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Check it out! Suppressed Music Deserves Recognition

Written by on 06/16/2016

Howdy Friends!
Something pretty interesting came sweeping into my email just the other day and I thought that it may tickle your fancy!

For all those WWII buffs, and for all you music buffs, one of our music professors here at UVIC has done some pretty rad research on suppressed, and to some extent – music that was considered either not good enough, not appropriate enough, or simply just lost.

“A diverse body of classical music was suppressed by the Third Reich during the WWII era. Predominantly written by composers of Jewish backgrounds, these musical works were systematically prohibited from publication, performance and broadcast for ideological rather than artistic reasons. On June 27, University of Victoria School of Music professor Suzanne Snizek will bring to the stage some rarely performed examples of “suppressed music.” 

Snizek has been actively researching, teaching and performing this vast body of work for the past 10 years. Now the recipient of a UVic Research and Creative Project Grant, Snizek is in the process of recording six musical works that illustrate the diversity and vitality of the musical styles and ideas that were being explored during that historical era. Her current recording and concert project is part of the larger global effort amongst suppressed music scholars to reinstate this deserving music into the standard classical repertoire.

“These compositions often never found, or in many cases never regained, their place in the standard repertory even long after the WWII era concluded,” explains Snizek. As other scholars have noted: “Though it took Hitler little more than a decade to remove many of Europe’s leading composers—many were forced to flee, were imprisoned or murdered—it has taken generations to acknowledge, confront and repair the musical and cultural damage caused by their removal,” says Snizek.

The concert will feature Sonatas for flute and piano by Boris Blacher and Leo Smit as well as a trio by Jan van Gilse. Joining Snizek to perform these works are Keith Hamm (principal violist of Canadian Opera Company), Aaron Schwebel (National Ballet of Canada concert master) and pianist Yoomi Kim (Victoria Conservatory of Music faculty). “

This is a perfect example of the many different forms history can take, and the ways its transcribed and passed along. Were lucky enough to be able to witness all of this coming together, see what the faculty and the student body is up too over there and maybe learn a thing or two!

The Deets:

What: “Suppressed Music”

Who: Suzanne Snizek (flute) & guests

When: Monday, June 27 at 8 p.m.

Where: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, B-Wing, MacLaurin Building, UVic

Admission is by donation.

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