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PLEASE CHECK SCHEDULE
FOR NEW DATES
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6 May 2025
Album Release Event!
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6 May 2025 at 7PM
Milkweed Editions, Inc.
1011 Washington Ave S,
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
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Join friends and colleagues of the late acclaimed poet Bill Holm as they launch their record album of Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death, a musical setting of his namesake poem composed by Minnesota native Martha Helen Schmidt.
For More Info.,
Please see Schedule page
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December 14th 2024
Llandaff Choral Society
Presents
Handel's Messiah
Saturday 7PM
Feat.
Simon Lovell-Jones, Cond.
with Orchestra De-Cymru
Soloists
Elizabeth Donovan
Helen Jarmany
Robert Felstead
Ryan Hugh Ross
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September 16th 2024
Auf Eine Alte Partitur
at
Palais Ehrbar, Vienna, AT
7PM
Vienna Recital Debut
premiering Lieder by
Emigre composer
Julius Burger (Bürger)
[1897-1995]
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September 15th 2024
In partnership with the
Steine der Erinnerung
Foundation
Memorial plaques were dedicated in memory of
members of the Julius Burger (Bürger) family who perished in the Holocaust
Many thanks to Frau Daliah Hindler (Foundation Director) for helping make this a reality!
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July 2024
Album Recording Sessons for
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
Minneapolis, MN
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September 23 & 25th 2023
My 2021 Documentary
Julius Burger : A Journey in Exile
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Will be broadcast by
Pioneer PBS
based in Granite Falls, MN
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Friday September 23rd at 7PM (US CST)
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&
Monday September 25th at 3PM (US CST)
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Tune in to watch this great film!!
OR
View it on my research website
at the Link Below:
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https://www.rediscoveredbeauty.org/burger-film
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September 20th 2023
An article about the song cycle tour for 'Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death'
appeared to day in the
Lyon County IA Reporter
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To view the article
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September 6th 2023
I recently sat down with Minnesota Public Radio's own Steve Staruch
to talk about our recent
tour of Martha Helen Schmidt's song cycle
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Playing Haydn
for the Angel of Death
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To listen to the Interview
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MAJOR NEWS!
September 1st 2023
The Pioneer PBS Documentary
Playing Haydn
for the Angel of Death
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has been nominated for an
EMMY AWARD!!!
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View this beautifully shot
film
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Wednesday May 10th 2023
Documentary premiere
of
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
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a film created by
Pioneer PBS
in
Granite Falls, MN
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Visit Schedule page for broadcast information!
Saturday April 21st 2023
Bass soloist
in
Aberystwyth Choral Society's
Lord Nelson Mass
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Aberystwyth Arts Centre
https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/classical-music/aber-choral-society
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Thursday October 20th 2022
8PM​
Icelandic Premiere
of
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
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Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík
Reykjavík, Iceland
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July 8 & 9 2022
I will be performing the role of Marcello along with an excellent cast of colleagues for the Rhosygilwen Summer Festival at the Rhosygilwen Estate in Cardigan, Wales! Come see this enchanting production directed by my wife, Sian Cameron!
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Rhosygilwen Summer Festival
Rhosygilwen Mansion
Cardigan, Wales
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May 21st 2022 at 7:30PM (CST)
World Premiere
of a new song Cycle
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Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
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A musical setting of Minnesota Poet Bill Holm's epic prose composed by Martha Helen Schmidt
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Open Book Literary Arts Centre
Target Performance Hall
1101 S Washington Ave No.101
Minneapolis, MN
55415
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25 May 2021 at 7:30PM (GMT)
Jewish Music Institute - London
Screening
of
Julius Burger :
A Journey in Exile
If you missed our Documentary on
Viennese Emigre Composer
Julius Burger, you can still view it on the JMI website until 25 June 2021!!
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Link: https://www.jmi.org.uk/event/jmi-online-julius-burger-a-journey-in-exile/
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Visit:
https://www.rediscoveredbeauty.org/burger-film
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27/01/2021-- Film Launch!
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27 January marked the online premiere of
the 'making of' documentary which focuses on my research and recording
of Songs by Exiled Viennese Composer
Julius Burger!!!
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To View the 30 minute Documentary,
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'Julius Burger : A JOURNEY IN EXILE'
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or
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to find out more - Please Visit :
https://www.rediscoveredbeauty.org/burger-film
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20/03/2020-- Cancellations
Due to the Coronavirus Epidemic,
the May 8th Concert
of Julius Burger's Lieder
for
the
Exil.Arte Zentrum MDW - Vienna
will be postponed to
October 8th 2020
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And
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Engagements with
Grange Park Opera
in Their productions of
La Gioconda
La Boheme
and
The Life and Death of Litvenenko
Have been Cancelled!!
