“Cabaret – Between Two World Wars”
This February Ensemble HD moves from their home at Happy Dog to chamber music venues in Cleveland and Philadelphia, bringing their new program “Cabaret – Between Two World Wars” to audiences. Their repertoire includes works from the early 1900s until the 1940s, a fascinating time in history when disciplines in art, politics, and history started affecting and inspiring each other. On the program are compositions by Janacek, Reger, Holst, Debussy, Berg, Britten, Varese, and Kodaly.
Concert dates:
February 1, 2016, 7:30pm
Rocky River Chamber Music Society
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Rocky River, OH
February 21, 2016, 4:00pm
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
Joshua Smith, about the program: “Ensemble HD developed in a tavern, and now we’re being invited to play on normal, straight-up chamber music series. I asked myself, ‘How can we take this bar experience and flip it so we can perform in a chamber music venue?’ One of the words that jumped out at me was “cabaret.” That suggested the time period, and I just went from there. The program is pretty tightly curated when you think about that era. There was a ton of stuff going on and some really amazing music being composed, especially chamber music. It wasn’t difficult to think up a list of pieces I wanted to perform once I put those boundaries on it.”
Read Joshua’s interview in Cleveland Classical
