The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s will perform the music of exiled composer Hanns Eisler on Friday, March 26 at 8 p.m., at the church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. The program will also include Aaron Copland’s 1944 ballet score, ‘Appalachian Spring,’ along with an arrangement of Mahler’s ‘Songs of a Wayfarer’ by fellow exile Arnold Schoenberg. Admission is $35 at the door. Eisler in Hollywood and the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings are the subjects of Villa Aurora’s afternoon roundtable on Saturday, March 27 at 3 p.m. At 7 p.m., mezzo-soprano Kristina Driskill and pianist Mark Robson will perform excerpts from Eisler’s ‘Hollywood Songbook.’ For tickets and information, call 310-454-4231 or email infola@villa-aurora.org.
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