Tonight, the first of two programmes on Holocaust related Music..or Entartete (or “Degenerate”) Music” as it was termed (by the Nazis..)
Kenneth Woods moderates and explains the reasons and thinking behind his special selection, including pieces by Viktor Ullmann, Hans Krasa, Gideon Klein, and Hans Gal…
Viktor Ullmann,Hans Krasa,Gideon Klein and Hans Gál.(Copyrights acknowledged)
New Releases from Nimbus Records.
http://www.wyastone.co.uk/new_releases/
Listen to the repeat of Friday’s “In The Cooler”…
…and whatever else comes to hand before Friday!!
(Winchcombe Live” Posters)
With Michael Omer, Sybil Ruscoe and Phil Capaldi..
The NewGrass Cutters.(Copyrights acknowledged)
In this week’s show….... 7-9 pm http://www.nccr.co.uk
(Copyrights acknowledged)
A chat with a member of 70s group Lindisfarne..Ray Laidlaw and Billy Mitchell are back on the road with The Lindisfarne Story in 2019. ..and coming to Cheltenham on Sunday 24th March 2019 at the Cheltenham Town Hall Pillar Room.
Steve Burrows talks with us about the book “Secret Worcestershire”..and there’s a book signing at Broadway Tower on Saturday 2nd February 2019… an arresting experience..!!
Jessica May tell us about the Youth outreach programme, the forthcoming summer season at Longborough Festival Opera and the FREE TASTER DAY – OPEN TO ALL Saturday 9 February 2019 St David’s Centre, Church Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0LT. 11am – 4pm. Group work in the morning, followed by individual short performance slots in the afternoon.
..and Vicky Bennett outlines the programme for the forthcoming Chipping Campden Literature Festival (7-11 May 2019..booking open from 1st February 2019!..
and appropriate music!!
Sunday 27th January 2019 is Holocaust Memorial Day.. with a theme: Torn From Home.
So, “In the Cooler” will make its own contribution to the event with several interviews…
Jennifer Silverston, chair of Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation outlines the day’s events.
Holger Off (of the internationally renowned Berlin Comedian Harmonists) reflects on the music and legacy of the 1930s Comedian Harmonists.
Barbara Winton (daughter of Sir Nicholas) tells us about how her father contributed to saving 669 Jewish children from Prague in 1938.
John Fieldsend, one of the 669 “children” rescued reflects on his life since being torn from his home..and his parents..
Paul Curran reads “The Welcoming Land”,by Clemence Dane.
Sean Dudden is a Youtube film maker who determined to film Auschwitz.. and speaks of the emotional cost in doing so.
Professional film and internationally acclaimed documentary producer Paul Kittel acquaints us with the background to the Chris Tarrant Extreme Railways episode “Hitler’s Holocaust Railway” ..
Joe Twilley of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust outlines the Trust’s educational work, and its current involvement with present situations
..and historian Simon Schama adds the historian’s perspective..
And Kenneth Woods discusses music that came out of the Holocaust in the first February programmes of “Cooler Classics.”
Break free of the January Blues at Raw Comedy on Friday 1st Feb! Six fresh comedy acts fill the Arts Centre’s foyer bar with funny – it’s Evesham’s Comedy Club!
The fun begins at 8pm sharp as the brilliantly self-deprecating compere WILL MARS does the introductions. He’s a comedy circuit veteran with loads of club nights, Edinburgh shows, international performances, TV & radio appearances to his credit.
The night’s crop of acts are
The evening’s finale act will be the “humble, modest & gorgeous” MIKE KEENAN. Bringing wry observations & well crafted gags all the way from Warrington, he’s been called “rude, political & clever” and “Comedy God”.
Audiences are invited to forget that the weather is pants, Christmas over & the world off to hell in a handcart – and come & have a laugh!
LIMITED TO 80 SEATS – advance booking advised! Min age 16. Tickets £6 at the door or £5 (students £4) in advance from Evesham Almonry Abbey Road WR11 4BQ and the arts centre website www.EveshamArtsCentre.co.uk The fun starts at 8pm Fri 1st Feb.
"In The Cooler" 