Richard Fuchs - 1932
String Quartet and Songs

Richard Fuchs was a German composer, exiled from his own country, who settled in New Zealand in the 1940s and wrote many works while living here.
Recorded at a special concert co-hosted by B’nai Brith and Beth Shalom in April 2009 at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, in remembrance of the Holocaust and ANZAC Day.
The documentary film The Third Richard was also screened.
  • Auf Den Tod Eines Kindes (On a Death of A Child) for mezzo soprano and piano
    Gina Sanders (soprano) and Kay Shacklock (piano)
  • Festtag for mezzo soprano and piano
    Gina Sanders (soprano) and Kay Shacklock (piano) at the Raye Freeman Arts Centre in Auckland 
  • In der Fremde for medium voice and piano
    Gina Sanders (soprano) and Kay Shacklock (piano)
  • String Quartet in D minor for string quartet
    Jade String Quartet – Miranda Adams (violin), William Hanfling (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola) and Claudia Price (cello)

1932 string quartet and songs [sound recording] / Richard Fuchs.

Date : 2009
By :Fuchs, Richard, 1887-1947; Sanders, Gina; Shacklock, Kay; Jade String Quartet
Notes :
1932 string quartet in D minor
-- Songs = Lieder. In der Fremde (1937) ; Festtag (1935) ; Auf den Tod eines Kindes (1937). Piano quintet in D minor
-- Festtag / [words by] Ludwig Marx -- Auf den Tod eines Kindes
-- String quartet in E major. In the 1st work: Jade String Quartet (Miranda Adams, William Hanfling, violins ; Robert Ashworth, viola ; Claudia Price, cello).
In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th works: Gina Sanders, soprano ; Kay Shacklock, piano. Recorded live at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 2009. 2nd, 3rd and 4th works sung in German.
Other Versions : Digitised version: 1932 string quartet and songs
Related to : Fuchs, Richard, 1887-1947. In der Fremde., Festtag., Auf den Tod eines Kindes., Quartets, strings, D minor.,
The Richard Fuchs Archive (http://www.richardfuchs.org.nz/)
Other Titles : Selections; Nineteen thirty two string quartet and songs
Publisher : [Wellington, N.Z.] : Atoll, [2009]
Format : 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.