November 23, 2004
Concert Reading of Comic Opera
"Jewish Humor from Oy to Vey" a comic opera by Seymour Barab will have a concert reading Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 3pm at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC. Also featuring Isaiah Sheffer, Storyteller. Singing will feature Martha Novick, soprano; Adrieene Cooper, mezzo-soprano; Nico Castel, tenor; Robet Abelson, baritone; Miriam Charney, Music Director. Candle lighting and Chanukah songs in the Steinberg Great Hall.Bukharan Wedding Music and Dance
Tofakhon Pinkhasova and Members of the Ensemble Shashmaqam.Wednesday December 8, 2004. 8:00pm Admission $25.
at the 92nd Street Y Tisch Center for the Arts
New York City
As part of a continuing series of music and dance of the Jewish wedding, this concert is devoted to re-creating the music and dance of traditional Bukharan wedding celebrations. The performance is led by Tofakhon Pinkhasova, the "undisputed master among the current generation of sozandas (female Bukharan musicians who are revered for their artistic mastery and spiritual power.) She is joined by three other leading sozandas, Tamara Kattayeva, Firuza Yahudaeva and Travis Jarrell, and member of Shashmaqam, a Bukharan instrumental group based in Queens.
November 21, 2004
Golem--Homesick Songs
Homesick Songs. New album features songs about old-world cities, towns and countries. It features gypsy songs sung by Annette Ezekiel.... but this is music for the younger generation, being edgy, sexy and very vibrant. The Washington Post said "GOLEM produces the sort of music you'd expect if the shtetl were filled with punks instead of peasants."... That gives the idea pretty well... it's Jewish, it's cool, but even though it's about Europe, probably not for your bubbe. A look at the website will tell more info about music stores where the CDs are being carried. http://www.golemrocks.comThe Columbia University Series on Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song
The Columbia University Series on Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song Presents Three Monday Evening Events: November 22, November 29 and December 13, 2004, 8:00 PM Curated by Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, this series is dedicated to presenting performances and lectures that reflect the finest current research and creativity in the fields of klezmer music and Yiddish song. The 2004 series begins on November 22 with THE FROG AND THE WOODCUTTER: Yiddish Story, Song and Klezmer Narrations presented by renowned Yiddish teacher and storyteller Peysakh Fiszman in a special collaboration with the Strauss/Warschauer Duo. On November 29 acclaimed Jewish music scholar Dr. Mark Kligman will join the duo in THE SOUL YOU PLACED WITHIN ME: The Essence of Eastern European Khazones , Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music. The series closes on December 13 with THE COLUMBIA KLEZMER BAND AND THE STRAUSS/WARSCHAUER DUO: Concert and Dance Party, featuring traditional and original klezmer music and Yiddish songs, followed by dance instruction and a dance party. All three events are free and open to the public, and will take place at Deutsches Haus, 420 West 116th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive) in New York City. For more information, please contact Jeff Warschauer at 718 399-1147 or warschauer@aol.comCantor Moshe Koussevitzky Tribute
Lincoln Center. Sunday, December 12, 2004. 8:15pm For tickets and more info contact Cantor's World. www.cantorsworld.com718-851-3226
Chazzones aan het Nederlands Israelitisch Seminarium
Stichting Eliezer Foundation in The Netherlands has just published:
W.G.S. Bornstein, Chazzones aan het Nederlands Israelitisch Seminarium, de historie van de Hollandse Cantoropleiding (Stichting Eliezer: Amsterdam 5765 / 2004), 38 pages.
Available through:
Stichting Eliezer
Loevestein 118
1082 XL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
s.bornstein@worldonline.nl
November 19, 2004
Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky
Kaplan & Rushefsky, Amherst, MA, Nov 21On the Paths: Yiddish Songs with Tsimbl (Oyf di vegelekh)
National Yiddish Book Center
on the campus of Hampshire College, Route 116, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:00 PM
Donation: $6
Acclaimed Yiddish music artists Rebecca Kaplan (vocals, piano, drum) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl, the harp-like traditional klezmer hammered dulcimer) bring to life rarely heard gems of Yiddish music from collections by Moshe Beregovski, Joseph Moskowitz, Ruth Rubin, and others.
At the National Yiddish Book Center, on the campus of Hampshire College, Route 116, Amherst, Massachusetts. You don't need to know Yiddish to enjoy our programs! Space is limited, and all programs are filled on a strictly first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, an application or reservations, please phone us at 413-256-4900.
1021 West Street Amherst MA
Web: www.yiddishbookcenter.org E-mail National Yiddish Book Center.
Hot LatkasA Night of Dreidals, Ditties and Dolls
A Hannukah Celebration of Comedy, Music and Burlesque in Boston featuring NYC's Klezmer and Variety Extravaganza, Golem and Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad?
UPCOMING SHOW DETAILS
Saturday, December 11
doors @ 8pm (show at 9pm)
Paradise Lounge - 969 Commonwealth Avenue
Tickets: $15 - 617-562-8814
Hannukah Photos with Golem are here: http://arielpublicity.com/golem/
Two of NYC favorites are coming together for one fabulous show in Beantown. The curse is reversed and time for us New Yawkers get over it and what better place to do it but in the heart of it all. Come get your dreidal on with the sexiest yids around.
"Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad? is a refreshing mix of comedy, music, spoken-word and show-stopping burlesque, told by the gals who learned to smoke at Hebrew School, got drunk at their Bat-Mitzvahs and would rather have more schtuppa than the chupah. These badass chosen chicks boldldare to deconstruct years of tradition, expectations and guilt in a fast-paced vaudeville extravaganza, complete with kick lines, pasties and a rendition of "L'chaim" with a fist in the mouth. This ain't yo' mama's "Fiddler".
It ain't your grandma's either. Young, hip widely acclaimed New York-based Klezmer/Rock band GOLEM (named after the legendary Jewish Frankenstein of Prague) transforms the music of its Jewish grandparents, making it modern, edgy, sexy and brash. GOLEM has infused the World Music scene with a breath of fresh air from Eastern Europe. Their explosive onstage attitude gets Klezmer to rock. Fronted by Annette Ezekiel - bandleader, accordionist and singer - as well as madcap vocalist Aaron Diskin and violin virtuoso Alicia Jo Rabins, the band's six members create GOLEM's powerfully vibrant sound.
"Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" began last year at a sold out event at NYC's Joe's Pub celebrating Heeb Magazine's 3rd issue release. Hosted by comedian/chanteuse The Goddess Perlman and featuring the very best of J-girl talent around, this show has been wowing sold-out crowds in NYC, Philadelphia, DC, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Madison, Detroit, Montreal, Burlington, Provincetown, the Berkshires, the Hamptons and of course the Catskills.
