We had a great time in Birmingham, where in collaboration with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gidon Kremer and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla we gave a UK premiere of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphony No. 21 “Kaddish”, dedicated “To the victims of the Warsaw ghetto”. Here are some reviews and pictures of this historic project as well as an open letter that Gidon Kremer sent to Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
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Well, what a piece Weinberg’s Symphony No. 21 is; haunting, rhythmic, sweet, soulful, heart-breaking, complex, – beautiful UK Premiere from @TheCBSO @KremerataBaltic with @GidonKremer and two singers to make you weep!
Not often that Shostakovich 15 is the lighter part of an eve!— Azurite (@AzuriteEnigma) November 25, 2018
A haunting, complex and beautiful evening of music @THSHBirmingham this evening from @TheCBSO Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, @KremerataBaltic and @GidonKremer – UK premiere of Weinberg Symphony no.21. Evokes the Warsaw Ghetto, oppression, suffering and more. ‘Protest and desolation’ #cbso pic.twitter.com/Hgha0Fs9ND
— Prof Judith Smith (@DrJudithSmith) November 24, 2018
Angie Kremer Photography