BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//gahmusa.org - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:gahmusa.org X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gahmusa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for gahmusa.org REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T193000 DTSTAMP:20260507T155120 CREATED:20260319T201640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T145520Z UID:33782-1778695200-1778700600@gahmusa.org SUMMARY:Music in Exile Concert on May 13\, 2026 at 6 PM DESCRIPTION:Celebrate America250 with a PanEuropean Chamber Music Ensemble  \nPlease join the German-American Heritage Foundation & Museum and The United Church + Die Vereinigte Kirche for a special evening of chamber music with a selection of works by Austrian and German exile composers who spent the 1930s and 1940s in the United States. Featured composers include Arnold Schönberg\, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler along with American composer Samuel Barber\, and Gustav Mahler\, one of the great Romantic composers and conductors who bridged the gap between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and 20th century modernism. \nMahler had a special relationship with the United States\, and celebrated his New York debut at the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 1\, 1908 where he conducted Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. He continued to make occasional guest appearances until March 1910\, and symbolized a longing for America (German: ‘Amerika-Sehnsucht’) that played a significant role in pre-World War I Europe.  \nAttendees will enjoy a diverse musical program that highlights the strength and resilience of culture and music as a means of creating connections and understanding by drawing upon the experiences of living abroad and in exile. We hope that you will celebrate the long-standing friendship between Austria\, Germany\, and the United States with us during this special semiquincentennial year.  \nWe are not charging an admission fee\, but please consider making a donation to GAHF and The United Church–either online or in person–for bringing high-quality cultural programming to the Washington\, DC area. Please use the registration form below. \nUpdated Program: \nHanns Eisler – Ändere die Welt\, sie braucht es (Change the world\, it needs it)\nRobert Schumann – Schöne Fremde (Beautiful Foreign Land)\nKurt Weill – My Ship\nArnold Schönberg – Galathea\nSamuel Barber – Sonate für Cello und Klavier op. 6 – Allegro ma non troppo\nHugo Wolf – Heimweh (Longing for Home)\nHanns Eisler – Deutsches Lied 1937\nGustav Mahler – Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the splendid trumpets sound)\nSamuel Barber – Sonate für Cello und Klavier op. 6 – Adagio\nTzvi Avni: Three Little Night Songs\n\nBreak\n\n\nKurt Weill – Beat! Beat! Drums!\nFranz Schubert – Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior’s Foreboding)\nHanns Eisler – Deutsches Miserere\nRobert Schumann – Ich grolle nicht (I bear no grudge)\nSamuel Barber – Sonate für Cello und Klavier op. 6 – Allegro appassionata\nFranz Schubert: Der Doppelgänger\nRobert Schumann – In der Fremde (Far from home)\nHanns Eisler – Erinnerung an Schumann und Eichendorff (Memories of Schumann and Eichendorff)\nGustav Mahler – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I am lost to the world)\nGeorge Rochberg – Ricordanza für Cello und Klavier\nGustav Mahler – Urlicht (Primal light)\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists: \nStefan Bone is currently Kapellmeister and Répétiteur at the Kiel Opera House. Highlights of the last seasons include conducting Verdi`s Don Carlos\, Falstaff and Otello as well as Prokofiev`s The love for Three Oranges and Puccini`s La Bohème. Since 2022\, he has been Artistic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Greater Region\, a paneuropan chamber ensemble based in Saarbrücken. His activities there focus on regional and international cultural cooperation. He completed his piano and conducting studies in Freiburg and Saarbrücken\, is a First Prize Winner of the International Chamber Music Competition Épinal and performs as a sought-after chamber musician and Lied recitalist.\n\n\n\nMichael Müller-Kasztelan has been a member of the soloist ensemble of the Kiel Opera House for 17 years. He has appeared internationally in leading roles from Tamino to Florestan and Paul and will make his debut as Tannhäuser in 2026. Guest appearances have taken him to numerous opera houses and concert halls across Germany and Europe. A passionate interpreter of art song recitals\, he is equally at home in contemporary repertoire\, having created leading roles in world premieres by Jüri Reinvere\, Christóbal Halffter and Marco Tutino. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken and at the Eastman School of Music in New York.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n America250: A Concert for Friendship\n Register for our Pan-European chamber music concert on May 13\, 2026 \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Name of Additional Guest\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n \n PhoneMobile URL:https://gahmusa.org/event/music-in-exile-concert-on-may-13-2026-at-6-pm/ LOCATION:The United Church\, 1920 G Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gahmusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/geralt-grades-278795-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="German-American Heritage Foundation":MAILTO:info@gahmusa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR