New Arrivals

Nina Simone: Anthology – CD 5090

Miles Davis plays Porgy & Bess – CD 5092

Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um - CD 5091

Shamayim – A film by Elliot Caplan, soundtrack by David Felder – CD 5095

Ezz-thetics – chamber music performed by the George Russell Sextet – CD 5094

The Thelonius Monk Orchestra at Town Hall – CD 5093

Paul Hindemith – Ludus Tonalis – performed by Ivo Janssen, piano – CD 5089

The Sounds of Honor, Courage & Commitment – The Twentynine Palms Marine Band – CD 5097

Feste – “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band – CD 5096

Terezin: Voices of the Holocaust

Terezín, a city northwest of Prague, was the location of a concentration camp. During the course of the war, it held about 100,000 people, a large number of which were artists and musicians.

Initially, rehearsals and concerts were held in secret, but Nazis eventually filmed these concerts for use in propaganda films in order to convince the world that the camps were humane. Composers such as Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, and Victor Ullmann were held in Terezín, but still composed and are still performed today, proving the strength of artistic expression.

During this semester, come check out the Music Library’s collection of music written by composers held at Terezín. Our collection includes

String Quartets by Pavel Haas & Hans Krása – CD 6987

Brundibár – Opera in 2 Acts by Hans Krása – CD 4455

Composers of the Holocaust – Pavel Haas and more – CD 3238

…and more. The CDs will be on the display shelves in the Music Library.

Also during this semester, the University Library will host several events surrounding Terezín’s history and continuing impact on humanity. These events include documentary and propaganda film screenings, panel discussions, Q & A sessions, and presentations.

Jan. 27, 12-1pm – screening of Nazi propaganda film The Fuehrer Gives a City to the Jews, followed by disscussion

Feb. 17, 6:30-8pm – poetry readings, discussion of art in the post-Holocaust world

March 16, 6:30-8pm – screenining of Theresienstadt: Gateway to Auschwitz, followed by panel discussion

April 17, 5:30-8 – screening of documentary Fighter, followed by Q & A session

For more events and information, visit http://american.edu/cas/terezin%5C

Upcoming Area Performance – Radu Lupu, piano

The Washington Performing Arts Society will be presenting pianist, Radu Lupu this upcoming Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the Music Center at Strathmore – just off the Grosvenor Red Line stop.

Students can get a ticket for the reduced price of $10 by calling WPAS at 202-785-WPAS (9727) or Strathmore at 301-581-5100 by Tuesday, January 26th at 5pm and mentioning the code “student.”

Non-students can save 15% by mentioning the code “save15.”

About the Performer

Radu Lupu, an acclaimed interpreter of the works of Beethoven and Schubert, launched a successful solo career after winning the esteemed Van Cliburn Competition in 1966 and returns to Washington this season after a 16-year absence. After Lupu’s 2008 performance at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times critic Bernard Holland wrote, “Mr. Lupu manages to sit at one end of this sizable hall and fill it with color and clarity. There is no sense that he is trying hard to do so; it simply happens.”

The Program

Janáček – In the Mists

Beethoven – Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”

Schubert – Sonata in A Major, D.959