Important Information
Slight Change of Programme
Please note that the programme for this concert has changed slightly and will now be as below.
Artists
- Simon Wallfischbaritone
- Joseph Middletonpiano
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Simon Wallfisch
Image credit: © Zaira Biagini
Voices of Terezín
Simon Wallfisch baritone; Joseph Middleton piano
- Date
- Tue 27 Jan 2026, 1.00pm
- Tickets
- £18 (concessions £16)
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Viktor Ullmann1898-1944
- 3 jiddische Lieder Op. 53:
- Beryozkele
- Lieder der Tröstung
- Drei chinesische Lieder:
- Wanderer erwacht in der Herberge
- Der Müde Soldat
- Carlo Sigmund Taube1897-1944
- Ein jüdisches Kind
- Pavel Haas1899-1944
- 4 Songs on Chinese Poetry
- Leo Strauss1847-1944
- Als Ob!(arranged by Iain Farrington)
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- 4 Serious Songs Op. 121:
- Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle
- Der Mensch und sein Tag Op. 47:
- III. Heimat
- IV. Der Liebsten
- X. Verdämmern
- XI. Nacht
- 4 Serious Songs Op. 121:
- Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete
- Der Mensch und sein Tag Op. 47:
- XII. Stille
- Ilse Weber1903-1944
- Wiegala
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- 2 mélodies hebraiques:
- No. 1 Kaddisch
Overview
Voices of Theresienstadt explores the extraordinary artistic life that emerged within the Ghetto Theresienstadt - part of the Nazis’ vast machinery of deportation and death. More than 144,000 Jewish prisoners passed through this small town near Prague, destined for Auschwitz or Treblinka, or lost to starvation and disease within the ghetto itself.
Unique among all ghettos, the Nazis manipulated cultural activity for propaganda, exploiting the presence of Europe’s finest musicians, writers and academics. Their unfinished film The Führer Gives a City to the Jews captures rare moments of this coerced creativity, including scenes from the children’s opera Brundibár and Gideon Klein’s Passacaglia.
This personal project for Simon honours the last works of Pavel Haas, Viktor Ullmann, Carlo Sigmund Taube and Ilse Weber - voices extinguished in Auschwitz yet preserved in the music they created against all odds. Simon also reads diaries, essays and poems written in the ghetto, offering an intimate glimpse into the lived experience behind the music. He is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton.