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3 days ago · As recently previewed by Kai Hoffmann on this site (link below), Sam Braysher introduced his new album That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill with the final song from the CD, a confidently swung version of This Is New. His effortlessly assured alto and the quartet’s ultra solid comping set the tone for the evening and if that was reassuring ...
Jun 14, 2024 · He got the chance to perform his translation for Kurt Weill, and Weill was so impressed he encouraged Blitzstein to translate the entire work. The Blitzstein version of the Three Penny Opera proved so successful that when it opened in an off-Broadway New York production, it ran for 2,707 performances.
Jun 11, 2024 · Originally written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill for the play “Little Mahagonny,” the song transcends its theatrical origins to become a potent exploration of the human need for escape and oblivion.
Jun 14, 2024 · Award-winning alto saxophonist Sam Braysher is about to release his latest album, That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill, exploring ten of this fascinating composer's lesser-known tunes. The album launch is on 1 July at Pizza Express in Soho.
Jun 14, 2024 · Kurt Weill (1900–1950) wrote the “Berliner Symphonie” when he was 21, while studying in Berlin with Busoni. It was based on incidental music planned for a Festspiel by Johannes R. Becher and, for Mallwitz, reveals a young composer who “wants to do and say everything”.
Jun 28, 2024 · Ships Adrift 5. Liebeslied 6. The Right Guy for Me (feat. Sara Dowling) 7. Marterl 8. Bilbao-Song 9. That's Him 10. This is New An intriguing look at some of Kurt Weill's lesser-known compositions, ranging from straight-ahead swingers, to more introspective numbers that capture his earlier, more Eurocentric classical side.
4 days ago · In this soirée, award-winning Chanteuse Internationale Adrienne Haan focuses on the history of the works of Kurt Weill. Starting in Berlin in the 1920s and 30s, featuring his famous songs of the Weimar years, to the time he spent in exile in Paris highlighting some of his less known, but glorious French oeuvres as well as his Broadway ...
