Hollywood Exiles & Modern Noir
Sunday, January 24, 2027, 5:00 p.m.
In person at Piedmont Piano Company 1728 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, and online
TICKETS (Advance purchase recommended)
Film noir meets E4TT's much-loved Émigrés & Exiles in Hollywood
series!
Featuring new tributes to film noir by modern movie mavens Germaine Franco (Encanto) and Lars Deutsch (The Passenger), paired with music by mid-century émigré composers Miklós Rósza, Arnold Schoenberg, Eugene Zador, and Erich Zeisl.
Performed by E4TT (soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, and pianist Margaret Halbig), and Jess Folson, violin.
- TWO WORLD PREMIERES: MODERN NOIR
- LA Noir: Devil's Flight (2026) by Lars Deutsch. Listen to his 2025 Reel:
- Mother Daughter Theme (2023, premiere of arr. for piano trio) by Germaine Franco (b. 1962):
- HOLLYWOOD EXILES
- Verklaerte Nacht (1899) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), arr. for piano trio by Edward Steuermann:
- Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36 (1977) for solo cello by Miklos Rozsa (1907-1955):
Romance(1921) for cello and piano and selected songs (1931) by Eugene Zador (1894-1977):
Four Pieces for Good Players(1944, selections) for solo piano by Erich Zeisl (1905-1959). Listen to
No. 1, Sommersaults:
Supported in part by the Tulipán Foundation and the Dennis Schuman Charitable Foundation.
Co-presented by Klez California.