JoAnn Falletta and Naxos release music by forgotten composer murdered in Auschwitz
Music by Marcel Tyberg, who was murdered by the Nazis in the Auschwitz concentration camp on New Year’s Eve 1944, is to be heard for the first time in more than 60 years in premiere performances on disc by the Buffalo Philharmonic, conducted by JoAnn Falletta for Naxos.
The recording resulted from a donation of Tyberg’s original manuscripts to Falletta by Dr Henry Mihich of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, to whose distant relations the composer had entrusted his scores on learning that he was to be arrested by the Nazis.
Active as an organist, conductor and teacher, Tyberg also wrote popular songs under the pen name Till Bergmar. His music for the concert hall includes symphonies (his Second was conducted at its premiere by the Czech Philharmonic in the 1930s by Rafael Kubelík, a childhood friend), two masses, chamber music and Lieder.
Featured on the new Naxos disc are his Third Symphony – described as having “shades of Schumann and Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler” – and Piano Trio, performed by Michael Ludwig (violin), Roman Mekinulov (cello) and Ya-Fei Chuang (piano). “Both pieces,” says Falletta, “revealed music of profound beauty, ingenious orchestration and vibrant neo-romanticism.”
Photo credit: Jim Bush
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Posted Feb 01, 2011 at 9:29 pm by Timothy Moe
I am so grateful that JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic have brought this music, and by extension, this composer to back life. It is a gift that I will enjoy exploring.
Posted May 12, 2011 at 10:54 am by The Classical Review CDs / DVDs » Blog Archive » JoAnn Falletta continues her Marcel Tyberg survey with the Buffalo Philharmonic on Naxos
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