Golem has been working it too. They just released their new CD, "Homesick Songs," just in time for Chanukah. "Homesick Songs" is a Jewish party in a box. Including updated versions of Yiddish chestnuts and lesser known tunes, all love songs to the towns of Eastern Europe, "Homesick Songs will wake the golem itself. From Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park to the rock
clubs of the Lower East Side, Golem seduces audiences of Klezmer fans and rockers alike.
This is a very special and unique show, even if you are not Jewish, you'll have a great time watching those crazy yids work it. It's almost like being be a M.O.T* for the night without the guilt, nagging mother and 10 hour seders. What better way to spend Chanukah than rockin'
your roots with Golem and Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad??
MUSIQUE JUIVE DE RUSSIE
4�me concert de MUSIQUE JUIVE DE RUSSIE organis� par l'Association des Amis de la Musique Juive
DIMANCHE 21 NOVEMBRE 2004 � 17h
Centre Musical Robert Dunand, 9 rue du March�, Carouge
ALEXANDRE ORATOVSKI violoncelle
IRINA KOSSENKO piano
Ces deux magnifiques virtuoses russes tireront de l'oubli des oeuvres originales de compositeurs juifs censur�s par le r�gime sovi�tique:
Jo�l ENGEL, Lazare SAMINSKI, Alexander ZHITOMIRSKI, Boris LEVENSON, Solom ROZOVSKI, Leo ZEITLIN, Joseph ACHRON, Alexander KREJN, Alexander VEPRIK, Joachim STUTSCHEWSKI , Veniamin SCHER, Israel FINKELSTEIN & Abraham JUSFIN.
Prix 25.- / AVS, ch�meurs, �tudiants... 15.-
R�duction suppl�mentaire de 5.- aux membres AMJ
Informations et r�servations: tel 022 734.71.93 amj@amj.ch
Jack Gottlieb on LOC site
Jack Gottlieb wrote the book, "Funny, It Doesn?t Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood.? At http://www.loc.gov/locvideo/gottlieb/, you can see and hear a talk he gave on September 20 at the Library of Congress. He plays and sings examples of American music, Hebrew prayer melodies, and music from the Jewish theater, to illustrate his thesis that they are not coincidentally similar."Judas Maccabeus" in St. Louis
The St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music and the University City Symphony Orchestra will collaborate for the second year in a row in a sing-along performance of George Friderick Handel's "Judas Maccabeus" December 11th, 2004. The concert will take place at 7:30 pm at Shaare Zedek Synagogue, 829 N. Hanley Road in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. Other music to be performed includes "Shirey Chanukah" by Abraham Cohen, and a newly-commissioned piece in honor of the centennial of Shaare Zedek, being written by film composer Sheldon Mirowitz. Audience members may purchase the piano-vocal score at the door, which serves as a ticket in all following years, and are encouraged to sing along with the choruses.November 12, 2004
Ilyas Malayev Ensemble
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. Fall 2004 Season World Music Concerts at Williams to Conclude November 14 at 3:00 P.M. with Music of Bukharan Jews:
The Ilyas Malayev Ensemble. The ensemble will perform in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College (second floor of the Bernhard Music Center) on Sunday, November 14, at 3:00 p.m. Directions: (413) 597-2736.
November 11, 2004
The Rebbe's Orkestra in Albuquerque
What/Who: "Kindling the Light" -- A Special Hannukah performance featuring The Rebbe’s Orkestra – Albuquerque’s own Klezmer and Judaic ensemble.When: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 7:30PM
Where: WINNING COFFEE COMPANY, 111 Harvard SE (south of Central Ave. in the UNM neighborhood), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Cost: $8 General (more-or less if you’re a student, senior or under 12).
Information: (505) 243-6276 –band (505) 266-0000 –Winning’s
E-mail: cohenedmunds@netzero.net
Web: http://arnoproductionsnm.com/index.htm
The Rebbe's Orkestra is an exciting group of musicians who play Jewish music with an international flair. Incorporating the sounds and rhythms of Jewish music from many parts of the world, this 4-piece band brings a unique style to the playing of Klezmer, Eastern European, Israeli, Middle-Eastern and Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish) music. The group has been performing in the southwest area for concerts, festivals, dance events, and weddings/bar mitzvahs since 1992.
The Rebbe’s Orkestra:
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb - Nationally acclaimed story-telling, percussion (doumbek, riq, snare drum/high hat/jam blocks-and more), and vocals.
Barbara Friedman - Electric bass, Macedonian tambura, and vocals.
Randy Edmunds – Guitar, Macedonian tambura, and vocals.
Beth Cohen – violin, mandolin, bowed psaltery, penny whistle, and vocals.
Meira Warshauer�s "Yishakeyni" To Be Performed Across the U.S. by
Meira Warshauer�s �Yishakeyni� To Be Performed Across the U.S. by Jerusalem Lyric Trio � Tour Performances in North Carolina, Illinois and CaliforniaMeira Warshauer�s "Yishakeyni� (Sweeter than Wine) for soprano, flute and piano will be performed across the U.S. by the Jerusalem Lyric Trio during the month of November. The piece, a setting of the first four verses of "Song of Songs," the great love song of the Bible, will be performed by the Trio as part of their tour concerts on the following dates and at the following locations:
November 11 - 7:30 PM - Durham, North Carolina - Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 West Cornwallis Rd. For more information, contact the Congregation at 919-489-7062. This concert is co-sponsored by the Duke University concert series.
November 14 - 3:00 PM - Sacramento, CA - Mosaic Law Congregation, 2300 Sierra Boulevard. For more information, contact the Congregation at (916) 488-1122 or visit them at http://www.mosaiclaw.org/celebrateisrael.html.
November 21 - 8:00pm - Highland Park (Chicago, IL) - North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, 1175 Sheridan Rd. For more information, contact the Synagogue at 847-432-9242 or visit them at http://www.nssbethel.org/calendar/events.php?page=3426.
"Yishakeyni" was commissioned by Columbia College and premiered by the Jerusalem Lyric Trio in Columbia, South Carolina, September, 2003.
The Jerusalem Lyric Trio is a unique Israeli ensemble that highlights
the religious and cultural heritage of the Jewish people in its
performances. Since 1995, they have performed throughout Western and
Eastern Europe, the United States, South America, Russia and Israel.
Visit them online at http://www.jerusalemlyrictrio.com/.
Meira Warshauer�s compositions have been performed and recorded to
critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, and
Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music, and the
University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition with
Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon
Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the
America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts
Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement
Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina.
Ms. Warshauer is an Associate Music Faculty member at Columbia College,
Columbia, South Carolina . Her CDs include the soundtrack to the
documentary �Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina� and "Spirals
of Light", chamber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of
enlightenment, on the Kol Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra,
included on the MMC CD �Robert Black Conducts�. Her music is published
by Oxford University Press, MMB Music and Transcontinental. Her latest
Bracha Newsletter is online at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march04/MW_nws_030904.htm. You can
find much more about her at - http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/
For more information about Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Baltimore Niggunim of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger
The niggunim of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger are now available on CD from his congregational website. http://www.tiferesyisroel.org/ in Baltimore, MD. For anyone who has not heard these tunes, you will be especially pleased at the good quality of both the musicianship and the excellent new melodies. There are music clips on the site for sampling the recording.Hazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo Celebrated 90th Birthday
(From Joods.nl, by Raya Lishansky, Translated by Irma Lopes Cardozo & Barry Mehler) http://www.joods.nl/archive/cultureel/muziek/JoodsNewsItem.2004-10-26.9494736971With the Uilenburger Synagogue [in Amsterdam, Netherlands] bursting at the seams, Hazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo celebrated his 90th Birthday in concert with Santo Servicio, the choir of the Esnoga. The 17 man strong Santo Servicio[1] opened the concert with Baruch Habba, under the driven leadership of their director-singer Barry Mehler resurrecting it like a Phoenix after 63 years of silence. ... Read about it....
Prior to the official opening of the concert, Hazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo received congratulations and best wishes from many members of the audience. Under the melody of Baruch Habba, Hazzan Cardozo walked from the back of the Shul and joined the choir in full force. This was one of the many impressive moments of the evening. Lopes Cardozo sang in this choir from 1922 until 1939; first as a boy soprano and later on as a young adult until he received an appointment as cantor in Suriname in 1939.
Lopes Cardozo embodies the living memory of the musical culture of the pre-war Portuguese Jewish community. Throughout the evening he drew from his rich memory of fragments of synagogue music sometimes ushered with amusement from the audience, as he would say: “I know it by heart!” People in the hall softly hummed some of the well-known melodies.
In a conversation with Barry Mehler, Lopes Cardozo tells about Santo Servicio from before the war, a choir of volunteers, consisting of about 25 men and about 20 boys. Even famous singers like tenor Giacomo Aletrino were members of the choir. It was a touching moment when Hazzan Lopes Cardozo produced a small black leather-bound book. “In this book you can find the complete Seder Hazzanut of the Esnoga.” I copied the 140 pages from the original Seder Hazzanut when I went to the synagogue everyday with my father. This is a guide for the Hazzan for all services during the Jewish year; a kind of users-manual. You can find everything in it and I have added all the melodies of our tradition, so that I would not forget them. I knew that there was only a small chance that I would be able to get a job as Hazzan in Amsterdam. This little book traveled with me over the whole world, and now I am returning it home. Hazzan Lopes Cardozo presented this little book to Bram Palache, Parnas-member of the P.I.G. and one of the singers in the new Santo Servicio.
The evening’s program was musically filled with Santo Servicio and a male quartet. The traditional settings of Hallìl for the 1st and 2nd day Passover were again and again sung with a clear and strong voice by the Hazzan. The vocal highpoint of the evening was when the four soloists sang, "Mizmor l'David" a composition by Victor Schlesinger. This music had not been heard in Amsterdam for more than 60 years and was now made possible thanks to the cooperation of composer’s granddaughter Anna Schlesinger, who personally attended the concert.
The concert came to a close with a composition of L.A. Benavente, Shir Hamagnalot l'David Samachti. Afterwards there was a reception where the large audience was given the opportunity to raise a (non-alcoholic) glass to the health of Abraham Lopes Cardozo.
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[1] It was assumed for a long period of time that the sheet music of the vocal cultural heritage of the Amsterdam Portuguese liturgy as it was sung by Santo Servicio before the war and was lost. A few years ago, boxes with scores from the unique music from the Esnoga were discovered. A part of the scores has been inventoried, catalogued and ready to be (re-) used for services in the Esnoga. Santo Servicio was re-established in 2002 and has already sung multiple times during services in the Esnoga under the direction of Barry J. Mehler. The choir took part in the great "Three Cantors" concert that took place in 2003 in the Esnoga.
Simply Safat Concert Tour
Thursday, Nov 11th @7:30pm
New Haven, CT
Congregation Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim
112 Marvel Rd
co-sponsors: Westville Synagogue, Yale Hillel, Young Israel of New
Haven, and New Haven Hebrew Day School
Contact: Moshe Waren @ 860-490-6816
email: blnet@aol.com
Motzei Shabbos Nov 13th @8:30pm
Brooklyn, NY
Annual Dinner 8pm
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Pkwy
tickets for just the 9:30pm concert can be purchased separately
contact: www.ulyop.net
Sunday, Nov 14th @ 7:30pm
Norfolk, VA
Bnai Israel Congregation
420 Spotswood Ave
contact: 757-627-7358
Monday, Nov 15th @ 8pm
Silver Spring, MD
1822 Arcola Ave
kumzits call 301-593-0602
Tuesday, Nov 16th @ 7pm
Pittsburgh, PA
JCC Squirrel Hill
5738 Forbes Ave.
Phone: (412) 521-8010
Wednesday, Nov 17th @ 7:30pm
Baltimore, MD
Liberty Jewish Center
7000 Rockland Hills Dr.
Contact: Mayer Solomon @ 410-764-9345
Thursday, Nov 18th @8pm
Yeshiva University
Battle of the Bands
(for students only)
