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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

Jerusalem Quartet provides a musical treat

April 22, 2019/By/InEvents, Music/0 Comment

Experiencing music in the Conrad, the new home of the La Jolla Music Society, was a rare treat. At the April 9 concert, featuring the Jerusalem Quartet, the audience basked in the sunshine of sound projected by the Israeli musicians. The music floated gloriously in the fine acoustics of the recently completed space. The foursome […] Read More

Passover Melodies: Songs to Remember, Songs to Enjoy

April 19, 2019/By/InFeatured, Music/0 Comment

Passover songs are essential to enhancing the seder while supporting a structure that leads us from one part of the seder to the next. They reinforce our memories not only of the Exodus story, but also of celebrations throughout the years with relatives and friends, in our own homes or as guests, and at communal […] Read More

Chad Gadyo in Yiddish, Aramaic, Djudeo-Espanyol and More

April 18, 2019/By/InMusic/0 Comment

Hear how Jewish communities the world over perform the Passover classic, including a delightful Hasidic version. Read More