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Sephardic Music in Morocco

May 3, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The Jews of Morocco left a legacy of traditional ballads of courtly love, lullabies and biblical songs sung in medieval Spanish when they emigrated to Israel. The combinations of these melodies are what musicians and music appreciators refer to as Sephardic music. While it is uncertain what Jews were singing in Iberia, it is certain […] Read More

Jewish clergy group changes name to include new cantorial members

May 3, 2019/By/InNews/0 Comment

The St. Louis Rabbinical Association has changed its name to reflect its welcoming of ordained cantors in to the organization. The group is now the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association (STLRCA). Since its founding in 1955, the STLRCA has been an umbrella organization for rabbis from all streams of Judaism. Its membership currently includes over 30 […] Read More

Song to Remember, by Sarah Fershko

May 2, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

Sarah Fershko was born in Poland, she graduated The Warsaw Conservatory. World War II interrupted her career. However, her soprano voice continued to develop in spite of suffering caused by the war.After the war, Mrs, Fershko went to live in Israel with her husband, the noted pianist-composer Hayim Fershko. In her new homeland, she pursued […] Read More

Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet

April 29, 2019/By/InEvents, Featured/0 Comment

Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet May 24-26 as part of the San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. Featured musicians are: Elizabeth Schwartz – vocals, Alex Greenbaum – cello, Jamie Papish – percussion and Fred Benedetti – guitar. 3 world premieres in one evening! Celebrating a […] Read More

Judeo-Espanyol is the language, S.F. the setting for world premiere of Grand Jewish Oratorio – 30 Apr 2019, San Francisco, California

April 23, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

We generally associate the word “oratorio” with weighty musical works on Christian subjects by Baroque composers like J.S. Bach. But on Tuesday, April 30, the multifaceted Bay Area composer and musician Sascha Jacobsen will premiere a new oratorio at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on the subject of the Sephardic diaspora. The lyrics of the choral portions of “Kanta […] Read More

Dancing in Tetuan, by Joglaresa

April 23, 2019/By/InCD of The Week, Rincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Judeo-Arabic dance songs, Sephardic wedding songs, Berber rhythms and Moorish romanzas from the heady, hot spices of Andalusia and the Maghreb. Joglaresa has a sound that is at once traditional and contemporary – combining intoxicating elements of Middle Eastern, Latin and Celtic musics. With flamenco guitar, oud, darabuka, bendir, cláirseach and searing vocals they meld […] Read More

Yom HaShoah Program May 1st at 7 PM – “Dear Erich” at the Center for Jewish History

April 23, 2019/By/InEvents, Featured/0 Comment

Composer-pianist Ted Rosenthal retells his own family history in the jazz opera “Dear Erich,” which was presented by the New York City Opera and co-produced with Folksbiene. Set in wartime Germany and Chicago, the plot is inspired by some 200 letters exchanged between Ted’s grandmother, Herta Rosenthal, and her son, Erich, a Jewish scholar who escaped to […] Read More

Yiddish songs of resistance and resilience from Eastern Europe recently rescued

April 23, 2019/By/InMusic/0 Comment

The World Premiere of Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II in the Soviet Union, produced by Grigory and Olga Antimony for the Russian language channel RTV-i and for the Canadian program, “Час интервью”. Here is the concert portion of their broadcast. For Russian speakers, be sure to check out the complete original […] Read More

Spring’s arrival brings the sounds of Yiddish to Toronto

April 22, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

The early April opening of an exhibit at the Canadian Language Museum kicked off Yiddish Spring, a celebration featuring Yiddish-based concerts and programming at locations around Toronto, in April, May and June. The opening attracted an overflow crowd who listened to Berlin-based musician Paul Brody’s sometimes humorous sound installation, The Music of Yiddish Blessings and Curses. […] Read More

The dance of musical notes at Izmir Bet Israel Synagogue

April 22, 2019/By/InArticles, Events, Music/0 Comment

Izmir Bet Israel Synagogue hosted an interesting and highly academic concert featuring soprano Linet Saul, mezzo soprano Lori Sen, pianist Jerfi Aji and Linet & Moris Saul’s daughter Kamilla. Soprano Linet Saul who is an associate professor at 9 Eylul University State Conservatory, mezzo soprano Lori Sen who is doing her doctorate on vocal performance […] Read More