Motzei Shabbos Nov 20th @ 8pm
Woodmere, NY
Aish Kodesh Synagogue
894 Woodmere Place
516-374-8596
www.aiskodesh.org
Sunday, Nov 21 @ 1pm
Elkins Park, PA
Gratz College Auditorium
ALSO Sunday, Nov 21 @ 8pm
Lakewood, NJ
34 Caranetta Dr.
(the Rothkopf homestead)
entrance fee: $10 (separate seating with mechitza)
for last minute change of location contact:
Susan Grill email: sgrill1@aol.com
phone 732-363-1727 or cell 732-330-9188
Mimi Stern-Wolfe’s 2004-2005 series
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, INCTHE SOUND OF NEW MUSIC
With Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
@ ST MARKS IN THE BOWERY (10th Street & 2nd Avenue)
ARMISTICE DAY REVISITED
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14 @ 3:00 pm
Kurt Weill, (Four Walt Whitman Songs);
Katherine Hoover (Central American Songs): NY premiere
Timothy Brown (In Flanders Field) NY premiere
Peter Kelsh/Ilsa Gilbert: After Life
Joseph Kosma/Jacques Prevert: Barbara
Gary Geld/Udell: I’ve Heard It All Before (Shenendoah)
Vocalists: Gayla Morgan, Coloratura; Emily Johnson, mezzo soprano; Kurt Alakulppi, tenor; Sean Barker, Baritone; Instrumentalists: Andrew Bolotowsky, flute;Chris Nappi, percussion; James Wilson, oboe Marshall Coid, violin; Daniel Barrett, cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe piano
Suggested donation: $10
Information Dmpmimi@msn.com; (212 477 1594)
Website: www.downtownmusicproductions.org
B'nai B'rith Radio, the first 24-hour Jewish music Radio Station
Washington, D.C. --B'nai B'rith Radio, the first 24-hour Jewish music radio station located in the United States began broadcasting on the Internet Oct. 18, 2004.
B'nai B'rith Radio, sponsored by B'nai B'rith International (BBI), plays Jewish music from all over the world through its website, www.bnaibrithradio.org.
Unlike most Internet radio, it is free both of charge and commercials. The station is fully subsidized by BBI and its members and supporters.
Along with an eclectic Judaic play list-which includes traditional Yiddish, secular Israeli, Jewish American, Instrumental, and Chasidic music -there will be special programming like Saturday night sing-a-longs, a remembrance program for slain former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, and festive holiday shows during the Chanukah and Sukkot seasons.
"The goal is to unite the Jewish community throughout the world with music," said Joel S. Kaplan, president of BBI. B'nai B'rith Radio is a natural extension of BBI's history of reaching out and uniting Jewish communities. "Unfortunately, Jews are accustomed to coming together during tragedy, and to focus on the negative events in the world," states Kaplan. "Here is an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful richness of Jewish music. It is a common thread that Jews around the world can share." Daniel S. Mariaschin, Executive Vice President of B'nai B'rith International, narrates the program in English. Plans are in place to launch Spanish and French versions of the network later in the year. BBI is currently in talks with several satellite radio providers regarding broadcasting the station to their subscribers.
Gerald Cohen music concerts
Saturday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.: Champaign, ILConcert: Music (mostly...) of Gerald Cohen
As part of a weekend as composer/cantor-in-residence at Sinai Temple in Champaign, IL, will present a concert of solo, choral, and chamber music including Preludes and Debka for trombone and string quartet, and selections from V'higad'ta L'vincha, Maariv for Weekdays, and the opera Sarah and Hagar. Other performers include Dennis Helmrich, piano; Jerold Siena, tenor; Elliot Chasanov, trombone; Allison Fromm Entriken, conductor.
*Sinai Temple, 3104 West Windsor Road, Champaign, Illinois
Call (217) 352-8140 for information
http://www.shalomcu.org/sinai/activities.html
Sunday, December 5, 4 p.m : Piscataway, NJ
Premiere of Lakol z'man/To everything a season
Commissioned in memory of Ronald Axelrad by the Cantabile Chamber Chorale, Rebecca Scott, conductor, and based on the well-known text from Ecclesiastes. Part of Cantabile's concert "With Harps and Horns Resounding."
Christ United Methodist Church, 485 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
Call 732-560-7132, x2 for information
http://www.cantabilechamberchorale.org/
Wednesday through Sunday, December 15-19: Pittsburgh, PA
Performance of Adonai Ro'i by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
As part of their Holiday Concert, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor, with the Children's Festival Chorus, Christine Jordanoff, director, will perform Cohen's setting of Psalm 23.
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/concert+listings/2F487AD4FFB7990585256EDF0058E654?opendocument
Looking ahead (May 2005):
Performance of Act I of Sarah and Hagar
In May 2005, the first act of Cohen's opera, Sarah and Hagar, will be performed in a concert version, with Elizabeth Shammash, Ilana Davidson, and Christopheren Nomura in the principal roles. The scheduled performances are Sunday May 22 at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Manhattan, and Tuesday May 24 at Shaarei Tikvah Congregation in Scarsdale.
Melodia Women's Choir Features Yehezkel Braun
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC,/b> will delight New York audiences with three exciting and rarely-performed works by Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun in its upcoming concert, November Song. The three works by the highly-regarded composer from Tel Aviv are written to songs and ballads by H.N.Bialik, Israel�s first national poet and one of the country�s most revered and influential writers.
The concert will be presented on November 20, 2004 at 7:30PM, at St. Peter�s Church in Chelsea (346 W. 20th St., between 8th and 9th Avenues) in New York City.
Conducted by Cynthia Powell, the 24-member Melodia Women�s Choir will perform the three works in Hebrew. Yehezkel Braun wrote the works expressly for women�s voices. Rife with lyrical freshness, the Bialik ballads probe the passage of time in The Lovely Linden Tree, the wonders of natural mystery and the fears of aging in Neither Daylight Nor the Darkness, and the joy and burdens of love in With Window Opened Wide. Braun, a Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, was born in Russia and emigrated to Israel in 1922. He has taught in England, France, the United States and Germany, and is considered one of Israel�s finest musical treasures.
In honor of Braun, Melodia has been specially invited to concertize November Song (which also includes classical repertoire by Sir Edward Elgar, Serge Rachmaninoff and Rebecca Clarke) at Temple Sinai in Tenafly at the Sabbath service on Friday, November 19. Melodia's conductor, Cynthia Powell, serves as Organist and Choirmaster of Temple Sinai in Tenafly
New York audiences can hear November Song in a public performance on Saturday November 20, 2004 at 7:30 p.m., at the newly restored St. Peter�s Church, a landmark site on 346 West 20th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan�s Chelsea neighborhood.
Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door.
For ticket reservations, call 212-561-0167;
e-mail womenschoir@mindspring.com; or
visit http://womenschoir.home.mindspring.com.
Information about the Temple Sinai concert is also available on the website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Cindy Cooper, 212-265-8997.
November 10, 2004
Golem Events in December
in NEW YORK...
Thursday, December 9th - 2nd Night of Chanukah
A Franco-Chanukah Party with New York rockers
Golem and Les Sans Culottes!
At the Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston @ Avenue A
Tickets $8
8:30pm The Main Squeeze Accordion Orchestra
9:30pm Golem www.golemrocks.com
10:30 Les Sans Culottes www.lessansculottes.com
in BOSTON...
