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VIKTOR ULLMAN – SONGS / CONCERT ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING / Polish Royal Opera, Warsaw, 19th April 2023

February 4, 2023 thelovelypeter

On the day of the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Artists of the Polish Royal Opera invite you to a unique concert during which you will hear songs by an Austrian composer of Jewish origin – Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944).

Tagged Polish Royal Opera, Warsaw
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ESO plays Ullmann online, 27 Jan 2021

January 23, 2021 thelovelypeter

The English Symphony Orchestra is broadcasting an online concert of "music by outsiders", featuring Viktor Ullmann's Chamber Symphony, as well as music by Mahler, Erwin Schulhoff and Mieczysław Weinberg.

Tagged Chamber Symphony, ESO, Kenneth Woods, Mahler, Online concert, Viktor Ullmann
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St. James’s Church in Jihlava

January 19, 2019January 20, 2019 thelovelypeter

Painting by Antonín Chitussi, oil on canvas 1885. Jihlava was the birthplace of Viktor Ullmann’s father, also the childhood home of Gustav Mahler, Ullmann's inspiration. Our thanks to John J Brumer‏ @Karacyr_1970 for tweeting this.

Tagged Antonín Chitussi, Jihlava, painting
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Ullmann’s son treated with controversial drug

December 26, 2018January 19, 2019 thelovelypeter

Johannes Ullmann, son of Viktor Ullmann, escaped Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport, only to spend much of his life in an English mental hospital, being treated with a cocktail of drugs including the controversial antipsychotic drug Clozapine.

Tagged Clozapine, Johannes Ullmann, Kindertransport
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Ullmann String Quartet at West London Synagogue, 10 Feb 2019

December 24, 2018December 28, 2018 thelovelypeter

This evening we remember Viktor Ullmann, a victim of the Holocaust whose only surviving string quartet was composed in the Theresienstadt ghetto. This work is bookended by more familiar quartets by Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn.

Tagged Philharmonia Chamber Players, String Quartet, Viktor Ullmann, West London Synagogue

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