WORLD OF JEWISH MUSIC

WORLD OF JEWISH MUSIC 9th London International Jewish Music Festival

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WORLD OF JEWISH MUSIC 9th London International Jewish Music Festival

1-29 November 1998

Over 50 events including opera, concerts,

recitals, dance, film, theatre, exhibitions,

workshops and discussions

Presented by Jewish Music Heritage Trust

Sponsored by Jewish Chronicle

Associated with Bnai Brith

Part of Jewish Music Festivals of Europe

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J W1 H MU I HERITA

Registered chariry no. 328228 ompany no. 2387749

H NORARY PRE IDENT Lord Menuhin M KBE

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H N RARY VI E PRE IDENT Bertie and ori Black

avid and Tanya Jo efowitz Lady Lipworth Jonathon . Lyon Executive

DIRE T R eraldin Au rbach

PATRON Larry dler Ronald Auerbach Erne t and Valerie Bello

ranley Black OBE The Barone Brig rock Alan ohen JP

ouncill r Roberc av! Hi Honour I rael Fine tein Q

Bernard and Vera arbacz E. Michael Rabbi oldberg Li nel ordon 'hairman, The Jewish 'hronicle Jacqueline ryn Lilian Hochhau er PR M Vicror Hochhau er BE

manuel Hurwirz BE The Lady Jakobovit

ir tanley and Lady Kalm 11 e and Michael Karz

r Ralph Kohn r Herbert Kretzmer

Rabbi r Abraham Levy ir ydney Lipworch Q

ir Jack and Lady Lyon live M. Mark pike Milligan BE

lau Moser K B BE Zara Nel ova New York Ahuva ren Cultural Attache, Israeli Embassy Ruth Ro en Leopold de R th child BE

hief Rabbi Profe or Jonathan ack eymour aide man National President, Bna; Brith ir igmund ternberg tJ K Idred abachnik Q President,

Board of Deputies of British Jews Michael Til on Thoma

Frankie Vaughan BE DL Mal olm William on BE A Master of the Queen's Music

ADVI RY BARD Yvonne Behar Vivienne Bello Prof avid Bloch Tel Aviv ydney ixman

Rev im n Has John . ill

r Tzipora H. Joch berger Jerusalem Ale.xander Knapp

regorij von Leiti Munich r Neil W evin New York

Male lm inger avid mn

Vi tor Tunkel R v Reuben Turner

TRU TEE ylvia Lewin 'hairman

Judy brart ecretary Judith Unikower Treasurer Andrew oleman P A PR A Prof Ludwik Finkel tein BE PEng Jennifer Jankel Prof Maleolm Troup Rev Makolm W, i man B Beryl and Heini Wohl

JEWI H MU I HERlTA E ENTRE PR JE T T AM eraldine Auerbach Director JMHT

Alan h n JP Property Andrew leman PR A Finance

avi FR A 'hairman Jeffrey lreen Legal Adviser Noa Lachman ljJecial Projects ylvia Lewin 'hairman JMHT

Michael Polkingh rne Technical Adviser avid t ne PR A Project o-ordinator

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L nd n International Jewi h Mu i Fe tival J Lo Lecture hip in Jewi h Mu ic

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PRE AND MARKETIN ue Levy

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Table of Contents

The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. ................................ 3 His Excellency Dror Zeigerman, Ambassador of Israel to the Court of St James's .............................. 3 Professor Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the Commonwealth ..... . ............ 3 Sylvia Lewin, Chairman, Jewish Music Heritage Trust . ................................................ 3 Eldred Tabachnik QC, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews ................................... 3 Lionel Gordon, Chairman, Jewish Chronicle . ....................................................... 3 Hilde Jansen, Press and Cultural Counsellor, Royal Netherlands Embassy . .................................. 4 Introduction by Geraldine Auerbach, Festival Director and Director of the Jewish Music Heritage Trust ........... . .... 4 Thanks . ......................................... .. ..................................... 5 Participating Organisations ................. . ................................................ 6 Donors to the Jewish Music Heritage Trust, the Festival and the Festival programme ........................... 6 Sponsors of the World of Jewish Music .......................................................... 7 A Centre for Jewish Music and Arts in London ..................................................... 7 Shofar Workshop, World Record Attempt, Sunday 1 November, 2.00pm .................................... 9 Across the Bridge, Sunday 1 November, 7 ·30pm .................................................... 9 Nineteenth Century Romantics, Ignaz Moscheles and his Influence, Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm ................... 10 Israel: The Musical Melting Pot, Lucie Skeaping and the Burning Bush, Monday 2 November, 7.30pm ............... 12 Psalm Settings in the Jewish and Christian Traditions, A Talk by Professor Uri Sharvit, Tuesday 3 November, 8.30pm ..... 16 The Musical Tradition of the Jewish Reform Congregation in Berlin, Wednesday 4 November, 7.30pm ............... 16 Cantorial Masterclass, Cantor Benzion Miller, Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm ................................ 16 Russian and Polish Romantics, Evgeny Soifertis, piano, Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm ......................... 17 Saving Charlotte by Judi Herman, a play with music, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm ........................... 19 The World of Jewish Music, Talk by Alexander Knapp, Sunday 8 November, 11.00am ........................... 19 Broadway to Hollywood, The Oxford Philomusica, Sunday 8 November, 3.30pm .............................. 20 Jewish Life and Folk Song in Slovakia, Sunday 8 November, 7.30pm ..................................... 24 Tribute Concert for Charlotte Salomon, 'Kristallnacht' commemoration, Monday 9 November, 7.30pm ............... 24 With Heart and Soul, Cantor Benzion Miller, Tuesday 10 November, 7.30pm ................................ 25 Dutch Composers Banned by the Nazis, Wednesday 11 November, 7.30pm ........................... ' ...... 26 Pop-Goes-the Klezmer (1), Alexandra Valavelsky and The Bashava Band, Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm ............ 29 Pop-Goes-the-Klezmer (2), Eve's Women, Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm and Sunday 15 November,7.30pm ........... 32 Pop-Goes-the-Klezmer (3), Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band, Sunday 15 November, 7·30pm ............... 33 A People and its Music, lunchtime video presentations, Monday 16- Friday 20 November, 1.0Q-2.00pm .............. 34 Documentary Film: Paula Paulinka, Monday 16 November, 7.30pm ................... . ................... 35 Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm .......................................... 36 Dreyfus: Prisoner of Devll's Island, new music-theatre piece in concert, Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm ............ 40 Salamone Rossi: The Jewish Musician of Mantua, Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm ............................ 42 Saleem Abboud, piano and chamber recital, Saturday 21 November,7.30pm ................................ 42 Tree of Life, Jewish Vocal and Choral Music, Sunday 22 November, 7.30pm ........................ . ........ 42 The joy and the Hope, dance programme about the Land of Israel, Monday 23 November, 7.30pm ................. 46 Classical Music in Modern Israel, talk by Alexander Knapp, Tuesday 24 November, 1.00pm ...................... 47 Sparks and Bells: New and Established Works for Israel, Tuesday 24 November, 7·30pm .................. . .... 47 The Moving Voice, Contemporary Dance and Sephardi Song, Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm ................... 51 What is Jewish Music? Can it be defined? discussion, Thursday 26 November, 7·30pm ......................... 53 Ziryab Trio: Oriental Art Music, Saturday 28 November, 7.30pm ......................................... 53 Gardens of Eden: What Price Paradise?, discussion, Sunday 29 November, 11.00am ........................... 54 Vienna Boys Choir: family concert, Sunday 29 November, 2.30pm ....................................... 54 The Garden by Josef Tal, chamber opera, Sunday 29 November, 5.00pm ................................... 54 Bustan Abraham: Music from the Middle East, Sunday 29 November, 8.00pm ............... . ............... 56

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The 9th London International Jewish Music Festival

The Musical life of Terezin, Monday 30 November, 7·30pm ........................................... 57 Exhibitions ............................................................................ 63

Synagogue Services ...................................................................... 63

Guided Walks: organised by the Jewish Museum .................................................. 63

Index of Venues with Addresses ............................................................... 65

Jewish Music Heritage Trust ................................................................. 67

Join the Friends of the Jewish Music Heritage Trust ................................................. 68

Jewish Music Heritage Recordings ............................................................. 69

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VENUE ADDRESSES AND BOX OFFICE NUMBERS

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MUSIC FROM THE FESTIVAL Will be available in the foyer at

many events, or contact Jewish Music Distribution on 01323 832 863 or

write to PO Box 67, Hailsham BN27 4UW.

BOOKING INFORMATION All bookings can be made for all events directly with the venue.

The relevant Box Office telephone numbers are listed with the venue

addresses on page 65.

LET JEWISH MUSIC LIVE ON ••• Remember the Jewish Music Heritage Trust in

your will and help Jewish music to live on through our innovative artistic and educational

programmes. The Joe Loss Lectureship in Jewish Music enables students of all denominations to

study Jewish music at the highest academic level.

Your donation will help Jewish music to survive from generation to generation. Please contact Jonathon Lyons, Hon Executive Vice-President

about leaving a legacy or send your cheque/postal order/charity voucher to JMHT,

PO Box 232, Harrow, Middx HA1 2NN. Telephone 0181 909 2445.


The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The 9th London International Jewi h Music Fe tival thi year will

not nly be an important event for the Jewish communi ty, but also

one that will show the div r icy and excellence of the mu ical and

arti tic tandard and intere t of J wi h culture.

T he Jewi h mmunicy ha made an enormous contribution to

the devel pment of a multi-cultural Briti h ci ty' from both a tra

ditional and moderni t per pective. Jewi h arti ts and mu ician have

played a very important role in the development of art during thi

century, fr m their ba e fa rich and deep faith and on a wider ani -

tic plane, and thi year' fe tival pr vid an pp rtunity to reH ct n

the ea hievement and to experience ontemporacy interest.

His Excellency Dror Zeigerman Ambassador of Israel to the Court of St James's It i with great plea ure that I welcome ev ryon to the 9th London

International Jewi h M u ic Fe tival, in thi year, I rael' 50th

anniv r ary. With your help we oncinue the tradition of Jewi h

mu i al life ymboli ed by King avid - th (w t inger of! rael' .

The mu i al tradition of the various Jewi h ommunitie

pr vide the rigin and found ation for the continuing development

f Jewi h ulturallife.

le i plea ing t not the ut tanding quali ty and variety of the

produ tion from Britain , I rael and el ewhere, in particular the

I raeli hamber pera agan (The arden) by Jo efTal and I rael

li raz.

I am ure y ur event will be ll cce fu l and wi h the performer

and gue t a m morable tim .

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Professor Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth I take much pleasure in ending best wishes for the succe of the 9th

London International Jewish Music Festival.

Music has been a source of inspiration and comfort to our peo

ple both in wor hip and in time of relaxation. ur peopl have

been in the forefront of ingers, instrumentalists and composers.

he heritage is enormou - the future i no le impre sive. You and

y ur colleague are much to be congratulated on your endeavour.

Sylvia Lewin Chairman, Jewish Music Heritage Trust The J wi h Mu ic Heritage Trust always find reason for celebra

tion. Thi year i the time for marvelling at the miracle which i the

tate of I rael . e pite the untold number of pitfall during the pa t

fifty year, Israel boasts extraordinary achievements in the field of

cience, technology, agriculture, education, and it i the country

with the large t number of mu ician per capita of any in the world!

We are delighted to present Jewish mu ic, new and old, which lives

and thriv in I rael and the Diaspora.

We are proud and flattered that The Rt Hon hri mith is

opening the Festival. n behalf of all the Trustee, our thanks go to

him a well a to our dedicated taff and volunt r, und r the

in piring directorship of eraldine Auerbach.

"' njoy our event and thank you for helping to make the 9th

ondon International Jewi h Music Fe tival a ucces .

Eldred Tabachnik QC President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews It give me the greate t pleasure to send my greeting and good wi h

e to al l involved in the 9th London International Jewi h Mu ic

Fe tival organi ed by the Jewi h Music Heritage Tru t. T hi full and

varied programme repre ents a fe tival of a truly international

nature, reHecting the tremendou diver icy of mu ical and arti tic

heritage that blend together to form Jewi h culture today. As a com

munity we can be ju tifiably proud that th i Fe tival is again being

held in London. T he valuable cu ltural contributions that our com

munity ha made to Briti h ociety a a whole i recognised by the

wide incere t that exi cs in the myriad of event that are being put on

throughout ondon. I wi h all the hofar blower much luck in their

attempt to nter the Guinness Book of Records for me greatest num

ber of hofar played tog mer. Thi i both an original and appro

priate way to mark the jubile of the tate of Israel. T he ucce s of

thi great evenc i down to the hard work of the Jewi h Mu ic

Heritage Tru t and I wi h them continuing ucce in all their work.


lionel Gordon Chairman, Jewish Chronicle T he Jewish Chronicle i proud to pon or thi year' International

Jewish Mu ic festival, a major event in the cul tural life of the com

muni ty. T he paper ha alway been very aware of the need to up-'

port communi ty ba ed cultural event , and we have been plea ed to

offer our support for Jewish Book Week, T he Jewi h Film Fe tival ,

and the Jewish Mu ic Fe tival .

ince its early planning days in th e 1980's, the Jewi h Mu ic Fe tival

ha urvived many problems, not least the lack of adequate funding.