Saturday December 11th
Golem in Boston!
HOT LATKES
A Chanukah bash with klezmer-rock band Golem and
comedy-burlesque act "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad"!
doors @ 8pm (show at 9pm)
Paradise Lounge
969 Commonwealth Avenue
Tickets: $15
617-562-8814
November 09, 2004
Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka
Announcing the new Klezmatics cd - just in time for your holiday pleasure!The Klezmatics: Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka (Klezmatics Records, 2004)
In 1942, Woody Guthrie moved to Brooklyn and soon, through his mother-in-law, the renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblat, he became involved with the Coney Island Jewish community. He wrote songs about Hanuka, about Jewish history and spiritual life and about World War II and the antifascist cause. After his death in 1967, these songs sat forgotten in archives. Lost for almost thirty years, Guthrie's Jewish lyrics were discovered in 1998 by Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie. She was so inspired by what she found, she asked the Klezmatics to write new music for the lyrics. "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka" is the first recorded release of this amazing material. Deftly intermingling klezmer with American folk and bluegrass, "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hunaka" is destined to become a holiday classic for generations to come. This delightful collection of songs, "Hanuka's Flame", "Hanuka Gelt", "The Many and the Few" and others, is among the best of Guthrie's work, and the Klezmatics' playful renditions cast a new light on the Hanuka tradition. This limited edition collectors release comes in a jacket, hand printed at the Chicago Print Museum, that folds into a dreidel!
Available only via the internet at http://www.tamizdat.org/rpm/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=KLE-1&ps_session=917471223271b9e703c9f41873dde1ab
Visit the Klezmatics website, www.klezmatics.com
The Alexandria Kleztet
Tuesday, November 9, The Alexandria Kleztet will be at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore from 7 until 9 pm in Griswold Hall, which is located on the second floor of the main conservatory building at 17 East Mount Vernon Place. For more information and directions, visit the Peabody Institute on-line at www.peabody.jhu.edu
Then on Saturday, November 13, they'll be playing at the Rockville Coffeehouse, which takes place in the Rockville United Methodist Church located at 112 West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville, Maryland. The coffeehouse runs from 7 until 10 pm. Admission is $7, but that includes a bottomless cup of coffee and all proceeds will go to the Rockville Holiday Drive, a drive by the City of Rockville to provide food and other necessities for poor families over the holiday season. For more information, call 301-762-2288 or check out the coffeehouse website at: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/rockville-umc/coffeehouse.htmlNovember 07, 2004
Lazer Lloyd & The Folk Spirit Blues-Higher Ground
Blues Folk Music from Israel in English? That already sounds wild. Add to it the fact that it's coming from a Chassidic Orthodox Jew with a long beard and now you know why its turning heads and opening ears. Lazer Lloyd & The Folk Spirit Blues-Higher Ground is the first CD in English from Israel's #1 Blues Guitarist---Lazer Lloyd....more... Released October 2004 for worldwide distribution Higher Ground is already being praised by the likes of John Mayer, Blues For Peace, Artimis Records, Jerusalem Post, Shlomo Gronick…"The cool combinations of acoustic and electric blues set the scene for the soulful-universal messages that are given over on this album. If I didn't know I would say that's the most creative guitar soloing [since]I've heard Eric Clapton play. Wow what a tone!" Gary Lefkowith-(Chubby Checkers Manager). Lazer is known worldwide as the lead guitar and harmonica player for the only Jewish Jam Band-Reva L' Sheva. Lazer hosted this summers Tel Aviv Bluesfest, has just returned from a tour in Berlin and is now presently touring in America and Canada. In February he will be touring in Texas. Lazer Lloyd at www.lazerlloyd.com or www.cdbaby.com"Funky Khanike Freylekh"
Rikud Dance Troupe leads and performs authentic Yiddish dancing.Date: Sat, Dec. 4, from 5 to 8 PM
Where:Congregation Nahalat Shalom
3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW in Albuquerque, NM 87107
Cost:$5-General,$2- Seniors/Students,$1 - Children
Contact: 343-8227 nahalatshalom@earthlink.net
"Funky Khanike Freylekh" features the Rikud Dance Troupe performing and leading authentic steps danced by Jews in Eastern Europe to klezmer music before the Holocaust. The troupe and attendees will dance to the exciting music of the intergenerational Community Klezmer Band. This event enables the public to become part of the Yiddish dance revival! The party will also include stories with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, yummy refreshments, artists' booths, childrens' presentations, and more. This event is a fund-raiser for Congregation Nahalat Shalom, a tax-exempt and non-profit organization
November 05, 2004
The Columbia University Series on Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song
Three Monday Evening Events on November 22, November 29 and December 13, 2004, 8:00 PM
Curated by Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, this series is dedicated to presenting performances and lectures that reflect the finest current research and creativity in the fields of klezmer music and Yiddish song.
The 2004 series begins on November 22 with THE FROG AND THE WOODCUTTER: Yiddish Story, Song and Klezmer Narrations presented by renowned Yiddish teacher and storyteller Peysakh Fiszman in a special collaboration with the Strauss/Warschauer Duo.
On November 29 acclaimed Jewish music scholar Dr. Mark Kligman will join the duo in THE SOUL YOU PLACED WITHIN ME: The Essence of Eastern European Khazones, Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music.
The series closes on December 13 with THE COLUMBIA KLEZMER BAND AND THE STRAUSS/WARSCHAUER DUO: Concert and Dance Party, featuring traditional and original klezmer music and Yiddish songs, followed by dance instruction and a dance party.
All three events will take place at Deutsches Haus, 420 West 116th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive) in New York City.
For more information, please contact Jeff Warschauer at 718 399-1147 or warschauer@aol.com, and visit www.klezmerduo.com
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo are two of the most astonishing and popular performers and teachers in the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. They were both long-time members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and have performed with violinist Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert. As the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, they have they have performed to overwhelming acclaim in such diverse venues as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Amsterdam International Yiddish Festival, the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, and the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York City. They lead workshops and classes throughout North America and Europe, are on the faculty of the KlezKamp and KlezKanada Yiddish culture programs, and are frequent instructors for the Jewish Music Institute/SOAS at the University of London.
Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is one of the finest of the contemporary klezmer instrumentalists and a true musical descendent of the most eloquent traditional Jewish violinists. She has appeared on numerous recordings and was a long-time member of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble. Deborah is also a much-loved teacher of Yiddish music and dance to students of all ages. She studied violin at Rutgers University and ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago.
Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals) is internationally renowned as a mandolinist, guitarist, Yiddish singer and teacher. He is a member of the faculty at Columbia University, and is a program director for KlezKanada. Jeff is also a composer whose music has been heard in films and theater productions, on Public Radio International and on HBO. Jeff's solo CD, The Singing Waltz: Klezmer Guitar and Mandolin, has received widespread critical acclaim.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004, 8 PM
THE FROG AND THE WOODCUTTER: Yiddish Story, Song and Klezmer Narrations
Yiddish culture has a rich storytelling tradition. Whether told in words, sung, or expressed instrumentally, these stories provide a unique window into Jewish thought, culture and spirit. Master storyteller and Yiddish teacher Peysakh Fiszman, Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals) and Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals), present an evening, in Yiddish and English, of stories, songs and klezmer music. Through gesture, translation and music, the stories come to life for listeners of all backgrounds, Yiddish and non-Yiddish speakers alike.
Pesakh Fiszman is one of the most important and beloved Yiddish teachers of our time. A native of Argentina, he received his Yiddish education from the Jewish Teachers? Seminary in Buenos Aires, Chaim Greenberg Institute in Jerusalem, and the YIVO Institute. In addition, Peysakh received his MA from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Peysakh has taught Yiddish in Argentina, Canada, the Oxford Yiddish Summer Program in England, the Moscow State University and the Kiev Pedagogical Institute. In the U.S., he has taught at Hunter College, the State University of New York at New Paltz, the YIVO Institute, 92nd Street Y, Columbia University and the Workmen?s Circle. Most recently, Peysakh has returned from a widely acclaimed story telling concert tour of Germany with the outstanding German klezmer band, Tickle In the Heart. A gifted speaker and master teacher, Peysakh uses techniques in story telling and folklore to make the spirit and beauty of Yiddish come alive.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2004, 8 PM
THE SOUL YOU PLACED WITHIN ME: The Essence of Eastern European Khazones, Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music
In an evening of lecture, discussion and performance, Dr. Mark Kligman, Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals) and Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals) will explore the deep connections between khazones (Eastern European Jewish cantorial music), klezmer music and Yiddish song. Dr. Kligman will describe the period known as ?The Golden Age of the Cantorate? (1880-1930). Using audio and video excerpts, he will focus on several of the pre-eminent exemplars of liturgical artistry and spiritual expression, including Yossele Rosenblatt and Pierre Pinchik. Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer will perform and discuss examples of cantorial recitatives, as well as stylistically related klezmer instrumental pieces and Yiddish songs.
Mark Kligman, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Jewish Musicology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York where he teaches in the School of Sacred Music. He was educated at the University of Michigan and New York University; he earned his doctorate at NYU in 1997. He specializes in the liturgical traditions of Middle Eastern Jewish communities. Dr. Kligman is a frequently requested speaker and teacher at universities and congregations throughout the United States. His research extends to historical trends in the liturgical music of Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions. His work has been published in The Encyclopedia of Judaism (2000), Worship Music:A Concise Dictionary (2000), the American Jewish Yearbook 2001, Jews of Brooklyn (Brandeis University and University Press of New England, 2001), and The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times, which also includes a CD he compiled for the publication (Columbia University Press, 2003). In the spring of 2001, Dr. Kligman was Research Fellow & Visiting Professor at the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. He lives with his family in Highland Park, NJ.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004, 8 PM
THE COLUMBIA KLEZMER BAND AND THE STRAUSS/WARSCHAUER DUO: Concert and Dance Party
Join us for an evening of traditional and original klezmer music and Yiddish songs, followed by dance instruction and a dance party.
The Columbia Klezmer Band is a group of talented musicians from Columbia University who have come together to study and perform traditional klezmer music. Founded in 2000, the Columbia Klezmer Band has performed in many cities throughout the Northeast, in venues ranging from Columbia?s Rennert Hall to Rockefeller Center?s Rainbow Room. The CKB has performed for concerts, festivals, dance parties, fundraisers, and other celebrations.
November 04, 2004
Jewish Hip Hop From Around The World
Craig ‘n Co. is pleased to announce the release of Celebrate Hip Hop – Jewish Artists from Around the Globe. This groundbreaking recording, brings together Jewish Hip Hop artists from all 4 corners of the world, and is loaded with subtle and overt messages rooted in Jewish values, history and tradition. The compilation features 12 top artists including brand new tracks by veteran rappers Blood Of Abraham, Remedy of Wu Tang Clan fame, and a Yiddish/Klezmer hip hop track by DJ Socalled. The CD also features two outstanding young artists from the UK - Emunah and Antithesis. The Hip Hop Scene is hot in Israel and Celebrate Hip Hop highlights two of Israel’s finest - Mook E, and Sagol 59. We are proud to introduce Isquad, a Russian Hip Hop crew living in Israel, the Ukraine, Russia and the US. They met on-line and create music virtuall. The album is completed with the sounds of respected Miami hip hop pioneer, Brimstone127, Etan G., and Hip Hop Hoodios, comprised of musicians from Jewish/Latino backgrounds, and closes out with newcomer MC Hy.
More from Craig 'n Co.....
Yiddish and Klezmer Music so Hip it's Not Just for Bubbe!
For those who love the genres, you can't ask for a more eclectic mix of music. For those new to this exciting music, it is the perfect introduction to some of the most popular artists in the field.
Celebrate Klezmer and Celebrate Yiddish were Produced for Craig 'n Co. by Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg these two new releases represent the ultimate collection of Yiddish and Klezmer songs. Containing over two hours of music from such artists as Khupe, The Klezmatics, Pete Rushefsky, Shtreiml, Joel Rubin, The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Theodore Bikel, Chava Alberstein, Avraham Fried, Adrienne Cooper, Wolf Krakowski, Nekhama Lifshitz, Brave Old World and many more!!!
The World is a Narrow Bridge CD
Already one of our top sellers, The World is a Narrow Bridge is the perfect gift of music for anyone in need of healing. It features moving and uplifting songs including standards as well as a number of songs which were recorded here for the first time.
To order, view all titles or sample any of the music, visit
www.craignco.com
Uzi Hitman died in Israel in October
Israeli artist/composer Uzi Hitman died from a heartattack in October. The following articles attest to his popularity: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1098072900545&p=1062388728699 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489942.htmlJACK GOTTLIEB CD from Milken Archive
JACK GOTTLIEB (Naxos ID 8.559433)
World Premiere Recording of Love Songs for Sabbath and Other Sabbath Compositions
Two Choral Psalm Cycles: Shout for Joy and Psalmistry
Featuring Narration by Tony-Nominated Actress Tovah Feldshuh
"...varied in mood, from joyous to serene."
