CONCERT | AN EVENING WITH DANIEL GORTLER AND DANIEL JOHANNSEN
A Chamber Music Recital Inspired by Edmund de Waal’s The Hare with Amber Eyes
Wednesday, March 2 & Thursday, March 3 2022, 7pm each
Join us for two evenings with Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler and tenor Daniel Johannsen from Vienna featuring works by Franz Schubert (1797 Vienna – 1828 Vienna) and Ernst Krenek (1900 Vienna – 1991 Palm Springs, CA). The concerts will be inspired by Edmund de Waal’s memoir “The Hare with Amber Eyes” and the exhibition of the same name which is currently on view at the Jewish Museum, New York until May 15!
There will be a 15-minute intermission on both evenings. Find the program below!
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TICKETS
Free admission – RSVP required. To RSVP, please email events@acfny.org with your name, number of tickets you would like to reserve (currently limited to 2!) and date you would like to attend!
COVID-19 INFORMATION
- All visitors will be required to wear a mask covering both mouth and nose at all times within the building.
- In compliance with New York state law, proof of vaccination, as well as an D., will be required upon entry. Proof of vaccination may include a CDC Vaccination Card, an NYC Vaccination Record, NYC Covid Safe App, Excelsior Pass, or an official immunization record from outside NYC or the U.S., showing proof of receipt of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use or licensed for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or authorized for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
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PROGRAM
Franz Schubert (1797 Vienna ― 1828 Vienna):
- Sehnsucht (Friedrich von Schiller), op. 39, D 636 (1821)
- Drang in die Ferne (Karl Gottfried von Leitner), op. 71, D 770 (1823)
- Aufenthalt (Ludwig Rellstab), D 957/5 (1828)
- Willkommen und Abschied (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), op. 56/1, D 767 (1822)
- Der Wanderer an den Mond (Johann Gabriel Seidl), op. 80/1, D 870 (1826)
- Abschied (Rellstab), D 957/7 (1828)
Ernst Krenek (1900 Vienna ― 1991 Palm Springs, CA):
- Excerpts from “Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen” (after own lyrics), op. 62 (1929): 1.Motiv; 7.Regentag; 9.Rückblick; 15.Heißer Tag am See; 18.Entscheidung
Franz Schubert
- Der Wanderer (Philipp Georg Schmidt von Lübeck), op. 4/1, D 493 (1816)
- Das Lied im Grünen (Johann Anton Friedrich Reil), op. posth. 115/1, D 917 (1827)
- In der Ferne (Rellstab), D 957/6 (1828)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D 960 (1828): I.Molto moderato; II.Andante sostenuto; III.Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio; IV.Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto
ABOUT DANIEL GORTLER
Acclaimed Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler has performed as soloist with the Houston, San Francisco, New World, Atlanta and San Francisco, Swiss Romande symphony orchestras, philharmonic orchestras of Israel, London, and working among others with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Tilson Thomas, Valery Gergiev, Yoel Levi, Franz Welzer-Moest, Manfred Honeck, Justus Frantz, Dan Ettinger, Ilan Volkov, Steven Sloane, Mendi Rodan, Yoav Talmi, Noam Sheriff, Yuri Ahronovich, Leonid Grin ,Nir Kabaretti, Daniel Cohen and Doron Salomon. Gortler performed as soloist with all orchestras in Israel. Gortler has performed recitals in veneus such as Wigmore Hall, London, 92nd street Y, NYC, Mogador, Paris and has taken part at the Houston, Jerusalem, Luzern, Schleswig-Holstein and Verbier music festivals. As an avid chamber musician he has performed with artists among – Bo Skovhus, Nikolaj Znaider, David Garrett, Itamar Zorman, Giora Schmitt, Sergey Ostrovski, Asi Matathias, Daniel Guedes, Steven Isserlis, Raz Kohn, Zvi plesser, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Yael Levita ,Daniel Johannsen, Sylvia Schwarz, David Adam Moore, and is a founder member of the Tel-Aviv Schubertiade festival. In the USA, Daniel Gortler has recently performed recitals at the Museum of Art in Cleveland, and at Symphony Space in New York, as well at Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum, 92 street Y, Morgan library, Jewish Museum, NYU and Rockefeller Universities.
ABOUT DANIEL JOHANNSEN
Commenting on a 2011 song recital given by Daniel Johannsen and Helmut Deutsch in Munich, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” wrote: “This captivating musicianship is driven by good taste, literally representing pure art.” Born in Vienna in 1978 and a student of Robert Holl and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, art song performance is close to Daniel Johannsen’s heart. His repertoire comprises almost 400 settings in German, French, and English, which he has performed with piano partners such as Graham Johnson and Kristian Bezuidenhout. He studied at the University of Music, Vienna, and successfully participated in many competitions (Bach, Schumann, Mozart, Wigmore Hall), winning prizes at an early age. His performances have taken place in the big musical centers of the world. As a highly sought-after Bach- interpreter, he is a regular guest of “All of Bach” and the J.S. Bach Foundation St. Gallen. He performs at major festivals and has sung under the batons of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and René Jacobs, for example with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Daniel Johannsen has also established himself in opera, performing at the Vienna Volksoper, Munich’s Gärtnerplatztheater, and the Leipzig Opera.
ABOUT THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES, JEWISH MUSEUM NY
The Hare with Amber Eyes, on view at the Jewish Museum from November 19, 2021, through May 15, 2022, is an exhibition that tells the story of the Ephrussi family—celebrated in the 2010 memoir and The New York Times bestseller of the same name by Edmund de Waal—and showcases the breadth and depth of their history and illustrious collections. The exhibition explores the family’s rise to prominence and splendor in the first half of the nineteenth century, followed by a focus on the prolific collector and historian of art, Charles Ephrussi, to the inter-war years, and finally World War II, when the family lost its fortune and collection to Nazi looting. The exhibition brings together pieces from the Ephrussi’s collections to examine the ways in which objects can function as storytellers, symbols of resilience, and monuments of a family legacy, including artworks by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Moreau, and Auguste Renoir, among others; decorative objects; and family photos and ephemera from their lives across four continents. At the exhibition’s centerpiece are 168 Japanese netsuke, miniature carved sculptures from the Edo Period (17th-19th centuries), originally collected by Charles Ephrussi in the late 1870s. The collection of netsuke has been handed down to subsequent generations, serving as a connection between the past and the present. The most recent member of the family to inherit the collection, author and ceramicist Edmund de Waal, drew from them the inspiration for his memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, continuing the family’s storied legacy of artistic and cultural pursuits.
ABOUT THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NY
Located on New York City’s famed Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum is a distinctive hub for art and Jewish culture for people of all backgrounds. Founded in 1904, the Museum was the first institution of its kind in the United States and is one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world. Devoted to exploring art and Jewish culture from ancient to contemporary, the Museum offers diverse exhibitions and programs and maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over more than 4,000 years. The public may call 212.423.3200 or visit TheJewishMuseum.org for more information and to reserve timed tickets.
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Image Credit: Miri Shamir (left), Marcel Plavec (right)