This concert is inspired by Martin Goldsmith’s book The Inextinguishable Symphony, in which he shares the remarkable, true story of his parents. During the Nazi regime, they were members of the all-Jewish orchestra, the Jüdischer Kulturbund, used as a propaganda tool. The program features flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, oboist James Austin Smith, clarinetist Alan Kay, bassoonist Marc Goldberg, horn player David Byrd-Marrow, and pianist Shai Wosner in works for wind instruments and piano, and will include works by composers silenced as victims of the Holocaust and works performed by the Jüdischer Kulturbund
PROGRAM
LEO SMIT (1900–1943)
Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet (1933)
Allegro vivace
Lento
Vivace
Shai Wosner, piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn
PAVEL HAAS (1899–1944)
Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17 (1939)
Furioso
Con fuoco
Moderato
James Austin Smith, oboe; Shai Wosner, piano
ERWIN SCHULHOFF (1894–1942)
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1927)
Ouverture
Burleska
Romanzero
Charleston
Tema con variazioni e fugato
Florida
Rondino-Finale
James Austin Smith, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon
INTERMISSION
GIDEON KLEIN (1919–1945)
Wiegenlied (Lullaby) for Flute and Piano (1943)
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Shai Wosner, piano
LUDWIG THUILLE (1861–1907)
Sextet in B-flat major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6 (1888)
Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Gavotte: Andante, quasi Allegretto
Finale: Molto vivace
Shai Wosner, piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn