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20<br />
HANS KRÁSA 1899 - 1944<br />
The work <strong>of</strong> a<br />
mature apprentice<br />
Hans Krása is much more than <strong>the</strong><br />
composer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> children's opera<br />
Brundibar, with which he is typically<br />
associated.<br />
<strong>UE</strong> recognised his outstanding<br />
talent early on and published his<br />
first orchestral work: Orchestral<br />
Songs op. 1 (1920), composed at <strong>the</strong><br />
age <strong>of</strong> 21. Krása's teacher, Alexander<br />
Zemlinsky, probably put in a<br />
good word for him with director<br />
Emil Hertzka. Zemlinsky, after all,<br />
had conducted <strong>the</strong> première at a<br />
krása<br />
graduation concert in Prague's<br />
conservatoire in 1921. The 8 minute<br />
work for voice and orchestra is a<br />
setting <strong>of</strong> four Galgenlieder by<br />
Christian Morgenstern. On 12 February<br />
in Amsterdam, it will have<br />
its Dutch première: Gerd Albrecht<br />
will conduct <strong>the</strong> Radio Symfoni Orkest<br />
with Michelle Breedt, mezzosoprano.<br />
The concert is part <strong>of</strong> Jan Zekveld's<br />
festival dedicated to so-called "degenerate<br />
music".
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