LECTURE SERIES
- All lectures at CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL are free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
- All lectures at SYMPHONY HALL require the purchase of a concert ticket for that evening's performance.
FINAL RESISCOVERED MASTERS LECTURES Between Dream and Reality: German Jewish Composers after Wagner Christopher Hailey, Musicologist May 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel | map May 19 | 6:30 p.m. | Symphony Hall | map
Musicologist Christopher Hailey, educated at Duke and Yale Universities, is a specialist in 20th-century music history. His many publications include a biography of the Austrian opera composer Franz Schreker, an edition of the correspondence between Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg, a translation of Theodor W. Adorno's biography of Berg, and several editions of scores by Berg and Schreker. Mr. Hailey is director of the Franz Schreker Foundation and from 1999-2003 was the visiting professor at the Arnold Schoenberg Institute in Vienna. In 2006-07 he was a member of the Institute for Advance Study in Princeton, where he was working on a history of Viennese musical modernism. In 2010 he was scholar in residence at the Bard Music Festival, for which he edited the essay volume Alban Berg and His World. In recent years he has taught seminars on “Music and the Holocaust” at Princeton University and The College of New Jersey. He has been a regular pre-performance lecturer for the Los Angeles Philhamonic and the Los Angeles Opera.
Previous Lectures
Rediscovered Masters: From Mendelssohn to the Holocaust Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism Director, Center for Jewish Studies, Arizona State University Oct 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel Oct 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Symphony Hall
The Jews of Central Europe: Assimilation or Jewish Identity Marsha L. Rozenblit Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Jewish History, University of Maryland Nov 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel | map Nov 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Symphony Hall | map
The Young Felix Mendelssohn: The Making of a Musical Genius Larry Todd, Arts and Sciences Professor of Music, Duke University Nov 22 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel | map
Judaism and Christianity: Shared Heritage, Diverse Interpretations David Schildkret, Professor of Choral Music, Arizona State University School of Music Feb 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel Feb 3 | 6:30 p.m. | Symphony Hall
“An Hebraic Art Taste”: Wagner, Jews and the Business of Music David Conway, Senior Research Fellow, University College, London Mar 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel Mar 3 | 6:30 p.m. | Symphony Hall
Music, Assimilation, and Ambivalence - CANCELED Joel Revzen, Artistic Director, Arizona Opera Apr 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel
Theresienstadt: Hitler’s Unwitting Gift featuring a live performance of Gideon Klein’s String Trio
Robert Elias, Executive Director, The Orel Foundation Mar 23 | 7:30 p.m. | Congregation Beth Israel | map
Robert Elias is President of The OREL Foundation, which is devoted to the music of European composers who were suppressed during the Nazi years. He is a graduate of The University of Southern California, where he also served as a Teaching Assistant while pursuing graduate studies in Historical Musicology. Between his undergraduate and graduate work, he spent a year in Hungary studying the educational methods of composer-pedagogue Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Mr. Elias has also served as Executive Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia; The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; The Orange County (CA) Philharmonic Society; Music Teachers National Association; The Cincinnati Arts Festival, Inc.; and as President and CEO of the Warren County (OH) Foundation.
Gideon Klein’s String Trio performed by:
Sarah Schreffler, violin | Allyson Wuenschel, viola | Adele Stein, cello
free and open to all | no r.s.v.p. required | refreshments will be served