T h fact that the fe tival ha flourished i , without doubt, due to the

determination and fores ight of it Director, eraldine Auerbach.

Today the festival is widely recognised as being the mo t important

cultural event in the Anglo-Jewi h calendar. It ha influ need the

study and performance of J wi h music in many part of the world,

and there can be no better recognition than the fact that the fe tival

has been emulated in various countrie . The study of Jewi h mu ic

has also become an academic discipline and this would not have

happened had the Jewish Music H eritage Tru t not exi ted .

T hi year's programme is one of the mo t comprehen ive and

ambitiou to date, and it heer breadth will delight and entich

music-lovers everywher .

Hilde Jansen Press and Cultural Counsellor, Royal Netherlands Embassy The 9th London International Jewi h Mu ic Fe tival will again

undoubtedly be a fea t of mu ic, dance, theatre and film. I am proud

to announce the utch participation in the tival. n Wedne day

11 November, 7.30 pm, t. John', mith quare, the Leo mit

n emble of Am terdam will perform works by Jewi h compo er

who were victim , both personal ly and arti tically, of the econd

World War. T he programme utch ompo er banned by th

N azis will offer the opportunity of experiencing mu ic that ha been

left untouched for many year and hearing poem nd letter of the

period read by Dutch actor, L x van e1den.

Spike Milligan CBE Patron of Jewish Music Heritage Trust To the World of Jewi h Mu ic I ay ( halo m'

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Introduction by Geraldine Auerbach Festival Director and Director of the Jewish Music Heritage Trust

, ince Biblical times, musical expression has been at the heart of Jewish devotion and communal life. .. . Throughout the long history of the Jewish people music has been a fertile medium of cultural exchange- a multifaceted dialogue with many nations. ' Yehudi Menuhin

I have much plea ure in introducing thi year' programme in which

we hare the J wi h mu ical experience of many centurie of travel

and ojourn around the world with all mu ic-Iover . T he Fe tival, a

before, i warmly a ociated with Bnai Brith, the Jewi h ervice

organi ation and we are proud that the Jewi h hr nicl , on of the

mo t rever d Jewi h n w paper world-wide i the e tival pon or.

T hi y ar ~ r the first time w are co-operating with Jewi h music

fe tival in Amsterdam and Munich under the banner Jewi h Mu ic

Festival of urope.

Overview of the Festival T hi year' fe tival of Jewi h mu ic and art bring arti ts from the

UK, I rael, America and Europe ro London. In th year f her

Jubi lee, w celebrate I rael , the mu ical melting pot, wh r ancient

and modern tradition mix wi th Ea tern and We tern tyle, creating

new and exciting ynthe e . As in previou y ar , the Fe tivalla t a

whole month with over fifty vent , both light-h art d and more

eriou , at the Barbican, the uth ank entre, t J hn', mith

quare and other venue. It include pera, concert, recital , work

hop , ma tercla e, lecture and ympo ia; piu literary event , fi lm

and theatre production , vid 0 pr ntation , exhibiti n , ynagogue

ervice and walks ar und Jewi h ondon.

(hris Smith MP to open the Festival We are delighted that T h Rt Hon hri mith MP, ecretary f

tate for ulture, M edia and port, wi ll ffi cial ly pen the Fe tival.

He wi ll be welcomed at a reception in the pre ence of the

Amba ador of I rael and will peak before the concert begin n 2

N vember. he oncert by Lucie k aping a cl The Burning Bu h

wi ll be h raid d by a rand hofa r anfar for I rael 's Jubilee.

Opera Premiere: The Garden on the South Bank ne f th mo t ignificant event i the UK and ngli h language

premi re f the chamber pera The arden by I rael ' eni r om

po er Jo eph Tal on 29 N vember. T he work, in whi h Adam, v

and the rpent return ro den t p nder their choice, will be in

the pre ence f the omp er J efTal and libretti t, I ra I liraz and

per~ rmed by ha me ide pera. T hi wh le day f Jewi h ulture

at the outh Bank, whi h i pon or d by I AI I rael Airline and

the mba y f I rael, include a di ell ion n the arden f den


tory with three literary figure and a Rabbi. In the Royal estival

Hall the Vienna Boy hoir pert; rm th Terezin children' op ra

Brundibar. The Fe tival clo e with the innovative Arab and Jewi h

I raeli folk en emble Bu tan Abraham in concert.

Barbican Concerts There are tw pecial concert at the Barbican forming part of their

'Inventing America' erie: Maxwell treet Klezmer Band from

hi ag (l7th) and 'Broadway to Hollywood' (8th) in which

regori ch cht r' Klezmer Rhapsody for larinet and orche tra will

be premi red. antor Benzion Miller from Br klyn, who will ing

cantorial etting t; r orche tra, i one of the twO outstanding cantors

from America who will pert; rm in the e tival.

Choral and liturgical Music, Dance and Jazzy Pop ond n' premi r J wish choir , The Zemel h ir and Alyth horal

ci ty c mbine again to perform a J wi h acred ervice, thi time

by the American Jewi h compo er, a telnuovo-Tede co, at t

John's, mith quare (22nd) with the New Jer ey cantor, Raphael

Frieder as the soloi t. antor B nzion Miller fr m Brooklyn treats

u t antorial and Yiddi h la ics at th Western Marble Arch

ynagogue (lOth). He will al 0 conduct a ma t rcla for a piring

cantor (5th). New venture thi year include evening of I raeli

dance and f ontemp rary dance at The Place and three 'P p-

oe -th -Klezmer' c ncercs at the atmo pheric Union hapel in

I lington. The ver-popular bands Alexandra Valavelsky' Ba hava

Band (l2th) and regori chechter' Klezmer Fe tival Band, (15th)

will be joined by ve' Women (14th)- four y ung mu ician from

I rael, making their fir t UK appearan e, who take traditional

melodie and bring them up t date.

Royal Academy of Arts ome event will r late to the exhib ition at the Royal Academy f

the p ignant painting of the Berlin-born arti t harlotte alomon

wh died in Au chwitz at the age of twenty-six. T he are part of her

painted autobiography Life? or Theatre?whi h re ide in the Jewi h

Hi torical Mu eum f Am terdam. The harl tt al mon ribute

oncert n 9 November, the sixtieth anniver ary of 'Kri tallnacht',

i being prom ted jointly with the Royal Academy, and include a

private view of the xhibition. Judi Herman' new play with music,

aving Charlotte (7th) at the Bridewell heatre, explore the drama

of her hort life. The Leo mit n embl from Am terdam will give

a performance f mu ic by ut h om po er , banned (or killed) by

the Nazi (l1 th). A film about harlotte' tepmother, th famou

mezzo- oprano Paula Lindberg, will be hown at the chool of

riental and Afri an tudie (16th). Paula indberg (wh i till

alive and living in Am t rdam) al 0 feature, al ng with Jo eph

chmidt, in the event devoted t the remarkable recording of the

mplete liturgical repertoire f the Berlin Reform ongregation

made in the 1920' (4th).

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Recitals at St GUes, Sternberg Centre, Jewish Museum tiles, rippl gate near the Barbican will be the venue for four

events. Ru ian pianist vgeny oiferti plays the sonata by Poli h

Jewi h composer Moishe Vaynberg (5th). Henry Roche, piani t, a

de cendant f the piani t composer and teacher Ignaz Moschele

will give a chamber recital, with flute and cello featuring his works

(l t), and Michelene Wandor and friend pre ent the mu ic of sev

enteenthcenturyItalianJewihcompo r, alamoneRo i(19th). t

il i al 0 the venue for a concert version of a new music th atre

piece DreyJus, Prisoner of Devils Island, with word and music by

Bryan Ke elman (18th). The ternberg entre for Judai m present

Mu ic from Terezin by th Andrusier n emble (30th) and from

lovakia (8th), and the Jewi h Mu eum will organise several events

including walks in the a t and We t nd of London.

SOAS and City University here are lecture and video presentation introduced at the chool

of riental and African tudies by Alexander Knapp, the Joe 10 s

Lecturer in Jewi h Music. At ity Univer ity, the newly founded

British ociety for Practitioners of Jewish Music will be conducting

a urvey of critical opinion on the que tion 'What is Jewi h

Mu ic?- an it be defined?' with a di tingui hed panel of speakers,

under the chairmanship f lenda Abram on of the xford entre

for Jewi h-Hebrew tudie.

Thanks My admiration and thanks go to ylvia Lewin, hairman, and to

the Tru te of Jewish Music Heritage Tru t, who have helped u to

grow, from the fir t Fe tival in 1984, to where we are today. It wa

ylvia who, a Pre ident of Bnai Brith, fir t had the idea for the

Jewi h Mu ic Fe tival and he ha been a constant ource of ncour

agement and go d advice. Judy brart, ecretary, and Judith

Unikower, treasurer, are founder Tru tees and have een u through

thick and thin with tremendous commitment. ur newer trustees

have added lu tre and experti e and I am grateful to them all ( ee

page 67).

This Fe tival would not have taken hape without the energy of

Noa Lachman, who ha worked tirele ly and ingle-mindedly on

application for funding and the difficult task of getting ponsorship

for our event and projectS, and on stage management of event .

We are extremely fortunate to have ue Levy a both our

Marketing and Pre Manager. Not only i her heart in promoting

the be t in Jewi h culture, but she i out tanding in strategy and per

severance in en uring the maximum publicity about the Festival and

the work of the Trust.

The Fe tival office is kept ane by the calm and cheerful patience

of hristine Kryst who keep the mountains of paper and informa

tion in order, whil t reas uring people on four phone , two faxes,

and e-mail.

We are al 0 v ry grateful to Anthony Auerbach for hi d ign


strategie and his care and efficiency in producing printed material

and the estival web ite.

John Hill, who ha become our lighting and technical advi or, i

now an invaluable member of the Fe tival team. He has given so

much of his time and energy to organising technical lighting plan ·

for many of the e event. I am truly grateful for hi contribution. I

am also very grateful to Adam La man who ha helped to cype and

edit thi programme. To all the volunteer who helped tuffing

envelopes, doing re earch, make phone call and di tributing leaflets

and po ters our grateful thank .

I couldn't do the work I do for Jewish Mu ic, without the h Ip

fulness and genero icy of my children and my hu band Ronnie. H

is a patient, tolerant guide, and provider of pace, equipment and

moral support. I give my love and thanks to him above all.

The Festival rganiser would like to thank all the helpers and

spon or , and the participating organi ation that have contributed

to chi Fe rival.

Participating Organisations and Venues Anglo-Austrian Music ociecy

Barbican Centre

Belsize quare ynagogue

Bnai Brith UK Lodges

Board of Deputie of Briti h Jew

British ociecy for Practitioner of Jewi h Mu ic

Camden Arts and Tourism

armel Arts

entre for Dutch and Flemi h ulture, Universicy ollege,

London

icy Universicy, London, Mu ic epartment

Hendon ynagogue Heritage entre

Israel Folk ance Institute

Israeli Ministry of ducation, Culture and port

Jewish Museum, Camden

Jewish Museum, Finchley

Jewi h Quarterly

Liberal Jewish ynagogue, t John' Wood

Manor House ociecy

Milken Family Foundation, Archive of American Jewi h Mu ic

New West End ynagogue

North Western Reform ynagogue

The Place Theatre

Royal Academy of Art

t John' Wood United ynagogue

chool of riental and African tudie, Univer icy of London

outh Bank Centre

Union hapel, I lingcon

Western Marble Arch ynagogue

Yakar tudy entre

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Donors to the Jewish Music Heritage Trust, the Festival and the Festival programme Lord A hdown haritable ettlement

Mr and Mr Bernard A her

Jarvi A taire

eorge Benjamin

rne t and Valerie B 110 Bertie and ori Black

Bna1 Brith dgware Women Lodge

Bna! Brith Fir t Lodge of England

Bnai Brith eo Baeck Men ' Lodge

Bnai Brith L 0 Baeck Women' Lodge

Bnai Brith Pa t Pr ident' ciati n

Mr P. Brett

u an and John Burn

Raymond and Pam Burton

Harold antor

Alan and wen ohen

er hon and Muriel ohen

Ronald and haron ohen

tanley and Joy ohen

tewart and Pearl ohen

Jonathan uby

mee Fairbairn haritabl Tru t

Ronni and Fiona Fattal

dwin and Jo celyn Fox

Michael and Marcia reen

u an and Jeffrey reen

The reen Foundation

ue Hamm rson

Maurice Hatter Foundation

Pet r Held

Tony Hitman

Ian Karten haritable Tru t

David and Tanya Jo efowitz

he tanl y Kalm Foundation

Il and Michael Kacz

Ralph and Zahava Kohn

H rbere Kretzmar

Jack La

Renee Lauffer

Lord Levene

ylvia and avid ewin

ir ydney and Lady Lipworth

ir Jack yon haritable ru t

ee Law on

Lord and Lady Marks 'Markson' Piano'

