Archived Event

A memorial concert for Yom HaShoah
Remembering Kitchener Camp
Date
Thu 28 Apr 2022, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Summer 2022 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Emily Maitlisnarrator
  • Jon Sopelnarrator
  • Benjamin Nabarroviolin
  • Claudia Ajmone-Marsanviolin
  • Rachel Robertsviola
  • Gemma Rosefieldcello
  • London Cantorial Singers

    Programme

        • Serenade for strings in G K525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
          :
        • II. Romanze. Andante
        • Ma Nishtana
          (arranged by Alan Freedman)
        • Pesach Medley
          (arranged by Alan Freedman)
    • Pavel Haas
      1899-1944
        • String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15
          :
        • Thema con variazione e fuga. Con moto – Allegro vivace
    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise'
          :
        • II. Adagio
        • Lo Teida Milchama (May You Never Know War Anymore)
        • Avinu Shebashamayim

    Overview

    The little known story of the refugee camp on the Kent coast that provided a safe haven for 4000 Jewish victims of Nazism, in the months prior to World War Two. The concert will conclude with the awarding of British Heroes of The Holocaust medals to descendants of individuals involved in establishing and running the Kitchener Camp scheme.

    Part of