Stay Safe Everyone
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15/11/2019-- TODAY IS THE DAY!!
'A Journey in Exile :
the Lieder of Julius Burger'
is now available!
Visit
For More Details!
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07/10/2019-- Watch this space
in the coming weeks for info
on where you can get
your own copy of
my new album:
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A Journey In Exile:
The Lieder of Julius Burger
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Set for release on
November 15th 2019!!!
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3/5/2019 Grange Park Opera rehearsals
for Verdi's Don Carlo are under way!!
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I am also happy to announce
I will be performing the role
of
the Detective
in
Gershwin's
Porgy & Bess!
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Check out the schedule page for
performance details!
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18/12/2018 I will be joining
Grange Park Opera
once more for their
2019 season of
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Verdi's
Don Carlo
&
a TBA acting role in
Gershwin's
Porgy and Bess!
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More details to follow
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17/3/2018 Proud to announce
this june
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a journey in exile: lieder of julius bürger
the first recordings of lieder works
by the exiled viennese composer
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for commerical release
in late 2018/early 2019!!!
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22/04/17 Performance at the Innaguration of
the ExilArte Centre
in
Vienna, Austria
where I sang
Julius Burger's
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Goodbye Vienna
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to honor his induction into the
centre for research
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20/12/16- I was recently featured on the cover
of the
SMSU Alumni Magazine
- FAll '16 Edition!
with a great write-up of
the Voices of Exile Festival!
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TO VIEW THE ONLINE EDITION
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PAGE!
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20/09/16- I am proud to announce my next project
Rediscovered Beauty:
Suppressed composers
in Partnership with
Dr. Daniel Rieppel
&
Southwest Minnesota State University
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Present
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Voices of Exile: The Jewish Experience
A Concert / Lecture Series
Dedicated to presenting works by Composers who were suppressed by the 3rd Reich
INCLUDING THE US PREMIERE
OF JULIUS BÜRGER'S
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TWO SONGS FOR BARITONE
AND ORCHESTRA
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FEstival to take place
October 24th-30th 2016
on the campus of SMSU
Marshall MN USA
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**For More Information
Please watch t this space or Visit
REdiscovered Beauty on Facebook at:
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https://www.facebook.com/Rediscovered-Beauty-Suppressed-Composers-292017367606682/?fref=ts
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14/04/16-I am glad to Announce I will be joining Grange Park Opera for their 2016 Season!!!
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02/08/15- A Fantastic season at
Grange Park Opera
performing Avram the Bookseller
along side an amazing cast
with
Bryn Terfel as Tevye
and
A stellar revival of
Eugene Onegin
where I performed the role
of Captain Petrovich.
-Check out some pictures from the productions on the photo page!!
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13/2/15- Im proud to announce
i will be joining grange park opera
again for their june/july productions
of
EUGENE ONEGIN
&
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
with BRYN TERFEL!!!!
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watch this space for more soon!!
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07/10/14 - Another Excellent Year at Wexford Opera Festival!
New Photos from
the European Premiere of
Kevin Puts'
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Silent Night
&
Gilbert and Sullivan's
Trial By Jury
EMMY AWARD WINNER!!
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On 14 October 2023
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Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
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A documentary which followed the October 2022 Icelandic Premiere of
our commissioned song cycle
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Recipient of Regional Emmy® Award
from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Upper Midwest Chapter
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in the Arts & Entertainment catagory
for Best Long Form Content Documentary!
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Huge congratulations to Dana Conroy and the incredible team from Pioneer PBS for so beautifully portraying our story behind the creation and premiere of the song cycle.
A massive thank you to the cycle’s generous sponsors- Marcella Brekken for trusting us with dear Bill’s work. Marcy- your guidance made this happen! the generous support of the Gruhot Family, Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation and Daniel Slager and his team at Milkweed Press.
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Special thanks to
Marcy Olsen,
poets Athena Kildegaard & Barton Sutter, Bill's Icelandic circle of friends for their incredible help in organising the Icelandic premiere, generosity in time, housing, transportation, everything! Anna Sigga Helgadottir, Ívar Gunnarsson, 'Wincie' Lucy Winston Jóhannsdóttir, Ingólfur Helgason, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, the Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík,
(and so, so many more!)
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A huge thank you to my collaborators in this labour of love - the insanely talented composer Martha Helen Schmidt & equally my ‘musik vater’ Dr Daniel Daniel Rieppel - whose guidance and friendship has led to yet another great collaboration.
We knew we were onto something when we started on this and I am humbled to be counted among you two!
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Finally - Thanks to Bill Holm- a brilliant poet and educator who showed me and so many others how to see the beauty in the ordinary and that a career in the arts was possible - even for a boy from the rural prairie.
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This is for you Bill!
To View The Film, Please visit the link