— Dallas Morning News
This CD of works by award-winning contemporary composer Jack Gottlieb illustrates the fascinating interplay between Jewish religious texts and American musical idioms so emblematic of the Jewish experience in this country. Mr. Gottlieb, who served as Leonard Bernstein's assistant at the New York Philharmonic and is considered a leading authority on Bernstein's music, has woven elements of his Jewish heritage, American popular music, and the Western classical tradition throughout his creative endeavors.
For details about this CD, go to http://www.milkenarchive.org/cds/cds.taf?cdid=29
This new CD features seven works in two contrasting styles: contemplative settings of Sabbath prayers for home and synagogue balanced by lively choral pieces based on Psalm texts that celebrate life. These compositions embody Jack Gottlieb's eclectic musical style, which is marked by pungent rhythms, inventive harmonies and a typically American directness and, at the same time, reflects the influence of Jewish musical traditions and the cadences of the Hebrew language. Scored for vocal soloists, choir, organ and a variety of brass, percussion and jazz ensembles, they are sung in English and Hebrew, with readings in English.
Included is the world-premiere recording of Love Songs for Sabbath, a deeply personal setting of the Sabbath liturgy that combines the spoken word with music. The speaker is celebrated actress Tovah Feldshuh, winner of four Tony nominations for Best Actress, four Drama Desk, and numerous other awards, who is also heard in Three Candle Blessings—traditional prayers to welcome the Sabbath. A third Sabbath work, Shalom Aleikhem with Candle Blessing, combines the traditional blessing with a beloved Sabbath hymn.
Jack Gottlieb's embrace of classical and popular idioms is apparent in Psalmistry and Shout for Joy—animated, jazz-influenced choral works based on Psalm texts. Also included on this October Milken release are Set Me as a Seal, with text from the Song of Songs, and Y'varehk'kha, a setting of the Priestly Blessing.
In addition to reader Tovah Feldshuh, other featured artists are Cantor Robert Abelson, Rachel Gottlieb and Cheryl Bensman Rowe, sopranos; Kirsten Chavez, mezzo-soprano; Karl Dent and Neil Farrell, tenors; John Haspel Gilbert, violin; Harry Huff, organ; Carolina Chamber Chorale and the Southern Chorale, University of Southern Mississippi, Timothy Koch, conductor; Metropolitan Brass Ensemble, the New York Motet Choir, Stephen Sturk, conductor; and Choir of Texas Tech University, Kenneth Davis, conductor.
NEW YIDDISH/ENGLISH OPERETTA: Ballad of Monish
Marty Green productions introduces:
The Ballad of Monish
a one-man musical play
written and performed by Marty Green
Sunday Nov. 21 Berney Theater 123 Doncaster St. Winnipeg 2:00 pm/8:30 pm
Tickets: 2 for $25.00
Multi-talented Winnipeg-based interpreter of Yiddish culture Marty Green
introduces his latest offering in the form of a two-hour musical play, "The
Ballad of Monish", based on a classic poem by I. L. Peretz. What starts out
as a Jewish retelling of the classic Faust legend quickly turns into a
rollicking, satirical look at traditional Jewish attitudes towards religion,
sex, and the non-Jewish world. Marty Green has taken this epic ballad and
adapted it to a lively jazz-klezmer setting, interleaving his own
razor-sharp English translations with the original Yiddish lyrics. There is
more info on the show at http://www.onforeignsoil.com/monish.htm
including an audio clip of the opening number.
Marty Green first appeared on the Yiddish scene in the year 2000 with the
publication of On Foreign Soil, his masterful translation of the memoirs of
Falk Zolf, with a twist: the translation starts in English and gradually
turns back to Yiddish as you read it. In 2003 he followed this up with his
first CD, A Boy Named Sureh, which includes Yiddish translations
of such popular songs as A Boy Named Sue, Little Jimmy Brown (The Three
Bells), and My Way. With The Ballad of Monish, Green hopes to introduce the
humor, charm and poetry of Yiddish to a wider audience with no previous
knowledge of the language. For more information on Marty Green and his
creative works, call 204-774-4932
or visit his website at
www.onforeignsoil.com
92nd St. Y
Distinguished Artists in Recital
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Jeremy Denk, piano
Sat, Nov 6, 8pm
SCHUBERT: Sonata in D Major, D. 384
WYNER: Commedia (New York Premiere)
SCHUMANN: Faschingsschwank aus Wien , Op. 26
OPPERMAN: Un Seul
BERG: Vier Stücke, Op. 5
BRAHMS: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op 120, No. 2
NUSACHMAVEN2
NUSACHMAVEN2 Announces a new playlist of general Jewish Music. This playlist has 7 1/2 hours of music by various artists. We feature The Miami Boys Choir, Robin Hilzner, Cantor Riselle Bain, David and the High Spirits, Gary Schubert, Insight and Visions, Reva L'Sheva, The Schleps, Veretski Pass, and a few more which will be added over the next day or so. The format of this playlist will be shuffled, so there will always be a variety of music whenever you log in. listen at work....listen at home....tell your friends! http://www.live365.com/stations/156465The Sultana Ensemble
Sunday, November 21, 2004. Centenniel Celebration Sunday, Family Sephardic Festival ? Celebrate 350, A Special Collaboration with Congregation Shearith Israel. The Jewish Museum, New York City, 1109 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY, 10126, tel: 212-423-3271 FAX: 212-423-3232. http://thejewishmuseum.orgAll day, all ages. General admission to The Jewish Museum is free in honor of the Museum?s centennial.
Sunday, November 21, 2004. 2 p.m. Ages 3 and up.
