Recovered Voices, James Conlon

The Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices is a unique Colburn School of Music program that encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of music by composers whose careers and lives were disrupted—or worse—during the years of the Nazi regime in Europe. For more than 25 years, James Conlon has championed works and drawn deserved attention to composers whose names and works had very nearly been eliminated from history. This two-day event will feature performances by a Chamber Orchestra (4/10) and Chamber Music Ensemble (4/11) made up of Colburn students and led by Maestro Conlon, as well as a symposium featuring Conlon and faculty from the UC Davis Jewish Studies Program. These events are provided free to the public with support from donors to the Mondavi Center’s Artistic Ventures Program.

April 10 Chamber Orchestra Program
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing Suite for Chamber Orchestra [‘16]
Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 [‘21]
Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony [‘24]

April 11 Chamber Music Ensemble Program
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Maiblumen Blühten Überall for Voice and String Sextet [’10]
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet [‘29]
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet [‘35]

Executive Director Don Roth talks about the importance of Recovered Voices in this blog article.