EVENT POSTPONED.  The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.

We are offering a pre-concert lecture with Prof. Ofer Ben-Amots, Colorado College, beginning at 6:40 p.m.

Program:

• Hans Krása (1899 - 1944) Dance Arranged from String Trio by Mark Arnest
• Zikmund Schul (1916 - 1944) Uv’tzeil K’nofecho (In the Shadow of Your Wings) Melody: Grünfeld / String Quartet Arranged for String Orchestra by Mark Arnest
• Dick Kattenburg (1919 - 1944) Roemeense (Hebreeuwsche) melodie Arranged from Piano Trio by Mark Arnest
• Hans Krása (1899 - 1944) Suite from Brundibar (1938), a children's opera made famous by the children of Theresienstadt (Terezin) Concentration Camp
• Paul Hermann (1902 – 1944) Grand Duo for Violin and Cello Arranged for soloists and string orchestra by Thomas Wilson, Jacob Klock, violin and Gerald Miller, cello

Colorado College visitors must wear masks in all indoor spaces and show proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test results upon arrival.