Victor Mi hcon

uy and Marion Naggar

Judy brart and friend


Felix Posen

he Rayne Foundation

erald and ail Ronson

Jackie Rosenfeld

Jim and Patricia Rothman

Leopold de Rothschild

ir idney and Lady amuel on

Brian and Ruth andleson

. ilverman & on (Importers) Ltd

Mrs R. opher

p ar haritable rust

Nicholas and Ro alyn pringer

ir igmund ternberg

Peter and ue trau

Hazel We tbury

ity of Westminster

Lord and Lady Young

Grants for World of Jewish Music mbas y ofIsrael

Emba y of the Federal Republic of ermany

London Arts Board

ond n Borough of amd n

R yal Neth rland mbas y

Visiting Art

ity of We tmin ter

Sponsors of World of Jewish Music Agrexco Agricu ltural

BMI lementine hurchill H pital, Harrow

roft ourt Hotel

I AI I rael Airline

Jewi h hronicl

Keter UK Ltd

Lero Propertie

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A Centre for Jewish Music and Arts for London The Jewish Music Heritage Trust ha set up a team to develop a

entre for Jewish Music and Art for London. Under the guidance

of David tone FRSA, who has experience as advisor to the

Government of Hong Kong on arts policy both for buildings and

programme , the team has set out parameters, established manage

ment tructures and formulated processes. The team ha initiated

discu ion with policy maker, Jewish arrs providers, funding bod

ie and individual donor. The Arts Council of England, the Board

of eputies of British Jews, the Chief Rabbi and other leaders of

religiou communities and secular institutions have expre sed sup

POrt and encouragement for the project. A site has already been

identified in the West End of London. The Trust is grateful to the

upporter of this project, particularly Jonathon Lyons, who as

Honorary xecutive Vice President, is spearheading the fund raising

campaign for the Centre and Vice Pre idents Bertie and oris Black,

who have provided essential seed money.

The entre will be a place for education, for creativity, for cul

tural exchange and for the practice of Jewish mu ic and arrs. It will

be a place where Jews can express their identity through the whole

spectrum of cultural activities: visual arts, literature, film, th atre

and dance as well as mu ic. It will share with non Jews a treasury of

inspiration that contribured to the survival of the Jewi h people and

ha infu ed the cultures of all those nations through which the

Jewi h iaspora ha spread. Thi entre or Jewish art will be a fit

ting tribute to British society that has encouraged cultural diversity

to fl uri h, and a concrete symbol of the place of Jewish mu ic and

arts in Briti h and European culture.

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Sunday 1 November, 2.oopm Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Shofar Workshop World Record Attem pt Devised by Or Malcolm Miller and the Jewish Music Heritage Trust Programme co-ord inated by Henny Levin with support from the British Society for Practitioners of Jewish Music and Western Marble Arch Synagogue Proceeds to JMHT educational projects

Tt day' programme wi ll include the rehear al f the Israel Jubilee hofor Fanfare, ompo ed e pecially for the tival by Malcolm

Miller, which wi ll be perfi rmed on 2 November at t John' , mith

quare, and the w rid record attempt with (we hope) the largest

number of hofar bl wer v r a embled together.

The Shofar he hofar i one f the earlie t mu ical instrum nt known to man.

Fa hi ned from the horn f an animal it wa a y t make and was

extensively u ed in ancient times. here are frequ nt reference to

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the use of the shofar in the Bible, particularly in the story of the

priests marching round Jericho.

The essential ritual on Ro h Hashanah is the sounding of the

hofar. According to the Rabbis, the horn of any kosher animal,

heep, goat or antelope (but not the cow), is fit to be u ed as a ho

far on Rosh Hashanah. The ram's horn wa pr ferred, probably to

recall the Binding ofIsaac, for whom a ram was substituted. ne of

the reasons why the horn of a cow is not used is it a ociation with

disloyalty to od in the story of the olden Calf. It is considered

meritoriou to u e a curved hofar, symbolic of man bowing in ub

mi ion to od' wi ll.

The cripture are silent as to why the horn i blown at New

Year, which has left room for a wide variety of interpretations among

later teachers e.g., (1) Trumpets are sounded at a coronation and

od i hailed as king on thi day, (2) The hofar heralds the begin

ning of the penitential season (from Rosh Hashanah to the Day of

Atonement), (3) The Torah was given on inai accompanied by the

blasts of the hofar, (4) The prophet compare their message to the

ound of the hofar, (5) The conquering armie that destroyed the

Temple sounded trumpet blasts.

n Rosh Hashanah, Psalm 47 is recited seven times before the

sounding of the shofar. There are two series of blasts. This first eries

i preceded by two benedictions: 'Blessed art thou Lord our od,

King of the Universe, Who ha anctified us by thy commandments

and ha instrl,lcted u to hear the call of the hofar' and 'Blessed art

thou Lord our od, King of the Universe, who has kept us in life,

and has su tained u , and allowed u to reach thi eason'.

he shofar ounds: there are three calls known a Tekiah, hevarim, and Teruah. Tekiah i an extended long note, Shevarim i

a s rie of three 'groaning' note and Ten~ah is a series of nine very

hort taccato note . It is cu tomary to blow all three call in a par

ticular order.

Tekiah, hevarim, Teruah, Tekiah-three time

Tekiah, hevarim, Teruah, Tekiah-three time

Tekiah, Teruah, Tekiah-three times

he final Tekiah is e pecially long and drawn out and i known as Tekiah Gedolah, the great Tekiah.

Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm Sternberg Centre for Judaism

Across the Bridge Theatrical performance based on the true tory of two women who

were on the ame death march and who met again after fifty-on

year, written by actre Anna ropper and ahlia Fried land.

Followed by discu ion with one of the urvivors.


Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm

St. GUes, Cripplegate

Nineteenth Century Romantics Ignaz Moscheles and his influence Nicola Woodward, flute

Colin Jackson, cello

Henry Roche, piano

Prelude and Fugue, Book I no.1 ]. S. Bach

Four Preludes from Bach's 48, with cello obligato, opus 137 Ignaz Moscheles

Prelude and Fugue, Book 11 no. 7 ]. S. Bach

Sonate Melancolique, opus 49 Ignaz Moscheles

Hamabdil for cello and piano Granville Bantock

Meditation Hebraique for cello and piano Ernest Bloch

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Interval

Studies, opus 70, nos. 5, 11, 13, 18 Ignaz Moscheles

Studies, opus 10, nos. 1, 5, opus 25, nos. 6, 8 Frederic Chopin

Three studies, opus posthumous Fred.eric Chopin

Four Divertissements, opus 82b for flute and piano Ignaz Moscheles i) Marcia ii) Air de Haydn en Fantaisie iii) Rondino

iv) Air de la .'FamiNe Suisse'de Weigl

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)

Ignaz Moscheles was one of the most famous and respected pianist

composers of the first half of the nineteenth century. He was uni

versally admired for the brilliance and expressiveness of his playing

and for his ease and mastery of composition, which, allied to a love

able and generous nature, made him the greatest influence on the

younger generation of Romantic compo er .

Ignaz wa born in Prague on 23 May 1794 to a Jewish family.

After his father's untimely death he ettled in Vienna, where hi

teachers were Nbrechtsberger and alieri, and where hi lifelong

musical hero, Beethoven, lived. He wa eventually commissioned to

arrange Fidelio for piano, and had the joy of coming to know

Beethoven a a kind and generous friend. His Viennese friend hip

with such as Meyerbeer and Hummel were soon enlarged by hi

travels throughout Northern and We tern Europe, and hi relations

with pohr, Weber, Malibran, the Wiecks and other give particular

interest to his autobiographical writing. But the deepest friendship

of his life had its origin in 1824 in Berlin, when he gave the fifteen

year old Mendelssohn six les on ; their lifelong intimacy was severed

by Mendelssohn's early death in 1847.

In 1825 Moscheles was married in Hamburg to a striking and

cultivated Jewi h girl, harlone Emden, more than ten years hi

junior, and the couple settled in London for the next twenty-one

years, where he maintained a dominant position a pianist, compos

er, conductor and teacher. He continued to make concert tours of

Europe, and added chumann, Liszt and Chopin to his circle of

artistic friend .

Toward 1840, he took a deliberate decision to let teaching

become his dominant role, and finally in 1846, he accepted

Mendelssohn' invitation to become ir ctor of Piano at his recent

ly founded Leipzig onservatory. Here, though immensely sad

dened by Mendelssohn' early death barely a year later, he remained


for the rest of hi life, eeing hi work a a sacred tru t committed to

hi care by hi dead friend. e filled hi diary with acute observa

tion n the late t work by Berlioz, Bruch and Wagner, and on the

progre f uch pupil a rieg and ullivan. After hi death,

harlotte fulfi lled hi wi h by u ing hi diarie to compile hi biog

raphy. he died in 1889. Mo chele ' compo iti n , like tho e of hopin, are predomi

nately fI r pian , th ugh they include eight pian concerto, a ym

ph ny, ome ong and a mall but important body of chamber

mu ic. Both hi 01 and four-hand piano w rk h w a fa cinating

balance f' riou' and' alon' work, with each di playing a con-

tant incl ination to hare it bett r characteri ti with it pp ite

type. Hi tyl i marked by rhythm ic and melodic vivacity and

charm, ometime remini cent f chubert, coupled with a ready

lov f the unexpected, revealing deeper hidden level. Alth ugh

aim t all f hi mu ic ha been out of print throughout thi centu

ry, everal recording and a handful f performan eem to foretell

a revived intere t in thi mo t rewarding and unde ervedly neglect-

d ompo er.

© Henry Roche

J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C, Well-tempered Clavier Book I no. I Hidd n in th prelude' implc broken chord i a true fiv -v iced

movement whi h never leave the h me key, yet conta in all twelve

em it ne through whi h the b ok i to trav I. h fugue ubj Ct, a

ymmetrical ar h, ha 24 'entrie ',perhap a hidden reference to the

24 key f the w rk, to whi h it pr vide a qu iet, au tere and rich

gateway.

Ignaz Moscheles: Four Preludes from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier with added cello obligato, opus 137 In 186 , Mo hele, nearing 70, publi hed ten prelude fr m Bach'

'48' with an added e110 part, iting Mendel ohn and chumann as

m del , and aiming to 'mak the e ma terly w rk more a e ible

t the wide public'. ynami and phra ing ar thorough ly indicat

ed, giving a rare in ight into ninet enth entury ach performan e

tyle, from a man wh had revived the u e f the harp i h rd in hi

n ert in the 18 0' . It i neverthele a t ni hing how ome f the

prelude are tran fI rmed by the ell line int an utterly new und

world. Fr m B k I , the prelude no. 1 in i pre ented n w a a Iyri-

al and dramatic allegro, with a repeat and an added I ing bar. he

beautifu l harp minor pr lude i turned int a haunting duet,

with a highly v ative ix-bar da. The j yful prelud in

be me a fi ligree a ompaniment to the ell ' M ndel hnian

mel dy, with da a well a altered figuration; and the flat pre

lude fr m Bo k n, a harming and gently-A wing gigue-like pi e,

i imilarly li fted b dily and in fu ll A wer into the r manti era.

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J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, Book 11, nO.7 After the prelude comes a erene fugue in four-part choral euphony.

Ignaz Moscheles: Sonate Melancolique in F sharp minor, opus 49 Although publi hed about 1820, the theme dates back to 1814, the

period of Moschele ' meeting with Beethoven. It i a ingle onata

form movement, Largamente con passione with ection mark d agi

tato. ne hear perhap more of a J wi h colouring than in hi other

work, though with the A major econd ubject come a more peace

ful chubertian ound-world, which later in the recapitulation cau -

e the main theme to be transfigured into major before the gentle

but deeply sombre clo e.

Granville Bantock: Hamabdil for Cello and Piano (1919) An unu ual example of the blending of a melody from th tradi

tional a t European Jewi h liturgical repertoire with the lu h har

mony of ngli h romantici m.

Ernest Bloch: Meditation Hebra'ique for Cello and Piano Born in eneva in 1880, Ernest Bloch wrote veral well-known

works f inten Iy Jewi h character. He pent much f his life in

America, and thi piece i one of everal written during 1923- 24

inAuenced partly by New York' flouri hing ynagogue mu ic ritual

and i dedicated to Pablo a al .

Ignaz Moscheles and Frederic Chopin: Eight Studies Written in 1825-26 and publi hed in 1827, Mo chele ' 24 tudie,

pu 70 had a profound influence on the mu ical world. When he

finally met h pin in 1839, Mo chel wrote that 'he profl e a

gr at attachment fI r my mu ic, and at all ev nt know it perfectly.

