Dr. William Schimmel will perform in the CD Release Concert with Eric Ostling, and Glen Roven. Royal Road Productions has announced the new cabaret show “A Hanns Eisler Cabaret” of “Eric Bentley’s Brecht-Eisler Song Book,” a stunning collection of rarely performed songs by Austro-German composer Hanns Eisler on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 9:PM at the Cabaret at Café Sabarsky in the Neue Galerie, 1048 Fifth Avenue, New York. Ticket information and reservations are available by calling (212) 628-6200, ext. 485.

From Broadway World.com: In her Café Sabarsky debut, the soprano and actress Karyn Levitt presents songs by Brecht and Eisler. Brecht’s dark, scathing poetry sizzles in Hanns Eisler’s acidic and inventive musical arrangements. Levitt includes original German lyrics along with English translations by world-renowned Brecht translator Eric Bentley. Levitt will perform the Eisler songs with the Hanns Eisler Trio — featuring accordionist William Schimmel and guitarist Ira Siegel, led by musical director Eric Ostling.

The new CD, “Eric Bentley’s Brecht-Eisler Song Book,” and the historic centennial celebration for Eric Bentley (hailed by critic Leonard Lehrmann as “a triumph”) which Ms. Levitt produced at New York’s Town Hall in December 2015, are the culmination of her journey, under the mentoring of Eric Bentley, into the world and music of Hanns Eisler.

Musicians on the new CD album include distinguished pianist Eric Ostling, accordionist William Schimmel, and guitarist Larry Saltzman.

Karyn Levitt, who is an Oberlin-trained performer, has appeared at Town Hall, Carnegie Hall and other distinguished venues. Under Eric Bentley’s guidance, Levitt and pianist Eric Ostling created an evening of Eisler’s songs that has earned rave reviews around the country.

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