David Amos did unusual programming at TICO’s recent concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue by opening with the longest work of the evening, Dvorak’s New World Symphony. However, the orchestra musicians seemed warmed up enough to plunge into this iconic music and bring forth the familiar melodies with all the energy they could muster. This work […]
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Cantor Moshe Ganchoff reflects on a life in the cantorate. Interview by Neil W. Levin, Jacob Mendelsohn, Nathan Lam, Alberto Mizrahi, Noah Schall, and Daniel Gildar. Milken Archive oral history excerpt.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Hear how Jewish communities the world over perform the Passover classic, including a delightful Hasidic version.
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The Unternationale concert in Tel Aviv, Levontin 7 club, 5 Nov 2008. Дэниел Кан, Псой Короленко, Ой Дивижн – Унтернационал в Тель-Авиве, клуб “Левонтин 7” Setlist: 1. 0:41 Instrumental 2. 3:50 Intro 3. 4:43 Rakhmones afn Tayvl / Sympathy for whom? / Симпатия к дьяволу 4. 11:45 Ekh Lyuli Lyuli / Эх, люли, люли 5. […]
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From a lowly goat to the rebuilt Holy Temple, the songs in the Haggadah survey all of Jewish life and hope. By any criterion — language, style, structure, or theme — the songs that appear at the end of the Haggadah comprise two distinct types: complex classical piyyutim (liturgical poems) on Passover themes and “jingles” on general Jewish subjects. […]
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