He play d me ome of hi tudie and hi late t work, Pr lude '. The

a t ni hing novelty of hopin' ound and modulation that pr vi

ou Iy troubled Mo chele emerged under hopin' softly gliding fin

ger a lucid poetry: 'I now for the fir t time und r tand hi mu ic'.

Mo chele' tudie are e entially clas ical- the particular t chni

cal feature i alway ubjected to dramatically contrasting treatment,

and ften change from right to left hand; wherea hopin' ameo

pr ent an idea with uch overwhelming onviction and implicity

that they need no extraneou elaboration, but grow pontaneou Iy to

their wn catharti climax.

Ignaz Moscheles: opus 70, no. 11 in E flat, Frederic Chopin: opus 10, no. 1 in C Tw very powerful tudi fI r wid hand- xten ion arpeggio , with

pa ing under of the thumb.

Ignaz Moscheles: opus 70, no. 5 in A minor, Frederic Chopin: opus 25, no. 8 in 0 flat

tudie for double ixth in expr ive legato, with incorporated


accompaniment.

Ignaz Moscheles: opus 70, no. 13 in 0, Frederic Chopin: opus 25, no. 6 in G sharp minor Two utterly contrasting pieces for the same technique of double

thirds. Chopin's version, marked sotto voce, is couched in an eerily

rich and dreamy soundworld-technique totally ub ervient to

poetic content.

Ignaz Moscheles: opus 70, no. 18 in F sharp, Frederic Chopin: opus 10, no. 5 in G flat These two 'black key' studies appear to have little in common, but

both revel in their enforced pentatonic simplicity, and also in

dynamic contrasts. Chopin' right hand is a moto perpetuo tour de

force solely on the five black notes.

Frederic Chopin: Three Studies (Nouvelles Etudes), opus posthumous Composed in 1839 for Moschele' and Fetis' 'Methode de

Methodes' (published in 1840), these three tudies are serene and

deceptively simple gems. The first in F minor explores the rhythmic

contrast of three against four; the second in A flat similarly of three

against two, with the right hand weaving a continuou seamles

three part cantabile line. The last, in D flat, has a rich and beautiful

legato melody supported by a continuous staccato line in the inner

fingers of the same hand.

Ignaz Moscheles: Four Divertissements, opus 82b for flute and piano: Marcia, Air de Haydn en Fantaisie, Rondino, Air de la cFamilie Suisse' de Weigl Moscheles wrote two major duo sonatas, as well a everal le er

works, for flute and piano. The e four Divertissements appeared in

1829 and although they clearly echoed the ta te of the time, their

agi le lyricism and the sensitive blending of their melodic line set

them apart from the mas of contemporary 'fa hion ble' mu ic.

The Performers

Nicola Woodward, flute Nicola Woodward tudied flute and piano at the Royal cllege of

Music where she won two prize for 'all-around musician hip' and

the Eve Kisch Flute Prize. he has given two live performance on

C ia sic FM radio, worked with the London Philharmonic, the

Bournemouth ymphony, and given recital in many leading mu ic

fe tival . Her recent recital a winner of the Park Lane Mu ic ociety

competition at London' Purcell Room won her great critical

acclaim. Nicola' interest in folk mu ic ha led to a recording of

British folk-influenced r pertoire, performance of improvised

Flamenco music with guitari t Juan Martin, and performances on

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the Andean bamboo flute ( ueria) during a British ouncil tour of

Ecuador.

Colln jackson, cello olin Jackson studied acou tics at Durham and outhampton

Universities, before entering on a mu ical career. He has been for

many years a cellist with the Royal pera House orche tra where he

play on the fir t de k.

Henry Roche, piano Henry Roche is head of Music taff of the Royal Ballet, for whom

h ha played ince 1977, recently performing Ravel' major con

certo at the New York Metropolitan pera. He i the gr at-great

grand on of Mo chele and is organi er of a eries of concerts of hi

mu ic in London, including the Bicentenary concert in 1994, a

well as performing his compo ition in Prague, Leipzig and Athen .

Monday 2 November, 7.30pm St john's, Smith Square

Festival Opening The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport will open the Festival from the stage. The concert opens with a Grand hofar Fanfare for I ra I' Jubilee,

compo ed for th Festival by Malcolm Miller. It will be performed

by the hofar ensemble that competed on 1 November for the world

record for th greate t number of shofar blowers.

Israel: The Musical Melting Pot lucie Skeaping and The Burning Bush Lucie Skeaping, voice, violin, rebec, finger cymbals Robin jeffrey, oud, laouto, mandolin, percussion, guitar Roddy Skeaping, violin, rebec, mandolin, yayli -tambour, musical arrangements Ben Harlan, clarinets, darabukka Robert Levy, double bass Kevin Street, accord ion, trumpet

upported by City of Westminster and Bnai Brith Leo Baeck Mens Lodge.

In I rael today, there i a new and growing appreciation f the old

mu ical tradition. hi year, a the I raeli tate rea he it Jubilee,

thi pr gramme recall the diver ity and univer al appeal f the ul

ture .

Der Heyser Bulgar A traditi nal klezmer tune from P land, made popular in the U A

earlier thi century by the clarin ti t Naftule Brandwine.

Avrix mi Galanica (Open the door, my love)


Text Jude - pani h: c llected in he alonica, featuring the

01 Ich ru repetition omm n in Ea tern Mediterranean ng.

, pen the door my I ye, it i dawn, I cannot leep for thinking of

you.' 'My father i r ading- he will hear u !' 'Put out the light and

he will fall a leep.' 'My mother i ewing- he will hear u !' 'Hide

her needle, he will fa ll a leep.' 'My brother i writing- he will

hea r u !' 'Hide hi pen and he will fall a le p.'

Yo menamori d'un aire (I fell in love with the charms) ext Judeo- pani h: 'I fell in love with the charm of a beautiful

w man, the moonlight wa my undoing, if it had been daylight,

I ve would not have bound me. N ext tim I fall in love it will be a

day of un hine.'

Terkisher Bulgar Tanz, Varshaver Freylechs Traditi nal klezmer tune .

Gey ich mir schpatsirn (One day when I went walking) A Yiddi h fi Ik ong where a pirited girl gets her own back on a

b y wh let her down.

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Chassidic Dance 13 A gentle rhythmic dance led by two violin .

Sha! Shtill! A popular Yiddi h song. ' h! on't mak a ound, the Rabbi is

about ro dance! on't move! T he Rabbi will oon dance! And a he

dance the wall dance too. Let' aJl clap our hand and stamp our

feet! h! he Rabbi is about ro ing! And as he sing, atan i ban

i hed for eternity. '

Morena me Laman (They call me (the brown girl') An anci ne and wide pread text fo und in several other part of the

panish peaIcing world. 'They call me "the brown girl" bu I was

born white; from gaily walIcing abroad I 10 t my colour. From

tho e window arrow are shot at me. If they be the arrows of love

let them fly traight ro me! T h on of the Icing call me "the

brown girl"; if he asks me agai n, I will go with him.'

Tum Balalaika (Play Balalaika) A very popular Yiddi h riddle ong, based on a erman folk tune.

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'A young man wonders who to take for hi wife: 'Tell me, maiden,

what grows without rain? What burns without a fir ? What cri

without tears?' 'Foolish boy, don't you know?: a stone grows with

out rain; a love burn without fire; a heart grows without tear .'

Chassidic Dance 28 Led by two mandolins.

Yendome Para Marsilia (I went to Marseilles) In this Judeo- panish song, the hero takes a trip to Belle £poque

Marseilles and is delighted, and a little shocked, at the permis ive

atmosphere, contrasting with what he is used to in the citie of the

ttoman Empire. 'I went to Mar eilles on a merchant steamer, I

assure you, my beloved, that I had a good time. Beautiful

Marseilles, extremely beautiful-many young girl roaming about,

and you can get three or four of them for a coin! What a good life

I live with the little I have. My vices are my undoing, but my

deed are better than a banquet.'

Adio Querida (Goodbye my love) Judeo- pani h. An interesting example of creative adaptation in

folk music- the tune comes from Addio del passato from Verdi' La Traviata. In this arrangement we have tried to evoke the ephardi

immigration to outh America at the turn of the century. 'The day

your mother bore you, she didn't give you a heart to love anoth r.

oodbye my love, I don't want to live, you have made life bitter

for me. 0 find another lover, knock on other door because for

me you are dead.'

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Interval

Seal erica d'Oro (Little Ladder of Gold) A traditional ephardi wedding song, here played in trumentally a

it might have sounded in a Middle Eastern town during the la t

centuty.

Una Hija tiene el Rey (The king had a daughter) An example of a Judeo- panish Romance, narrative ballad which

bare a r semblance to the border ballad of ngJand and cotland.

Those were often extremely long and concerned with the doing of

royalty, chivalrous exploits or erotic intrigues.' he Icing had a

daughter, a preciou only daughter. He locked her up in a high

tower to keep her well guarded. ne day he looked out of the

window and saw a handsome harve t man owing seed. he called

out to him: 'Li ten, harve t man, I love you in my ou!.'

Yemenite Songs: to be announced

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Sirba mit Harbster bletlekh (Sirba with falling leaves) hi Romanian irba may have been popular around the Autumn

Jewish fe tival of ukkot, when od's care during the wandering in

the inai wilderne i acknowledg d and celebrated.

Moldavian Hora: Fun Taschlach

Cuando el Rey Nimrod (When King Nimrod) 'When King Nimr d went out into the field he 10 ked up into th

heavens among the tar and saw a holy light over the Jewi h

Quarter, for father Abraham wa born. he wife ofTerah wa

pregnant, he knew the good thing he wa bearing. Let u alute

the Father and the circumciser, that by Hi grace the Rede mer

came to u and took pity of all I rael. ive prai e to the Truth.'

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Avre tu puerta cerrada (Open your door) This beautiful melody seems to display the recent influence of

pani h or Italian music in the ephardi world.' pen your door,

there is no light on your balcony. Love watche over you, come my

rose let us leave this place, I only a ked for your beauty, a od

gave it to you. It i pure and I alone deserve it. J

Arvoles Lloran por Lluvias (The trees weep for the "ain) An extremely w Il known text throughout the Judeo- pani h

speaking c mmunity, thi love ong ha another even more

poignant significanc : the choru wa aid to have been sung by

the Jew of Rh de a they wer deported to Au chwitz during the

econd World War. 'The tree weep for the rain and the moun

tain for the wind; thu my eye weep for you, my love. What will

become of me? I will die in a strange land. White you are, white

are your clothes, white i your body, white al 0 are the flower

which fall from your b auty. he rain has fallen and ha drenched

the street and the courtyard. to my love and tell her/him that

thi water come from my eye .'

Doina; Russian Shers An improvised Klezmer- tyle clarinet 01 followed by thr e

Ru sian dance. her were a type of quar dance popular at wed

ding . The e one are Ukrainian in rigin.

The Performers

The Burning Bush The Burning Bush i Britain' mo t widely acclaimed traditional

Jewi h mu ic en emble. ed by th inger and broadcaster Lucie

keaping, all five musician ar leading performer in the field of

early, baroque, traditional and popular mu ic.

heir repertoire repre ent the tw main branch of the J wi h


diaspora, the ephardi and Ashkenazi tradition. This music, large

ly pr erved in the oral tradition, reflects the musical language of the

countrie where Jewi h communitie etded over the centuries.

Ballad, folk ong and romances, ome dating back ro Medieval

pain, co-exi t with melodie of reek or Turkish origin from the

late ttoman Empire. Yiddi h song and Klezmer melodie how

the inAuence of early jazz with the immigration to the New World

at the turn of the century. Many ong were ung in th home from

mother to hild, other were written for the ghettO theatres: all por

tray the univer al theme of love, orrow or the vici icude of very

day life.

T he Burning Bu h' interpretati n reAect the hi tOrical and local

character of the mu ic through the u e of traditional instrument

and cyles of performance. The klezmer bands of the Ashkenazi

world were riginally tring group (,kle-zmer' mean literally 've -

el of song', originally the in trument them elves and then the

name given to the player and their particular cyle of music), but

during the la t century the clarinet gradually acquired a predomi

nant po ition. T he Middle Ea tern a pect of the ephardi repertoire

i repre ented by in truments including the oud, the universal Arab

and Turki h lute; the rebec; and the goblet- haped drum.

The Burning Bu h wa formed after Lucie keaping wa com

mi i ned by the BB to make a programme to mark the quincen

tenary of the expul ion of the Jews from pain. ince their debut

concert at ondon' ueen lizabeth Hall they have performed t

pack d hou e at maj r fe tival and cultural event throughout the

UK. Recent activitie include Briti h ouncil pon ored tour to

a tern • urope, the ala M morial concert for Hugo ryn at

L ndon' Barbican Hall, br adca t for BB Radio 2 and 3, mu ic

Ft r TV c mmercial and documencarie (in luding the theme for a

re ent two-part documentary about I rael and Pale tinian ) and an

appearance in the recently relea ed film, The overness. With a i

rance from the Art ouncil, member f the group have al 0 vi it

ed Jeru alem for a period of re ea rch.

The Burning Bu h have r I a ed three : 'Rai in and

Almond' ( aydi c); 'Klezmer, Yiddi h and ephardic Mu ic'; and

'KJezmer and Ha idic Mu ic' (AR International). Their fourth

, ' ong and Mu ic f I rael' will be relea ed next pring.

Lucie Skeaping, voice, violin, rebec, finger cymbals

Lu ie keaping trained at the R yal Ilege of Mu ic. he ame to

Jewi h mu i thr ugh her intere t in Medieval and Renai ance

Engli h mu ic. AI 0 a frequent broadca ter, pr gramm and fea

cure Ft r BB in lude: Lucie keaping's Jewish Music The Music of amuel Pepys, ongs My Mother Taught Me and Music Restored, piu

her hannel F ur TV eri for y ung pe pie Make Music Fun. With the Burning Bu h and her ther en emble T he icy Wait, he

per6 rm all ver the world, in luding Briti h un il t lIr to the

Middle and Far a t, a tern urope and andinavia. Re ord

in lude Pills to Purge MeLancholy, Raisins and Almonds, English

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National Songs, The Cantigas of Santa Maria, Traditonal Music of Provence. he is currently Arti tic irector of the Windsor Festival .

Robin Jeffrey, oud, laouto, mandolin, percussion, guitar

Robin Jeffrey studied at idney u ex ollege, ambridge and

Royal ollege of Music, London. A peciali t in the Renaissanc and

Baroque periods, he works with leading early music ensemble all

over the world including Harry Christopher , Rene Jacob and John

Iliot ardiner. R cent appearance include Purcells' King Arthur, at

eatro Belem, Li bon, Monteverdi' Orfeo, at La C haise ieu,

France,. Purcell' Fairy Queen for nglish National pera, Au tralian

tour and recording of Handel' amson, and Medieval hri tma

mu ic with T he ixteen. He spends part of each year working in

Athen with traditional reek mu ician .

Roddy Skeaping, violin, rebec,

mandolin, yayli-tambour, musical arrangements

Roddy keaping ha been involved in the revival of Early music for

much of hi life, performing with leading en embles. He taught

viola da gamba at the Royal ollege of Mu ic, later appointed

Leverhulme Research Re earch Fellow. He has made countle s

recordings of early mu ic with en emble including the English

on ort of Viol, the on ort of Musick and the Academy of

Ancient Mu ic and for many year worked in clo e collaboration

with the late countertenor Alfr d ell r. Work includes original

compo ition for TV-, choir- and chamber n emble ,theatre core

(including for the Royal National Theatre) and work hop for

chool.

Ben Harlan, clarinets, darabukka

Ben Harlan i a graduate from the uildhall chool of Mu ic and

rama. He ha a pecial intere t in improvi ation techniques, 011-

temporary mu ic and jazz. ther activitie include clarinet work-

hop for chools and performances 10 a duo with hi brother,

piani t ominic Harlan.

Robert Levy, double bass

Robert evy tudied at urnbirn Mu ic chool and at Bregenz

on ervatory, Au tria (double bas, guitar and jazz). H works

mainly in mu ical theatre including the award-winning how 'Five

uy Named Moe.' Performance with other group include

regori chechter' Klezmer e tival Band, Klezmer roove and

Loby Boby (Brazilian Jazz). Recent appearanc include th film

Evita and The Fifth Province.

Kevin Street, accordion, trumpet

Kevin treet i one of a handful of pr fe ional accordioni t work

ing in L ndon , and i unique a a doubling trumpet player. tage

w rk include Piafwith laine Paige and many productions for the

Royal National Theatre. He was Mu ical irector for heatre de


Complicite and West End work include Fiddler on the Roof with

Topol and Oliver, both at the London Palladium. He ha made

many recording for BBC radio and TV, and recently took part in

the We t End cast recording of Beauty and the Beast.

Tuesday 3 November, 8.30pm Bnai Brith Hillel House

Psalm Settings in the Jewish and Christian Traditions A talk by Professor Uri Sharvit, Bar Itan University, Israel Presented by the Jewish Music Heritage Trust and the British ociety for Practitioners of Jewish Music

Wednesday 4 November, 7.30pm Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood

The Musical Tradition of the Jewish Reform Congregation in Berlin Rabbi John Levi, presenter On CD: Joseph Schmidt, tenor Frederick Lechner, baritone Herman Schey, baritone Choir of 100 voices, conducted by Herman Schildberger. Presented by The Liberal Jewish rynagogue, t John's WOod.

In 1994 Rabbi John Levi from Au tralia appear d ar Berh

Hatefut oth in Tel Aviv, to reil the tory of rhe hi torical recording

he po e ed and to play a tape f om of rhe mu ic. he mu ician

re pon ible for th r cording had been r Hermann hildberger

who emigrated t Au rralia in 1939, on the eve of'WI rid War Il,

where he continued hi profe ional work. He had brought a et of

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these recording to Au tralia and after hi death the collection wa

miraculou Iy pre erved. The c ngregation of Rabbi John Levi, Beth

Israel of Melbourne, c ntinues to ing ome of the prayer in thi tradition (rhough in Hebr wand not in rman!).

r Hermann childberger had been music direcror of rhe

Reform ongregation of Berlin and he arranged and published rhe

complere anthology of mu ic u ed for rhe sacr d ervic of hi com

munity. The anthology served a rhe full core for rhe recording.

These were made ar a srudio b rween 1928- 1930 wirh a profes-

ional choir of ne hundred voice, rwo organi rand ome young

soloisr who wer among the mo r brilliant inger of the time.

Hermann childberger wa th conductor throughour. The enter

pri e co t abour £10,000 and wa financed by rhe famou publi her Han Lachmann-Mosse.

T he D' contain a elecrion of mu ic from rhi treasure-rrove.

It wa , of cour e, nece ary to clean up and enhance rhe sound using

modern technology. Thi wa originally done in Au cralia and c m

pleted in Israel.

f rhe w alrh of uropean rradition of th pre-Holocau r era

very little has urvived. Th pre enr collecrion i an invaluable

memorial to ne of the mo t brilliant among the e mu ical tradirions.

Thi mu IC ha b n heard beft re ar rhe Lib ral Jewi h

ynagogue, t John' Wood. n Friday 18 July 1930, a ab bath eve ervice wa held a part of th 'WI rid Union f Pr gre ive

ynagogue confer n e. They u ed a tran larion f rhe erman

prayer bo k u ed by the Reform ongr garion of Berlin and rhe

Mu ical Interlude were raken from rhe every rec rding .

Rabbi John Levi Rabbi John Levi erve in th Au tra lian, Asian and New Zealand

Union for Progre ive Judai m. He wa b m in M Ib ume in 19 4 and wa rabbi f 1i mple Beth I rael ft r 7 ye r . He i the auth r

of three bo k on Au tralian Jewi h hi tory and i a Member f the rder of Au tra lia.

Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm Yakar Study Centre

Cantorial Masterclass Cantor Benzion Miller Harold Lester, piano

ant r Miller guide a piring cant r thr ugh me f rhe m t

important piece of the Jewi h li turgi I repert ire

Cantor Benzion Miller F r biography, ee page 2

Harold Lester, piano L ndon-born Harold e ter tudied mu i at Trinity ollege f


Mu ic, peciali ing in all aspect of keyboard work, 010 piano, piano

accompaniment, chamber mu ic, repetiteur work, harp ich rd 010

and ntinuo, and rgan.

e lead a varied mu ica1 life, r cord ing, performing and con

ducting in appearanc with lead ing orchestra and baroque cham

ber gr up . A peciali t in baroque mu ic, he ha tour d exten ively

over ea a well a acc mpanying Alfred eller for many year. He

ha alway maintained a clo e intere t in Jewi h mu ic, taki ng part

in many c nc rt with internati nally famou hazza nim, and i

al mu ical dir ct rand rgani t f the We tmin ter ynagogu.

Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm St GUes, Cripplegate

Russian and Polish Romantics Evgeny Soifertis, piano

Sonata No. 6 in D minor, opus 73 Vaynberg

Valse-Fantasie in B flat minor linka

Sonata No. 6 in A major, opus 82 Pr k fiev

Interval

Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, opus 36 Rachmanin v

Four Mazurkas, opus 24 hopin

i) minor ii) C major iii) A fl4t major iv) B flat minor

Spanish Rhapsody Li zt

Vaynberg: Sonata No. 6 in 0 minor, opus 73 Very few mpo er at the end f the twentieth entury have pro

duced a much a M i he Vaynberg: tweny- ix ymphonie, ven

pera , a hundred r manc ,and dozen f hamber in trumental

mu i pie e . B rn in 1919 in War aw, a a young child he howed

great pr mi e a a piani t. "ntering the Warsaw n ervat ry at the

age f twelve, Vaynberg wa h wn t Jo eph Hoffman wh liked

him very much < nd arranged 6 r him to tudy with him in the

United tate. hi wa, h wever, n t po ible wing to the n et of

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th second world war. Wartime events profoundly influenced all hi

compo ition , and in 1939 Vaynberg e caped and cros ed the bor

der into Ru sia. All hi family were killed by Nazi in the War aw

gh tto.

As both a friend and colleague, Vaynberg wa highly r garded by

ho takovich. In 1948 during talin repre ion, Vaynberg wa

impri oned a hi wife was a niece of one of a group ofKremlin doc

tor who were accused of trying to poi on talin. ho takovich saved

hi life by writing to the authorities and pleading with them.

Hi mu ic can be as ociated with the writing of holom

Aleichcm. ho takovich of course had an impact on Vaynberg, but

hi thematic mat rial i very individual and contain the roOt of

both Jewish and lavonic folklore mu ic. Hi music is not openly

religiou , but religion can be d tected in the mu ic.

he onata contains twO movement: a low movement followed

by a fa t movement.

Vaynberg continued to work up to hi death, compo ing in b d

for the final y ar of his life . His works have been performed by

i trach, Ro tropovich, ilels, The Borodin uartet, and

Rozdestven ki.

Glinka (1804-1857): Valse-Fantasie in B flat minor The music of linka , the founder of Ru ian cia ical music, i for

ome r a on little known in the We t. However, Berlioz appreciated

it greatly and wrote,' linka' talent i di tingui hed by unu ual flex

ibility and variety ... great harmoni ation ... and lively orche tration.'

Li zt wa al 0 delighted with linka's mu ic and in 1879 wrote to

linka' iter, 'YOut remarkable brother linka wa one of the great

e t idol of my youth. I became acquainted with hi gen iu in 1842

and at my la t concert in 1843 played my tran cription f

Chernomor's March and other arrangement of motif: from that

opera Ruslan and Ludmila. linka r main the patriarch and

prophet of mu ic in Ru ia'.

linka' piano works are quite varied. Hi view n piano play

ing were inAuenced by the outstanding ngli h piani t and com

po er John Field whom he idoli ed. He took le on from him and

hi pupils. According to hi ontemporarie, 'In linka' playing

there wa nothing decorative, nothing 0 tentatious. It wa imply

the pure t d light' .

In hi piano ompo ition linka never had recour to Aa hy

in trumental technique and uperficial effects of virtuo ity. Hi

w rks captivate by the poetical charm of their mu ical image,

expre ed with that implicity of which on ly great ani t are capable.

In general th fate f the waltz in Ru ia wa difficult. uring the

r ign of Paul I waltzing wa forbidden by a pecial police ord r.

Forty year later (1839) linka creat d a work of geniu the Fantasy Waltz, to which the compo er kept r turning (fir t compo ed for the

pian and ub equently r -arranged in two orche tral ver ions).

In 1845 th Fantasy Waltzwas ucc fully performed in Pari by

an orche tra onducted by Berlioz. he lyrical principle predomi-


nates in thi work. 'The murmur of tender pa sion and melancholy

and sadness and omething dear, elu ive and inexplicable bur under

stood by the heart.' Thi de cription by A. Kern of linld

romance performed by the author himself also applie to the main

emotional mood of the Fantasy Waltz. While retaining sub tantial features of the waltz, linka lightly

elevates the main theme, giving it a pecial emotional en itivity.

The combination of the mo t refined arti try and acce ibility to the

general public can be felt in the whole of the work' imag ry and

intonations. In one way linka' work i particularly clo e to

Chopin' waltze and in the other to tho e of trau . linka

achieves a synthe is of the movement of dance and the lyricism of

song.

Feature of choreographic narration (anticipating Ravel 's Bolero) can be clearly felt. The combination of emotional open ne and

cha te r ticence, sincere sympathy and the mo t refined arti try,

carefree joie de vivre, profound lyrical feeling and lofty intellectual

i m, achieved by linka in the Fantasy Waltz is typical of Ru ian

artistic culture of Pu hkin's time. The cla ical waltzes of

Tchaikov ky, Glazunov and Prokofiev can be traced back to the

Fantasy Waltz.

Prokofiev (1891- 1953): Sonata No. 6 in A major, opus 82 ergei Prokofiev lived abroad for more than ixteen year. He

returned to his country with hi fir t wife, the pani h-Poli h opra

no Lina Llubera and hi fame was uch that he enjoyed protection

for a number of year. In the summer of 1939, in the town of

Kislovodsk, Prokofiev made the acquaintance of the twenty-four

year-old Mira Mendelson. Hi affection for the girl brought him

back to his favourite in trument. The same happened ixteen year

earli r when hi love for Lina, then twenty- ix year old, in pired

him to write onata no. 5.

But, since 1939 wa in many re pect a very eventful year for

Prokofiev, it seem unlikely that love ha been hi only urce of

in piration for thi onata. Hi dear friend, the tage dire tor

Vsevold Meyerhold wa arre ted on 30 June and di appeared after a

trial where he refused to admit alleged mi take in the pa t. The wifl

of Meyerhold, Zinaida, wa found murdered hortly after he wa

arrested. His own wife 10 t all support when he became a 'foreign

er' by the simple fact that Prokofiev had left her. All thi , together

with the re ults of the profound study Prokofiev made at that time

of the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven, mu t have been on

hi mind when he et out to write a pian onata. a compo er,

Prokofiev conceived theme and mov ment rath r than thinking of

a work a a whole. Thi way it could happen that hi work in

Ki lovod k re ulted in ketch for no le s than three piano onata.

In the early pring of 1940, in Mo cow, he fini hed th fir t f the e

a onata No. 6. Thi work, the long t of the nine onata he wrote,

i a powerful and tightly con truct d compo ition written in a tran -

parent tyle. Nonethele , it may be clear from the foregoing that

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thi work had little chance of becoming an example of ache rfu l

love- ong in onata form.

The Allegro Moderato open with a theme that give, through

rhythm and r petition, an impre ion of d i tre and anger. The second theme i very much to the contrary, ti lled and poetical. The

mu ic m ve between the contra ts, although aggr ion prevai l .

The econd movement, Allegretto, i a pa toral : cheerfu l, dancing

and melodiou . The v ry low third movement, Tempo di Valzer Lentissimo, i in a subdued mood, fu ll of ad contemplation. In their

form the cond and third movement ar alike: balancing between

a rond and a theme with variation. he Vivace begin playfully,

but midway through we find our elv back with the opening theme

of the onata. Th them i combin d with the material of the

fourth movement in a vision of utter de pair in the la t pag of thi

sonata and the mu ic come to a close with an unexpected exten ion

of the opening theme.

The first performance of the onata wa by Prokofiev on 8 Apri l

1940, during a concert in Mo cow that wa broadca t directly on

radio. he fi r t recording wa made in 1947 by Victor Merjanov

(one of oiferti ' teacher ), who e interpretation Pr kofiev liked very

much. ne year later the recording material and all the rec rd were

de troyed. Th onata wa denounced by the vern ment a per

vert dart.

Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, opus 36 (2nd edition) Rachmaninov managed ucce fu lly to fo llow thr e m u ical di ci

plin in hi life-comp er c nductor and piani t. As a ompo er

he wr te '1 try t make my mu ic peak imply and d ire t1y that

which i in my heart at the time I am comp ing' . He wa , in fact a

romantic comp er writing after th romantic peri d. H i piano

mu ic wa written for hi own hand, which were extremely large

and ften the he r phy ical difficu lty r nder it beyond the capabil

itie of many piani t .

Pian onata No. 2 in B Aat minor wa writt n in 191 , an

xtremely amb iti u work, fu ll of wild de pair with an lectrifying

fina le. In 19 1 the comp er ub tantially revi ed the onata, utting

it and implifying the pian texture. The work wa dedicated t hi

friend M. Pre man. The two had tudied together. Pre man wa

al 0 a talented piani t and when he wa per ecuted, Rachma ni n v

took car of him and upported him.

Chopin: Four Mazurkas, opus 24 Between 1830 and 1849 hopin c mp d fifty- ix mazurka . They

have come to be v ry well kn wn and are f immen e charm and

ubtlety, adapting in an ideali ed way hi untry' native dan e.

Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody A thri ll ing h w- topper that u tw traditi nal melodie , 'J ta

Arag ne a' and' olie d ' pagne'.


Evgeny Soifertis, piano vgeny oifert i wa born in Kiev and r ceived hi fir t piano le on

when aged fiv from Profe r M . Narodi t kaya, who e teacher,

Pr fe r Beklimicheff had been one f Bu oni ' favo urit pupil . At

the age of thi rteen, vgeny w n fir t pr ize at the Beethoven

om petition in Kiev. He tudied at the Mo cow on ervatory

under Pr fe or V Merjan ff and al took le on in chamber

mu ic with Profe r Makaroff wh performed with Yehudi

Men uh in and M ti lav R er p vi h and ma tercla e with N.

Magaloff. W hile ti ll a tudent vgeny performed through ut th

oviet Uni n. oon aft r moving t live in the Netherland he won

the Alex de Vrie F undat i n ompetition in Antwerp, a prize that

had previou ly been awarded to uch art i t a Beroff and

Pogor li h. He was also a prize-winner in the itta di Mar ala

ompetition in Italy.

vgeny' of works by Pr kofiev and ho takovich received

worldwide a claim from both criti and li teners ali ke. He ha

re endy mpleted the re rding of a omplete of linka piano

mu ic t; r Merid ian Record.

H i performan e in England include participation in the

tratford-up n-Av nand ra ington F tival and in Europ , the

Flander fe tival and venue thro ughout H lIand. He ha broadca t

on both radio and TV, in lud ing performanc on the 'Mu i for

Milli n ' programme in Holland and a Belgian fi lm of hi perfor

mance f the Pr kofiev onata N . 6. He ha given ma ter la e at

Trin ity liege, L nd n and given tw Wigm re Hall r cital .

Saturday 7 November, 7 ·30pm Bridewell Theatre

Saving Charlotte by Judi Herman A play with music, drawing on Charlotte Salomon's painted autobiography Life? or Theatre? A discussion will follow tonight's performance Mary Chater Annoushka Le Gallois Kristin Marks Kerry Shale directed by Jacqui Somerville music arranged and di rected by Wendy Gadian designed by Strange Pilgrims lighting designed by Malcolm Rippeth Presented by Just Productions in association with oncordance. T he play ru n at the Bridewell Theatre unti l aturday 21

N vem bel'. Box ffi e 0 171 9 45

In tober 194 at the age f twenty- ix, the erman-Jewi h ani t,

ha rl tte al m n, five m nth pregnant, died in Au hwitz.

At the age f22, ent t her grandparent in the uth ofFran e,

away fr m her friend, fami ly and I ver, he d i overecl the terrible

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ecret of her mother' uicide and faced the choice of taking her own

life or 'undertaking omething wi ldly eccentric'. There he painted

th extraordinary serie of769 autobiographical painting, complete

with word and mu ical reference, to make the painted 'operetta'

Life? or Theatre? 'Take good care of it', she to ld the friend to whom

he entru t d the finished work, ' It is my whole life.'

And Life? or Theatre? urvived. Thu the tory can be told .

he moving y t humorou new play et in pre-war Berl in and

wartime France in lude c1as ical and contemporary m u ic, a pec

ified by harlotte her elf. he production of this new play coincide

with the exhibition of Life? or Theatre? at The Royal Academy con

tinuing unti l 17 January 1999 ( ee other events related to thi exhi

biti n: 9, 11, 16 November)

Sunday 8 November, 11.ooam The Jewish Museum (Cam den Town)

Talk: The World of Jewish Music Alexander Knapp Alexander Knapp, mu icologi t, broadcaster and Joe Lo ecturer

in Jewi h Mu i at ity Univer ity, London, trace the Jewi h mu i

cal her itage over the ag and acro the world .

Tickets £7.50 (includes gallery admission and bage l lunch) The Jewish Museum: 0171 284 1997


Sunday 8 November, 3.30pm Barbican Centre

Broadway to Hollywood The Oxford Philomusica Marios Papadopoulos, conductor, piano Gregori Schechter, clarinet Benzion Miller, cantor John Hill, lighting A popular concert cel brating the groundbreaking compo er who

cro sed the divide between th jazz cafe and concert hall, between

popular song and opera, ynagogue and concert tage, live perfor

mance and film.

'Ponsored by BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital. In the presence of His Excellency Vissilis . Zafiropoulos, Ambasador of Greece to the Court of t famess.

Candide Overture Leonard Bern tein

Amar Rabi Elazar Arr. M. y her from . Winternitz orche trated by Joseph Nes

Sheyibone Beis Hamikdosh I rael chorr, arr. Jo eph Ne

Shadows of Life and Death from The Heritage of Heaven Robert tras burg Donald McVay, solo viola

Theme from Schindler's List John William Robert Atchison, solo violin

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Rhapsody in Blue eorge ershwin, orchestrated by F rde rofe

Marios Papadopoulos conducts from the keyboard

Interval

Klezmer Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra (first performance)

regori chechter i) Introduction ii) Freylachs iii) Nigun

iv) Memories v) Coda Finale Gregori Schechter, solo clarinet

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein i) Prologue: Allegro moderato ii) omewhere: Adagio iii) cherzo: Vivace leggiero iv) Mambo: Presto v) Cha-Cha: And.antino con grazia vi) Meeting cene: Meno mosso

vii) Cool Fugue: Allegretto viii) Rumble: Molto Allegro ix) Finale: Adagio

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Candide Overture Leonard Bern tein wa ne of the mo t ver ati le mu ician of the

century. mpo r, pianist and conductor f international tature,

he, like er hwin, produced a number of timele ma terpie e .

mpleted in 1956, Candide i a mu ical ba ed n Voltaire' play of

the ame name. T he vertu re mu t be th brighte t anywh re,

witching eemle Iy from wing ro mooch, patho to j y, and ba k

again twice in four minute ! If ever Bern tein wr te a ignature tune,

it wa the Candide overture.

Moishe Oysher (1907-1958): Amar Rabi Elazar Moi h y her wa ne f the ut tanding cant rial voi e f the

twentieth entury. He i e pecially remembered 6 r hi elebrated

film r le . He wa b rn t a mu ical fami ly in Lipkon, Ba arabia

and wa a d cendant f ix generati n f ntor. He wa

immer ed in and c mmitted t the mu i f the ynagogue and can

torial art from hi hildho d nward but he wa alway drawn to

the theatre. He began appearing in theatri al pr du ti n a a hild

in the area f hi native town.

He left ur pe aged ab ut thirteen with hi family wh etded

fir t in Montr al and then Philadelphia. T here, he played vari u

role in Yiddi h T heatre nr t with the mall ompany f ~ If


humsky and Berel Bernardi (father of the future Broadway actor

and H llywood film tar, Her hel Bernardi, tar of Fiddler on the Roof;. ter, y her joined the ca t of a prominent Yiddi h theatre

in Brooklyn, New York and toured the United tate and outh

America in th atrical producti n in 1935.

Moi he y her never abandoned his ther pa ion, the cantori

al art and the mu ic ofJewi h worship. In many way, therefore, hi

work both vocally and in hi own comp ition repre ent a fu ion of

the theatre and the ynagogue. This very 'cro over' however, did n t

alway m et with approval fr m religiou circl . When n hi return

from the outh American th atre tour, he wa app inted cantor for

the High Holyday at ne of New Yi rk' mo t imp rtant yna

gogue , the Romanian ynagogue on the lower ~a t id, there wa

a public outcry from the rthodox w rld in N w York who object

ed to the very n tion of an 'actor' officiating a cantor in an ortho

dox ynag gue. ummoned to a rabbinical tribunal for adjudication

f thi di pute, y her agreed to the tipulati n that he could con

tinue both endeavour only on conditi n that he nev r appear on

the tage on the abbath or H lyday . The publicity from thi inci

dent only cau d hi career to oar. He mad three Yiddish film in

the late 1930' : the emi-aut biographical Cantors on, The inging Blacksmith, and Overture to Glory, the tory of the legendary cantor

kn wn a the Vilna Baalhabei el. uring the ame period y her

al 0 appear d in major conc rt hall in America a well a urope,

rec rded for R: A Vi tor, and ang n num r u radi broadca ts.

Becau e f hi refu al to violate th abbath, howev r, he rejected

many ffer to appear in Broadway hows, alth ugh he did perform

on a number of nati nally br adca t televi ion h w b th a inger

and a tor. Hi wn mpo iti n reflect hi pecial mixture of influ

en e - theatri aI, dramatic, mu ical, liturgical and piritual.

Israel Schorr (1886-1935), arr. Joseph Ness: Sheyibone Beis Hamikdosh I rad ch rr wa b rn in the Au tr - ali ian mpire and began hi

antorial areer inging a a y ung child for th Rymanover R bbe,

late r be oming that Ha idic leader' ffi ial antor. In 1904 he

b ame the Hazzan ( antor) in emberg, ucceeding hi di tant r 1-ative, the lebrated B ruch chorr. Foll wing the Fir t World War,

during whi h he erved in the Au trian army he erved pulpit in

Brunn racow and Pie tyan, Hungary. He emigrat d t the United

tate in 1924, wh re he erved major ynag gue a antor and

made n err appea ran e . i etting for heyibone Beis Hamikdosh, xp r ing th undying hope for the M iani redem ption and

re t rati n f the an ient temple of Jeru alem, i und ubtedly ne

f hi m t fam u w rk . It 6 und it way into numer u concert

hall and broad at, and i a fu i n fliturgi al and m re theatri al

tyle. hi work wa made even more famou thr ugh it r nditi n

by the legendary antor M he Ku evit ky, wh e wn per onal

v r ion f it is the ne h ard in thi evening' per6 rmance. It or he trati n take the etting out f th realm f the ynag gue and

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place it in the milieu of the popular cantorial concert framework,

exhibiting the influence of Broadway performance tyle.

Robert Strassburg: Shadows of Life and Death Robert trassburg' The Heritage of Heaven, a suite for tring orche -

tra, wa written in 1946 and premiered in 1955 at a programme

honouring the American Jewi h entenary. The four movement

were inspired by biblical quotation from Moses, avid, Job and

I aiah. T he opening Andante is r verential in character, r flecting

Mo e' word in euteronomy 6: 5, ~d thou hall love Adonoy,

your 'd, with all your heart, with all your oul and with all your

might.' he second movement, Allegro moderato, is a chorale pre

lude, in which King avid, the Psalmist, i repre ented in the cello

and basse , 'Lord, who shall dwell upon your holy mountain? He

who walks upright and doe righteously, and peaks truth in hi

heart' (P aim 15: 1,2). In the third movement, which we hear today,

a 010 viola give voice to Job's great lament, 'My harp i tuned to

mourning, and my pipe to the voice of them who weep' Gob 31) .

This i supported by sombre muted trings. The int n ity and driv

ing power of the concluding Allegro Molto ari e out of the word of

the Prophet I aiah, 'For behold, the Lord wi ll come in fire and His

chariot hall b like the whirlwind! '

(Programme note by the composer, edited by Richard ee and Neil

evin)

As an acclaimed composer who career pan n arly two-thirds

of a century on both the a t and We t coast of the United tates,

Robert tra burg personifies in many ways the arti tic, cla ical and

Jewi h mu ical links between Broadway and Hollywood. e al 0

repre nt a olid bridge between eriou twentieth century mu ic

6 r the concert hall and th medium of film mu ic 0 much a part

fthe 0 Angele (Hollywood) area where he ha pent much of hi

life. Born in 1915 on the a t coa t, he received hi mu ical ed uca

tion and degree from the New ngland on ervatory and Harvard.

After relocating to alifornia and e tabli hing himself as a teacher

and conductor a well a compo er, he earned hi doctorate in mu ic

at the Univer ity of Judai m in Lo Angel .

He ha produced an unu ually wide variety of mu ic- acred

and ecular, in trumental and vocal, conc re and th atrical. Hi

liturgical works include ynagogue ervices, numerou p alm ettings

and other Hebraic piece, and a Jewi h 6 lk opera entitled Chelma work with seriou Broadway overtone combin d with twentieth

entury la sical idiom. ome of hi mo t important ecular art

mu ic ha been in pired by, or been directly related t , the poetry of

the legendary American poet, Walt Whitman, on whom he i con-

idered an auth rity. He was co-chairman of the International

Whitman entennial in 1992, for which he wrote a ten-movement

choral ymphony, Leaves of Grass. n the other hand, tra burg has

been extr mely prolific in the area of film mu ic-especially during

hi alifornia y ar . He has written over forty film score and much

docum ntary film mu ic, a well a incidental mu ic for the theatre.


He i Profes or Emeritu of Music at ali~ rnia tate Univer ity,

where he is Founding irector of the Roy Harri Archives, and the

recipient of numerou award and honour - including the National

Institute of ArtS and Lettre , Macdowell Fellow hip and Miami'

ompo r of the Year award . Prior to hi appointment at alifornia

tate University, he wa ean of the chool of ine Art at the

Univer ity of Judai m in Lo Angel .

John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List Thomas Keneally' factual account of th life of indu triali t kar

chindler wa the ubj ct of a film by teven pielberg made in

1994. pielberg capture the drama and torm nt, the horror and

brutality of life in the concentration camp to produce a film that i

tunning in emotional impact. To do ju tice to a film of thi nature

required the most ensitive of touche and William ' truly touching

and emotive theme i perfectly weighted for the drama' rich with

emotion but not with sentimentality. he theme i play cl by a 01 violin which i the perfect choice since it is the one in trument mo t

a ociated with the Jewish nation a well as having a singular poten

tial (to touch the heart) among t the in trument of the orch tra.

George Gershwin (1898-1937): Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue was written in 1924, when er hwin wa only

twenty-five, and owe it exi tence to Paul Whiteman, who wa

planning an educational 'jazz' concert in N w York and want d

ershwin to write something specially for it. At fir t r hwin paid

no attention but after reading in a new paper that' eorg er hwin

i compo ing a jazz concerto' for thi concert h decided he might a

well tr at the whole bu ine more eriou ly. The eventual outcome

wa Rhapsody in Blue--written in le than ix weeks.

he argument till continue about the work' ucce a an

experiment in combining the free pirit of jazz with the formal di -

cipline of cIa ical mu ic. The argument i a pur ly academic one,

for by the tandard of popular acceptanc and mu ical njoyment,

Rhapsody in Blue i an undoubted ucces . From the famou opening

glissando to the very la t note, er hwin delight with melody and

rhythm that need n label to convince of their out tanding worth.

At th time he wrote thi, er hwin had very little experien e of

orche tration- in fact he had relied on a profe ional arrang r in the

person of Ferde rofe, to orche trate the work. rofe produced an

earlier version for a jazz band and later orche trated the work for full

orche tra. In today' concert, the full orche tra ver ion will be per

formed.

Gregori Schechter (b. 1957): Klezmer Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra

regori ch chter had the idea of writing an rche tral Klezmer

Rhapsody for ome year. The opportunity came when the Jewi h

Mu ic Heritage Tru t commi ioned a work fi r thi year' Fe tival,

World of Jewi h Mu ic.

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regori who come fr m Ru ia and who ab orbed the klezmer

tradition from hi parents and grandparents ay that the idiom i

immediately recogni able, although all the tune are original. hi

work, about fifteen minute long, ha an introducti n, three move

ment and a coda. It ncompa e aried emotion, and a wide range

f tempi and dynami .

Freylachs (happy dance): Mter an introducti n which begin with

a hort clarinet cadenza in the tyle f a Rumanian doina, th re i

heard a hort ad melody that will appear again in the third move

ment. The tring with piani imo tympan i then take up the tune.

The momentum gather and the 01 larinet and r h tra vie with

ach ther for speed and excitement. T hi glo my ep isode oon

modulate to a major key and the movement ontinue and end

with uplifting pirit.

Nigr,m (lyrical melody): T he ob e tart with a very weet, lyrical

melody accompanied by oft pizzicat tring. Tw clarin t then

take up the ame melody in parr. The developm nt include all the

woodwind and within thi movement we hear an epi ode f rien

tal melody.

Memories: T hi p ignant movement wa compo ed fir t and

form the central focu of the work. It maintains a low temp with

ome variation of rhythm with the orche tra taking up the ad m tif

briefly heard at the end of the Introduction. In thi movement the

clarinet ob and even cr am bllt there i light and h p and the

movem nt modu late to fin i h in the major key.

oda Finale: tak it melodi from the fir t Freylach . he lar

inet tart a rhythmic acc mpaniment with whi h wh le r he tra

join in. T h n the 01 clarinet tart the Freylach again in the u ual

minor k y and then udden ly goe int the maj r for the final

grand coda.

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

e rge er hwin and Le nard Bern tein were b th Jewi h com

po er from New York wh erved and e1ebrated an urban

metr poli. er hwin wa a popular entertainer wh made art

mu ic, while Bern tein, a cia ical ompo er, al had fabu l u uc

ce in the comm r ial world. Hi core f the Br adway mu i al

west ide tory, whi h pen din 1957, wa a rounding ucce and

ha ju t b en revived in London. It adapt hake pare' Romeo and Julietand et it in New York am id t the racial and religiou t n i n

of the i panic immigrant, pr viding an entertainment whi h, by

being al 0 art, den t d ny the tragic dimen i n f hake pea re'

play. It urvive t a on ert mu ic ince Bern tein, perhap rec g

ni ing that the pie e ntain hi m t in pired mu i , pr du ed a

' ymphonic uite' whi h, like er hwin' n ert pie e, eem t

have w n a permanent pIa e in the repert ry.


The Performers

The Oxford Philomusica Vladlmir Ashkenazy, patron Marios Papadopoulos, music director Robert Atchlson, leader Under the arti tic direction of Mario Papadop ulo , T he xford

Phil mu i a pre ent the twenty-fir t century role of the modern

ymph ny rche era. It ffer on ert performance - ymphony

and chamber orche era, chamber mu ic, recital - educational pro

gramme for ch I and profe ional po t-graduate inv Ivemene; a

plat6 rm 6 r young arti t ; the encouragement of new compo ition ;

r cord ing and media work; an agen y for cultural exchange and

tour.

In February 1999, The xford Phil mu i a will pre nt it fir t

xford c ncert erie at the hi toric heldonian Theatre. oloi t

include teven I erli, alina Vrach va and Maurice Ha on. he

concurr nt chamber mu ic erie, at the H Iywell Music Room in

a ociation with xford Univer ity Press will incorporate premi re

by Briti h comp er, and in February and Mar h 1999, th y will

tour witzerland' major citie . A first ever tour of eorgia and

Azerbaijan by a Briti h rche tra i planned for May with plan

under way 6 r an American tour in the ummer.

Am ng tit rec rding pr gramme, he xford Philomu ica will

be re rding work featured in thi afte rnoon' concert for the U If Milken Foundation Archive of Jewi h Mu ic.

The x6 rd Phil mu ica i manag d by The xford

Phil mu i a Tru t: Philip N wman, chairman, avid t ne,

chief exe utive.

Marios Papadopoulos, piano and conductor B rn in ypru, Mario Papad p ulo ' areer ha taken him all over

n ere piani t and ndu t r. In 1967 he

m ved t L nd n, tudying with 11 na Kabo , and in 1973 wa

ele ted Young Mu i ian f the ye ar by the reater nd n Art

A iati 11. e made hi d but in L nd n a year later at the ucel1

lizabeth all and in N w Yi rk at the in oln entre in 1976. H

hold a t rate in Mu i fr m ity Univer ity, Lond n. Thi

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year, he ha been nominated by the ypru overnm ne for the

1998 International Music Prize of UNE

Following a distingui hed career as a concert pianist, be began

his conducting career in 1976. In 1985 he appeared at London'

ueen Elizabeth Hall in a erie playing three conc rt and direct

ing nine Mozart oncerto. He ha ince twice performed the com

plete cycle of all the Mozart oncereo . He ha conducted the

urop an ommunity hamber rche era, the London Mozart

Player, the Royal Philharmonic rche tra and the Philharmonia

horu . He ha been gue t conductor in France

omique, Pari ), the United tate, Brazil, outh Mrica

and reece. In opera, he ha conducted Mozarc' Magic Flute and

Verdi' 11 Trovatore for th reek National pera. H return there

next ea on to conduct Mozart' Marriage of Figaro. Principal ue t onductor of th City of xford rche era

from 1993, he b came it Principal onductor in 1996. In June

1998, he b came founder member and Mu ic irector of The

xford Philomu ica.

Mario Papadopoulos has r corded fourteen s and has been

acclaimed for hi recording of travin ky' Concerto for Piano and Wind (Hyperion), for dir cting the Royal Philharmonic rche tra

from the keyboard, and for hi recording of ho takovich's 24 pre

lude and fugue. i 010 recording of the Beethoven onatas have

been ingled out a out tanding both by las ic M Magazin and

the Daily Telegraph.

Cantor Benzlon Miller For biography, ee page 26

Gregori Schechter, composer, clarinet Fr m an ea rly age, regori howed remarkabl mu ical kill and j

now the mu ical director, ompo er, arranger, larineti t and axo

ph ni t of the Kl zmer Fe tival Band and other en emble . He tud

i d at the T haikov ky on rvatory in hi home town of Alma Ata

in Ru ia. After graduating, he perfl rmed throughout the oviet

Uni n and he wa n a much ought-after player. He be am the

principal ax ph ni t in a pre tigiou how band and ha experien e


playing and conducting, composing and arranging almo t every type

of mu ic.

regori emigrated to I rael in 1987 with hi fami ly. Eagerly

accepted by the I raeli Police Band he ptoduced a number of very

ucces ful arrangement for them a well a playing clarinec. In I rael

he met ue, hi London-born wife, and came to ettle in ngland.

