With Stephen Johnson. Weill, Brecht and Eisler go to America, first in satirical vision, then in reality as refugees. In New York and Hollywood, Eisler writes film music and musical postcards of exile. During his final years in East Berlin, he composes the Serious Songs, a highly charged reflection on life and death.
Weill Prologue; Sloth (The Seven Deadly Sins) Gisela May (mezzo), Peter Schreier and Hans-Joachim
Rotzsch (tenors), Gunther Leib
(baritone), Hermann Christian Polster (bass), Leipzig Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Herbert Kegel
Weill The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Act 2, Finale)
Jenny Smith and Anja Silja (sopranos), Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble,
Cologne Radio Orchestra, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig
Eisler Fourteen Ways of Describing Rain Ensemble Recherche
Eisler An die Uberlebenden;
Uber die Dauer des Exils
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano) Eisler Serious Songs
Gunther Leib (baritone),
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gunther Herbig
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight