Events

Loading Events
All Events
  • This event has passed.

Jews in Musical Life in Berlin before WWII

February 2, 2014 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

| £12.50

Bring your family and friends to hear four outstanding experts bring us fresh insights into musical life in Berlin before the Second World War and the Jewish contribution to it:

2:00 Introduction by a member of the German embassy
2:15 Michael Haas: Forbidden music: Jewish composers banned by the Nazis
3:05 Alexander Knapp: The timeless musical legacy of Louis Lewandowski (1821-94)
3:50 Intermission: tea and cakes
4:20 Benjamin Wolf: Belsize in Berlin
5:10 Patrick Bade: Subversive songs: the secrets of the Berlin cabaret
6:00 Close

See an exhibition of thought-provoking quilts by Marlene Cohen inspired by visits to Wannsee, Berlin and Auschwitz. This event marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

Tickets £12.50 (£6 students and young people) including tea and continental gateaux. Download full programme.

Details

Start:
February 2, 2014 2:00 pm
End:
February 2, 2014 6:00 pm
Cost:
12.50
Event Categories:
,

Venue

Belsize Square Synagogue

Organizer

BSS Music Committee
Email: