Dr Deborah Holmes from the Department of Modern Languages will be presenting at the music festival ‘Swept Away’, 19-21 June. The festival is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Jewish Music Institute in London.
Swept Away is entirely dedicated to musical works by composers banned by the Nazis and will be held at King’s Place, near King’s Cross in London. The festival consists of five concert programmes and five pre-concert talks.
Deborah will present a pre-concert talk on Sunday 21 June, entitled ‘Art, Film and Literature in Berlin and Vienna during the Inter-War Years’. New and highly distinct styles in theatre, novels, music, opera, painting, design and film sprang up in Germany and Austria in a decade of intensive creativity after World War I ended. Deborah will explore the art, artistic movements and key creative figures that flourished despite political uncertainty, economic crises and the constant threat of violence on the streets.
The talk will lead into the BBC Singers and the Continuum Ensemble perform Kurt Weill’s Das Berliner Requiem, as well as pieces by composers Ernst Krenek, Stefan Wolpe and Ernst Toch.
Deborah’s talk will begin at 2pm, with the performances at 3pm.
For more on the Swept Away festival, including how to book, please see the webpage here: www.acflondon.org/music/swept-away-festival-berlin-and-vienna-twenties/