28 Rutland Gate, London
Wed 9 Sept · 19:00
The moving and entertaining story of WW2 Refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to Music and Britain. With Norbert Meyn, tenor and Christopher Gould, piano This cabaret song recital tells the story of musicians who fled the Nazis in the 1930s and found a new home in Britain. Told through their songs, the story combines romantic nostalgia, dark and hilarious humour, fighting in the British Army, food recipes and post war optimism as expressed in the 1951 Festival of Britain , to which many émigré artists contributed. From ‘Wiener Schnitzel’ and ‘Come back to Soho’ to ‘Adolf, we come!’ and ‘In Exile’, enter a time when supremely talented musicians had to fight for their survival and managed to keep their spirits up through song. The programme includes songs by Robert Kahn, Karl Rankl, Hans Gál, Mátyás Seiber and Eric Sanders . Wednesday 9 September, 7pm St John's Church, Waterloo More information & booking: HERE . This concert comes at the end of a day symposium, "A Tonic to the Nation: Refugees and Immigrants at the Festival of Britain" initiated and organised by Monica Bohm-Duchen , founding director of Insiders/Outsiders , an ongoing celebration of the contribution made by refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture, in partnership with St John’s Waterloo . You can find out more and register for the symposium (including the option of a ticket inclusive of the concert) here and the accompanying exhibition 'Music, Migration and Mobility' here . Norbert Meyn is a versatile and creative singer based in London. In recent years he has made a name for himself through innovative concert programmes and recording projects with a sense of story-telling and discovery. Trained in Germany, Latvia and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Norbert has appeared in concerts at the Barbican Hall, the South Bank Centre, St.
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.