Schoenberg's Return: The 2nd Annual Commemoration of the Composer's 1933 “Re-entry into the Community of Israel"

In the face of rising antisemitism in Europe, Schoenberg, having converted to Protestantism thirty-five years before, felt compelled not only to return to Judaism, but to make an unprecedented public announcement, with Marc Chagall serving as witness. Given the rising antisemitism in our own time, this seems an important event for us to recall and for me personally to repeat, in my own secular and aesthetic way. It will include perhaps 20 minutes' of readings from Schoenberg’s letters, statements, and musical works, including “Moses and Aaron” and “A Survivor from Warsaw,” and a chance to meet each other afterwards if anyone wants to chat.