Elysium – between two continents in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute presents a concert featuring songs by Friedrich Nietzsche himself, his long-time friend Peter Gast, as well as songs by the German-Jewish exiled composers Walther Hirschberg and Leopold Spinner, and by Nicolai Medtner and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
The introductory lecture will examine the intricate relationship between Nietzsche and German Jews.

Introduction: Michael Lahr
Musical Direction and Piano: Dan Franklin Smith
with Jeannie Im (Soprano) and Gregorij H. von Leitis (Recitation)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 7.00 pm
Forchheimer Auditorium
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York City

Tickets: $ 15 and $ 10
For Advance Sales call the box office of the Center for Jewish History at (917) 606 8200

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