An Eisler Evening
Live from the Almeida
Theatre, London
The second visit is devoted to the music of Hanns Eisler , one of the fathers of modem
Viennese music.
A quarter of a century after his death, he is beginning to receive recognition as one of the most original and prolific composers to emerge in modern Germany. Friend and collaborator of BERTOLT
BRECHT, pupil Of SCHOENBERG, fugitive from Nazi Germany, deported from America by the notorious Un-American
Activities Committee, he was welcomed in 1950 to the new
German Democratic Republic as an honoured public figure. Tonight's programme features his exquisitely crafted film music and songs, characterised by that brittle irony which can only come from 20th-century Germany. Michael Berkeley sets the scene for an unusual evening's entertainment with the composer's son, Georg Eisler , friends and pupils. Heinz Karl Gruber (chansonnier)
Rainer Keuschnig
(piano and harpsichord) Die Reihe Ensemble Almeida Ensemble conducted by Kurt Schwertsik and Heinz Karl Gruber Television sound VIC GODRICH Lighting LAN DOW
Executive producer DENNIS MARKS Director RON ISTED
(Frankenstein!! on Monday 10.15 pm)
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3. Viewers with stereo
Radio 3 may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away.
Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative