EVENTS
EVENTS
FPS Home Away From Home
Saturday 22 February 2025 6:30 – 7:45 pm
Trinity Church, 15 Nether St, London N12 7NN
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Adaya Peled, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Booking: Sold Out!
£40 suggested donation per person including wine and cheese
All profits going towards building fund
International Opera Foundation
Saturday 29 March 2025
Belgrade
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Marija Jellic, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Wiener Holocaust Library
Monday 28 April 2025
29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Adaya Peled, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Dr Barbara Warnock, presentor
Revealing Suppressed Culture: Lost Histories in the Archives of The Wiener Holocaust Library
In this talk, Dr Barbara Warnock, Senior Curator and Head of Education at The Wiener Holocaust Library in London, will explore some of the traces and records of culture suppressed during the Nazi era that are contained in the Library’s extensive archives. Founded in 1934 in Amsterdam as an anti-Nazi organisation and based in London since 1939, The Wiener Holocaust Library is the world’s oldest and Britain’s largest archive of document on the Nazi era and the Holocaust. The Library’s archives include precious collections relating to art, photography and culture labelled as ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis including Peter Kien’s original libretto for Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder der Tod dankt ab (The Emperor of Atlantis, or Death Abdicates), written in Theresienstadt camp and ghetto, an anti-Nazi opera composed by Victor Ullmann; artworks by Fred (Fritz) Kormis, a Jewish sculptor and printmaker ordered to stop working by the Nazi regime in 1933, and the powerful portrait photography of Gerty Simon, who was forced into exile early in the Nazi era. The Wiener Library’s archives also contain vital records of Jewish cultural life in ghettos, such as Philipp Manes’ diaries and journals from Theresienstadt. The talk will reveal the stories of these artworks and records, and examine the vital role of archives in preserving suppressed culture.
The evening’s programme will consist of a presentation by Dr Barbara Warnock (Wiener Holocaust Library) and a performance of a selection of orchestral works recorded as part of the project and conducted by Shelley Katz using the Symphonova.
Booking: Info@symphonova.com
PAST EVENTS
Dr. Alfred Bader (CBE) 100th Birthday Commemoration
28 April 2024, 2:30 to 4:30pm
Friends House Library, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Booking: By invitation only
Music
Shelley Katz – Conductor
Helen Bailey – Soprano
Hans Krieg – Jiskor for soprano and orchestra
Robert Kahn – Praeludium for soprano and orchestra
Joe Kraemer – Tribute for Alfred Bader for Orchestra
Presentations
Dr Barbara Warnock – Wiener Holocaust Library
Marian McNichol – the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network
Prof Jeremy Sanders CBE – Cambridge University
This commemorative event celebrates the life of Dr. Alfred Bader CBE (1924 to 2018). Alfred led an extraordinary life; he was a child refugee on the Kindertransport, a chemist, a businessman who founded the Aldrich Chemical Company, an art collector and philanthropist.
His philanthropy supported and continues, through Bader Philanthropies, to support many organizations and people close to his heart, including all three hosts of this event: Quakers in Britain, the Wiener Holocaust Library and Symphonova UK.
The event will feature speakers and music pertinent to Alfred Bader’s life. Dr Barbara Warnock from the Wiener Holocaust Library will talk about the Kindertransport, Marian McNichol, from the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network will speak on how Quakers are advocating for refugees today, and Prof Jeremy Sanders CBE will speak about Alfred’s contribution to the world through chemistry.
Led by Dr Shelley Katz conducting the Symphonova the musical part of the evening will consist of orchestral music, including works by Hans Krieg and Robert Kahn who suffered under the Holocaust, and a new composition written for the occasion by Joe Kraemer.
St Richard's Catholic College
Tuesday 5 November 2024 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Ashdown Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1SE
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Adaya Peled, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Booking: Private event for the school community
Mansfield Christian Community Centre
Saturday 9 November 2024 6:00 – 7:30 pm
1 Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2AD
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Booking: Entrance Free. Email to reserve your seat: mansfieldcommunitycentre@cogop.org.uk
Forbidden Music Regained Festival
Saturday 30 November 2024 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Amsterdam
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Channa Malkin, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova
Booking: Details will be published shortly
Workshop for Conductors
Sunday 1 December 2024
Amsterdam Conservatory
Programme
Works by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Robert (Bob) Hanf, Robert Kahn, Hans Krieg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim
Adaya Peled, soprano
Shelley Katz, Conductor
The Symphonova