Concert: The Sultana Ensemble. Yoel Ben-Simhon and The Sultana Ensemble blend Mediterranean music, flamenco, and other sounds into a fascinating experience for the whole family. Dancers and drummers will captivate the audience with their spirited moves and infectious beats! Tickets: $12 per person; $10 Jewish Museum family members, Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
Frankreich-Festival des Orpheus Trust
'Douce France?' Frankreich als Exil- und Durchgangsland f? NS-Regime verfolgte Musikschaffende Ehrenschutz: Bundespr䳩dent Dr. Heinz Fischer Er?ungskonzert 28. November 2004, 20.00 Uhr Wiener Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 1030 Wien, Lothringerstraߥ 20 Im Zentrum dieses Konzert stehen Musikschaffende aus ֳterreich oder aus den sp䴥ren Nachfolgestaaten der 'Donaumonarchie', die auf der Flucht vor dem NS-Regime nach Frankreich zogen oder von dort nicht mehr in ihre Heimat zur?ren konnten. Am Programm: Max Deutsch: Berceuse, Jamais, Les Effar鳊Paul Arma: 7 Transparences pour quatuor de saxophones op. 217, No Pasaran!, Han ! Coolie ! Hanns Eisler: Kammersymphonie Norbert Glanzberg: Suite Yiddish interpretiert von Christina Ascher, Mezzosopran und dem Ensemble 'die reihe' unter Andreas Mitisek. Kartenvorverkauf: Wiener Konzerthaus PF 140, A-1037 Wien Tel.: 01/ 242 002 Fax: 01/242 00 110 Info-Line: 01/242 00 100 E-Mail: ticket@konzerthaus.at Internet: www.konzerthaus.at Kartenpreise: EUR 19,-- 17,10 f?glieder (Orpheus Trust und/oder Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft) EUR 9,50 nur im Vorverkauf f??Studenten (bis 26. Lebensjahr), Lehrlinge, Wehr- und Zivildiener EUR 12,-- f?denten mit Ausweis an der AbendkassaVarshavsky-Shapira Piano Duo
Varshavsky-Shapira Piano Duo from Jerusalem, Israel - winner of numerous prestigious international competitions (1-piano 4-hands and 2 pianos). Biography, repertoire, awards, sound samples and contact information. the official website: www.piano-4-hands.comThe London Jewish Male Choir (LJMC)
The London Jewish Male Choir (LJMC) is delighted to announce a pre-Chanukah 2004 concert featuring the LJMC and SHIR - a London based quartet specializing in Jewish music from Eastern Europe and Israel - at the Artsdepot, the new theatre at Tally Ho Corner, Finchley on Wednesday December 1st. 8pm The concert will feature a mixture of Klezmer, Yiddish, Cantorial, Ladino, Chassidic and Israeli music performed by two of London's top Jewish musical acts. This will be the first major performance conducted by the LJMC's new Musical Director Michael Etherton. The Artsdepot is a state of the art 400 seat theatre and "cultural centre" which opened in September 2004. Tickets are available from the box office 020 8449 0048. Priced 15 (pounds) more information on the LJMC at www.ljmc.org.uk more information on Shir can be found at www.shirmusic.co.uk more information on the Artsdepot can be found at www.artsdepot.co.ukKlezmatics sing Woody Guthrie in Ithaca, NY
The Klezmatics with Susan McKeown & Boo Reiners
Holy Ground: The Hanuka Songs of Woody Guthrie
Sunday, November 21st -- 4pm
tickets: adults - $24, students - $14, children 12 and under - $7
Available at Clinton House Ticket Center or by phone at (607) 273-4497
www.statetheatreofithaca.com
The Klezmatics have made their name by blurring the lines of tradition with a modern sonic aesthetic. Since they
erupted in New York's East Village in 1986, the KLEZMATICS have spearheaded the revival of Klezmer music,
reclaimed it as a contemporary form, and thrown a great party in the process. They have managed to produce more
than fifteen years of consistantly excellent recordings and performances that celebrate the ecstasy of Yiddish music.
Their music is by turn wild, spiritual, provocative, reflective and danceable.
The Klezmatics worked with the Woody Guthrie Archives to compose new music for a large collection
of 'lost' lyrics that Guthrie wrote addressing a wide variety of Jewish themes. The group has performed the Guthrie
material in venues around the world.
www.klezmatics.com
www.woodyguthrie.org/merchandise/klezmatics.htm
Merlin Shepherd
Merlin Shepherd, a klezmer clarinetist in Great Britain announced his website: http://www.merlinshepherd.co.uk/David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble
On November 7, 2004 at 5PM we will be performing in Satalla (World Music Club) in New York City. The address is 37 West 26th Street (Between Broadway and 6th). The group consists of: Ronn Yedidia Accordion, Dave Keen Violin, Yuval Edoot Percussion, Eddy Khaimovich Fret-less Bass, David Glukh Piccolo Trumpet.CELEBRATE A JUDEO-SPANISH HANUKKAH
VOICE OF THE TURTLE 27th ANNUAL HANUKKAH CONCERT
El Mez de Hanukkah,The Month of Hanukkah!
WHEN:
Sunday Afternoon. NOVEMBER 21 at 3 PM
WHERE:
TEMPLE SHALOM, NEWTON
175 Temple Street, West Newton, Massachusetts
Directions: (http://templeshalom.org/directions.html)
TICKETS:
$18.00 in advance by phone or email reservations
$25.00 at the door on day of concert
HOW TO PURCHASE
a. Email your name, number of tickets required to:
vot@templeshalom.org
b. Call the Temple office 617-332-9550; leave your name and
number of tickets required.
c. Send a check (payable to Temple Shalom) to Temple Shalom, (175 Temple Street, West Newton, MA 02465) -- attention Lisa Piel. Include the name for the reservation, the number of tickets and a number where
you can be reached, if necessary.
THE CONCERT
Please join us to enjoy The Month of Hanukkah -- the unique
repertoire of folk and Judeo-Spanish holiday songs as presented by
Voice of the Turtle. These internationally acclaimed performers
continue to delight audiences with unique and rarely heard repertoire
reflecting the dramatic history and spirit of the Spanish Jews. As
always, the quartet brings its signature musical arrangements using an
expansive palette of instruments; saz, 'ud, baglama, rebec, kamanja,
harp and psaltery, shawms, chalumeaux, bombards, flutes, nays, middle
eastern percussion, as well as modern instruments to evoke more than
500 years of the complex and intriguing paths of exile of the Spanish
Jews through North Africa, the Balkans, and the Near and Middle East.
PLEASE NOTE: This is the only Boston area Hanukkah concert for Voice of the Turtle
Anusim and Sephardim in Poetry and Song
Beit Hasofer 6 Kaplan St. Tel Aviv Please join us on Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 8 p.m. for a colorful evening on the reconnection of cultures Herzl Hakak, poet and chairman of the Israeli Association of Hebrew Writers,will speak on the sanctification of the mundane in the poetry of Schulamith Chava Halevy Schulamith Chava Halevy will read translations of poems written in Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish, as well as from her own poetry. Stories and poems by and about anusim will be featured We are excited to have with us again the lovely and renowned Ladino singer Ofri Eliaz who will perform selections from her brand new CD of Ladino music Tickets: 20 NIS per person Soldiers, students and senior citizens: 10 NIS Members: free *The evening will be filmed for a documentary on anusim| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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