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I N C E L E B R AT I O N O F E R I C B E N T L E Y ’ S 1 0 0 T H B I R T H DAY
KARYN LEVITT with ERIC OSTLING and the HANNS EISLER TRIO
BERTOLT BRECHT
in English versions by ERIC BENTLEY
perform songs of
at the
HANNS EISLER
with words by
M E T R O P O L I TA N R O O M in New York City
Saturday, October 15th, 2016 at 1 pm
Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at 1 pm
Monday, January 9th, 2017 at 7 pm
For tickets go to http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=241115
or call 212-206-0440
Metropolitan Room 34 W 22nd St NYC 10010
PRAISE FOR
WILL THERE STILL BE SINGING?
A HANNS EISLER CABARET
“Karyn Levitt is doing something which, to my ears, is new.
She allows (these songs) to bloom and be beautiful in a way
which is undoubtedly musically expressive.”
—IRVING WARDLE, MUSIC CRITIC OF THE LONDON TIMES
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=241115 OR BY CALLING 212-206-0440
Come explore the musical treasures of Hanns Eisler—the gifted Austro-German composer who was Schoenberg’s student, Kurt Weill’s contemporary,
and Bertolt Brecht’s favorite collaborator —with soprano Karyn Levitt
and pianist/musical director Eric Ostling leading The Hanns Eisler Trio
(including world-renowned accordionist William Schimmel and famed
guitarist Ira Siegel.) The program is performed in English and German.
ABOUT HANNS EISLER
While many are familiar with Bertolt Brecht’s other frequent collaborator, Kurt Weill, Austro-German composer Hanns Eisler and his work has been
largely unfamiliar to popular audiences in America. Eisler, the first of Arnold
Schoenberg’s disciples to compose in the twelve-tone method, moved to
Berlin in 1925 where he developed a more “popular” musical style, and forged
a collaboration with Bertolt Brecht which lasted for the rest of Brecht’s life.
KARYN LEVITT ’s pre-concert lecture for the
BROOKLYN ART SONG SOCIETY ’s presentaion of Eisler’s Hollywood Liederbuch
Come hear
Friday, November 4th, 2016 at 7:30 pm
http://brooklynartsongsociety.org/upcoming/
Brooklyn Art Song Society events are held at the Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
For booking information, contact Royal Road Productions, Inc.
info@royalroadproductions.com www.royalroadproductions.com