After The Darkness

Their ensemble is as tight as their collective intonation is sure, and they bring a keen expressivity to these scores written under appalling conditions…A thought-provoking programme, captured... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

Release Date: 22nd Mar 2019
Catalogue No: COBRA0065
Label: Cobra
Length: 61 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Chamber Music

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Krasa: Passacaglia & Fuga

Work length9:08

The Hague String Trio

I. Passacagilia. Sehr ruhig

Track length6:25

II. Fuga. Allegro molto

Track length2:43

Krasa: Tanec

Work length5:48

The Hague String Trio

Klein, Gideon: String Trio (1944)

Work length12:21

The Hague String Trio

I. Allegro

Track length2:17

II. Variations on a Moravian Folk Song. Lento

Track length6:45

III. Molto vivace

Track length3:19

Weiner, László: Serenade

Work length13:15

The Hague String Trio

I. Andante - Allegro

Track length4:36

II. Adagio

Track length5:02

III. Allegro

Track length3:37

Kattenburg: Trio a cordes

Work length5:48

The Hague String Trio

Weinberg: String Trio, Op. 48

Work length14:45

The Hague String Trio

I. Allegro con moto

Track length5:47

II. Andante

Track length4:37

III. Moderato assai

Track length4:21

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The music performed on this CD is by Jewish composers whose lives were destroyed in World War II by persecution, murder or exile. The title of the CD refers to the book by Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel: After the Darkness: Reflections on the Holocaust.

The project After the Darkness means a lot to The Hague String Trio. They feel it is a privilege to let the music of these composers be heard, to create a lasting testament so their music will never be forgotten and shall live on After the Darkness.

Nearly seventy-five years after the liberation of May 1945, World War II still plays a substantial role in European politics, in our thinking and our actions. We are now at a remove of three generations from World War II and are still discovering new facts, still confronted with new insights, still finding new testimonials from those times. In a certain sense, this CD also belongs to the category of recently discovered testimonials from the dark years between 1933 and 1945. Everywhere freedom of speech was restricted, and not only in Europe. Moreover, several generations of Jewish composers and performing musicians seemed simply to have disappeared. Not until a quarter of a century after the war did people start to ‘discover’, little by little, just how much music had been lost through the war. Yet today, unknown compositions from those years are regularly discovered and works thought to have been lost are found again.

The Hague String Trio was founded by Justyna Briefjes, Julia Dinerstein and Miriam Kirby in 2006. They came together to share their love for chamber music and have formed a strong bond over their many years as an ensemble. The trio enjoys exploring the extensive string trio repertoire, from treasured masterpieces to lesser known compositions which they feel deserve more recognition. They also work closely with composers such as Robin Holloway, Kerry Woodward, Arne Werkman and Reza Nakisa as well as fellow musicians including oboist Pauline Oostenrijk and pianist Daniel Kramer with whom they play regularly. The Hague String Trio performs throughout the Netherlands, and gives concerts every year in England and Germany, where it has built up devoted followings.

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August 2019

Their ensemble is as tight as their collective intonation is sure, and they bring a keen expressivity to these scores written under appalling conditions…A thought-provoking programme, captured in first-rate sound.

After The Darkness

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