies. The program begins with a piece from the godfather of Czech music himself. Dvořák’s serene Nocturne in B Major is a short lyrical work with hypnotic orchestration. The concert then turns to two 20th century Czech composers whose personal and professional relationship often inspired each other’s work. In her tragically short career, Vítězslava Kaprálová wrote nearly 50 compositions brimming with humor, energy, and warmth—one of her most inspired works being the spirited piano concerto on this program. The concert concludes with an orchestral tour de force by Bohuslav Martinů, Kaprálová’s mentor, friend, and lover.
Program Information
DVORAK Nocturne in B Major
KAPRALOVA Partita for Piano and Strings
MARTINU Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani
This concert is included in these packages: Fantasy and Fury: Music of the Romantic, Mozart’s Enduring Influence, Maestros and Masterpieces, and Season Sampler.
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