“Engaging personality, polemicist of a universal culture…” In Praise of Szymon Laks – Aleksander Tansman 1984 “Gdybys…” “Si Seulement…” “If only…” Ludwik Żuk-Skarszewski (1905 – 1983) ‘Przymierze’ Na głębie duszo, na głębie Srebrzyste wypuść gołębie Z kwitnącą różdżką oliwną. Gołębie skrzydła rozwiną, Z radosną wrócą nowiną, Przyfruną z wieścią przedziwną : Źe Bóg nam sady… Continue reading HOMAGE TO SZYMON LAKS 1901-1983
Viktor Ullmann's father Maximillian Ullmann Edler von Tannfels was born in Jihlava in Southeast Moravia, on 12 December 1861 - and he died in Vienna on 24 March 1938. Interestingly, Gustav Mahler moved with his family in October in his birth year of 1860 to Jihlava (German name Iglau). Iglau was a thriving strongly commercial… Continue reading Viktor Ullmann’s father
Dvořák Society Newsletter Number 86, January 2009 Philip L Scowcroft Czech Music in Doncaster The Doncaster Museum lunch-hour concerts, which have in the past contributed considerably to the sum of Czech music performances, are now well past their thousand. The recital on 24th September 2008 (the 1072nd in the series) by pianist Jacqueline Cole, would have… Continue reading 24 Sep 2008 Dvorak Society review
Seen and Heard Recital Review Szymon LAKS, Pavel HAAS, Viktor ULLMAN, Olivier MESSIAEN, Siegmund SCHUL, Jacqueline Cole (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 15th January, 2005 (AO) “Since I was a member of the orchestra at Auschwitz…I regard it as my obligation to relate and in some way to commemorate this strange chapter in the history of music.”… Continue reading 16 Jan 2005 Seen and Heard review
Musical Opinion, March 2005 Robert Matthew-Walker Jacqueline Cole at the Wigmore, 16 January 2005 January 2005 saw the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camp in Poland, and the programme given by the excellent pianist Jacqueline Cole at the Wigmore Hall on the 16th had the overall title Homage to Szymon… Continue reading 16 Jan 2005 Musical Opinion review
(Excerpt from Musical Pointers review of the 2004 Lucerne Festival - see here for the full review) The main theatrical presentation during Lucerne Festival, and a resounding success, was Viktor Ullmann's The Emperor of Atlantis, given by Lucerne Theatre in conjunction with Lake Lucerne's shipping company, in a temporarily converted dry dock in the maritime industrial part of… Continue reading Lucerne 2004 Musical Pointers review
Jewish Chronicle, 4 October 2002 KEY MOMENT - Malcolm Miller on the Composers of Terezin St John's Smith Square, 25 September 2002 : Jacqueline Cole The genius of two Terezin composers, Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann, was celebrated last week at a stirring recital by British pianist Jacqueline Cole. The centrepiece was the UK premier… Continue reading 25 Sep 2002 Jewish Chronicle