It was regori's father who fir t introduced him to the mu ic of

the Klezmer. regori's arrangement come traight from Rus ian

and Eastern uropean tradition. Apart from hi experti e in

Klezmer, regori's varied repertoire of musical tyle rang from

la ical through to Big Band, I raeli and C ha idic mu ic a well a

all style of Jazz. As a chari matic player and particularly gifted com

po er and arranger, regori chechter tran port hi listener to

realm of sheer delight.

Sunday 8 November, 7.30pm

Sternberg Centre for judaism

Jewish Life and Folksong in Slovakia Pavol Mestan, speaker Ervin Schonhauser, voice Eugon Gnoth, piano Profes or Pavol Mestan irector of the Mu eum of Jewi h ulture

in Brati lava will give a talk on the Jew of lovakia, followed by a

concert of Yiddi h, Hebrew and Ru ian ong by lovak-Jewi h

inger rvin chonhau er and piani t Eugen noth.

Ervin chonhau er, the on of a cantor, i a urvivor of the Nazi

death camp of ered and Terezin and live in Brati lava. He ha per

formed for the former Pre ident of lovak Republic, Michal Kovac,

at a Holocau t Memorial eremony and in ynagogue in Prague.

Whil t the Jewi h quarter in Prague remain n of the zech

Republic' mo t popular touri t attraction, little i kn wn f the

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Jew of lovakia, most of whom w re ki lled during the econd

World War. In 1991 , the lovak National Mu eum took the tep of

etting up a eparat department to deal with Jewi h culture, which

in 1994 became the Mu eum of Jewish ulture. Thi i hou ed in a

building in Z idovska ereet Oewi treet) and further di plays can

be found in two ynagogue in Brati lava. Included in the collection

are item formerly in the National Jewi h Mu eum in Prague which

were returned to lovakia in 1993.

xhibition at the ternberg ntre include photograph of the

ynagogu and other ite of Jewi h intere t in lovakia a well a

works by arti t Imro Weiner-Kral. ( ee page #)

Monday 9 November, 7.30pm St james's Piccadilly

Tribute Concert for Charlotte Salomon A concert to commemorate the 60th anniversary of 'Kristallnacht', and private view of Charlotte Salomon's autobiographical exhibition Life? or Theatre? at the Royal Academy of Arts Introduced by Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts Eileen Hulse, soprano George Mosley, baritone Music Projects/London:

Richard Bernas, conductor Nancy Ruffer, flute TIm Holmes, clarinets julian Poore, trumpet Martin Hepple, horn Ron Bryans, bass trombone Hugh Webb, harp Helen Crayford, ce leste Robert Keeley, piano and continuo The Bingham Quartet plus double bass: Steven Bingham, violin Sally-Ann Weeks, violin Brenda Stewart, viola james Halsey, ce llo Corrado Canonici, double bass Presented by the Jewish Music Heritage Trust in association with the RoyaL Academy of Arts.

Sonata about Jerusalem Alexand r ehr

Hertzgewachse opus 2 0 Arnold h enberg

Interval


String Quartet in D minor Veath and the Maiden' Franz chubert

Cantata BVW158 Ver Friede sei mit dir' ]. . Bach

The Performers

Music Projects/London Mu ic Pr ject ILondon wa founded by Richard Berna and tr m

b ni t R g r William in 1978. he en emble ha e tabli hed it elf

a one f Britain' fine t twentieth entury mu ic en mble, known

particularly for the range and imaginati n of it pr gramming. From

the ut t, it aim were t r viv ignificant work by major com

po r , to introduce t Britain compositi n that have been heard

abroad and to collaborate with the younger ge nerati n of

compo er .

As well a appearing at ngland' leading contemporary mu ic

fe tival , it r cord r gularly for the BB and has al 0 r orded for

Radi France and BRT. It erie of pr ductions, New Images of otmd, wa initiated at London' River ide tudio and then relocat

ed to the A1meida heatre; the late t concert , a three-part portrait

f new American mu ic, wa produced in conjunction with the

R yal Academy of Art 'blo kbu ter' xhibition American Art in the

Twentieth Century. ue t onductor of Mu ic Project I ondon hav includ d the

c mpo er John Adam , im n Bainbridge, John a ken and liver

Knu en. It ha r c rded for NM and Virgin la ics. Mu ic

Project IL ndon' fir t relea e for the Argo label feature harle

Ive' omplete ets for Theatre rchestra i relea ed next year.

Richard Bernas, conductor Ri hard Berna wa b rn in N ew York ity, later m ving to ngland

where he read mu ic at Yi rk Univer ity. After tudying condu ting

with Wit Id R wi ki in War aw and Fran 0 F rrara in iena h wa

Re ident nductor at u ex Univer ity and a i ted ir harle

M ackerra in a number of production , notably the R H perfor

man e f lu k' Alceste. In 1978, he founded Music

Proje t IL ndon, which ha e tabli hed it elf a ne fBritain' I ad

ing twentieth century mu ic en embl . e ha been guest onduc

tor f maj r r he tra in Finland, Iceland, the N etherland ,

Belgium, France Japan and Britain. nducted the BB

ymphony r he tra and at the BB

in luded large- ale pr ducti n for y n, Pari , oni h pera,

N , N etherland pera and the pera de Ba tille a well a cham-

~ r the A1meida and A1deburgh Fe tival and BB

e ha frequently gue t ndu ted for the R yal Ballet

at arden.

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the R yal Philharm ni 0 iety Prize for Be t

reek by M ark Anth ny Turnage and th 199 1

ramophone Award for his first

a ken.

Bingham String Quartet Stephen Bingham,violin Sally-Ann Weeks, violin Brenda Stewart, viola James Halsey, cello

, the opera Golem by John

ne of a fine tradition of Briti h tring quartet fo rmed and devel

oped under the guidance of idney ri ller at th e Royal Academy of

M u ic,the Bingham uartet take it place a one of the United

Kingdom' fo remo t chamber en emble , with a fi ne reputation fo r

interpretation of the cla ical repertoir and a fre h and exciting

approach to new mu ic. T hey have performed at Briti h mu ic

Fe tival and ocietie, a well a on the outh Bank. For ngli h

H eritage, th y perform th med concert at th e Kenwood rangery

and Ranger H ou e. With clarineti t avid Camp bell, they have

toured in urope and a far as the Uni ted Arab Emirate and

Australia, recorded fo r the BB and made a of Brahm and

Mozart clarinet quintet. Education and community work has

become an important part of the quartet's work.

Tuesday 10 November, 7.30pm Western Marble Arch Synagogue,

With Heart and Soul Cantor Benzion Miller, baritone Daniel Gildar, piano London Synagogue Singers Neil Levin, conductor Presented in association with western Marble Arch >Jnagogue.


ne of the world's fine t cantors, Benzion Miller, from New York,

performs the great liturgical setting by the legendary antor

omposer of the olden era: Yo ele Rosenblate, Pierre Pinchik,

Moshe Kou ewitzky and other. He al 0 perform beloved Yiddi h

folk and heatre song by halom ecunda and Jo eph Rum hin ky.

The Performers

Benzion Miller, baritone antor Benzion Miller' inging career began in early hildhood

when from the age of five, he wa called upon to ing at Jewi h func

tion as the lead oloi t in the Ye hiva choir and a a 010 performer.

He received hi education at the Bobover Ye hiva in Brooklyn

and at the Bobover Ye hiva K dushat Zion in Bat Yam, I rael. Hi

ba ic knowledge of and training in cantorial mu ic wa received

under the guidance of hi father, the very popular antor and Reb

Aaron Miller. Benzion Miller studied mu ic theory and elfeggio

under Cantor amuel B. Taube of Montreal, anada and Rehovot,

I rael . He al 0 tudied voice production at the hampagne chool

of Mu ic in Montreal a well a with Dr Puggell and A. Zfira in New

York. At th age of eighteen, Benzion Miller accepted the po ition

of antor at the Hillside Jewi h entre in Hill ide, New Jer ey.

From there he went on t po ition in the ronx, Montreal and

Toronto. At the pre ent time, he i serving a chief antor of

ongregation Beth- I of Boro Park, a po ition that ha been erv d

by the world's most famou cantors including Mordechai

Her hman, Berele Chagy and Mo he Kou evitzky.

Benzion Miller ha performed in conc rt ro great acclaim in the

United tate, anada, I rael and Europ . He i ne of the foremo t

interpreter of Hebrew Liturgical Mu ic and i equally at hom in

operatic reperroire and Yiddi h Folk Mu ic.

The London Synagogue Singers Thi new group is drawn from ome of the fine t ynagogue inger

in London. They have come together specially for thi concert and

will be making some recording for the Milken Archive of Ameri an

Jewi h mu ic.

Neil Levin, conductor Neil Levin i a profe or of mu ic at the J wi h heological

eminary of America in New York, n who e faculty he ha erved

ince 1982. He i al 0 irector of the Mi lken amily Foundation

Archive of American Jewi h Mu ic, and irector f the

International entre and Archive for Jewi h Mu ic. He i regarded

a the leading authority on the hi tory of European Jewi h mu ic.

He i the author of numerou article and rw acclaimed book

on Jewi h mu ic, and i editor of the pre tigiou ch larly journal,

Mttsicajttdaica. He i currently completing a book on Jewi h mu i

cal-hi torical ource (jointly with Edwin erou i of Bar-I1an

Univer icy) a well a a comprehen ive tudy of erman-Jewi h

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mu ical tradition; and he i w rking n a critical dition of the first

known ynagogue horal mu ic of the modern era, the work of

alomon ulzer, the 'father of cantorial mu ic'.

Th recipient of undergraduate degree from both olumbia

Univer icy and the Jui ll iard h I, and a Ma ter egre from

olumbia, he hold a Ph in Jewi h mu ical hi tory. He initially

tudied piano and conducting with the legendary Rudolph anz,

followed by xten ive tudie with Adele Marcu, tto Luening,

Jack Bee on, Mario avidov ky and Jacque -Loui Monod. He lec

ture ~idely in America and urope on a variecy of Jewi h mu ical

topics and frequently serve a scholar-in-residence at ynag gue

and other institution .

Neil L vin devised and onducted the oratorio Vanished Voices which wa pre ented at the Barbican entre, London, a part of the

8th L ndon International Jewi h Mu ic Fe tival.

Daniel Gildar, piano Daniel ildar i a cantor in Philadelphia. He i recogi d a ne of

th for mo t cantorial accompan i t and teacher and he ha per

formed with many of the world's finest inger. He wa one of the

fir t foreigner to go to the form r oviet Union untri to a i t

Jewi h communitie ther by providing cantorial training.

Wednesday 11 November, 7.30pm St John's, Smith Square

Dutch Composers Banned by the Nazis Works by five Dutch Jewish composers, victims of the Second World War, and a homage by Jeff Hamburg Leo Smit Ensemble: Eleonore Pameijer, flute Doris Hochscheid, ce llo Frans van Ruth, piano Lex van Delden Jr., reader Thi event i a 0 iated with the exhibition at the R yal A ademy f

Art f the pa inting f harl tee al m n, whi h have come to

L ndon fr m the Jewi h Hi torical Mu eum in Am terdam. F r

oth r event a ociated with thi exhibition, ( ee 7, 11 and 16 N vember)

Presented in association with the entre for Dtttch and Flemish

ttlture. ttpported by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and City of

Westminster. .pecial thanks to Ms Hilde jansen, ottnsellor for Press and ttltttral Affairs of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Mrs Jrma horkend de Miranda, Professor Reinier alverda, (University ollege

London) and Mr Frits Niessen (. tichting ns Erfdeel).

Thinking of Holland Hendrik Mar man (189 - 1 40) cran lacion: Jam Bro kway read ing


Trois Morceaux (Three Pieces, 1939) Ro y Wi rtheim (1888-1949) i) Cortege des Marionettes ii) Pastorale iii) apncclo flute and piano

You left the house one morning in the spring Jacque Pre er (1899-1970) tran lation: Jam . H Ime reading

Hommage a Sherlock Holmes (J928) Le mit (1900- 1943)

Sonatina (J935) Nic Ri ht r (1915-1945) piano so lo

The song of the eighteen dead Jan ampere (1902- 1943) tran I.ation: Jam s . Holm read ing

Sonata, opus 63 (J958) Lex van eld n (1919-1988) i) Allegro it} Lento iii) Allegro quasi presto ce llo so lo

Interval

March of the dead lara ggink (1 06- 19 1)

tran lati n: . N. MacInn read ing

Nuit Ca/me (Calm Night, 1926) H nri "tt Bo man (1895- 1 52)

ce llo and piano

from: Letters from Westerbork try H ille urn (1 14- 1 43)

tran lation: Am Id J. Pomeran reading

onata (J 943) mit (190 - 1 4 )

i) Allegro

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ii) Lento iii) Allegro moderato flute and piano

Natzweiler Rutger Kopland (b. 1934) tran lation: Jame Brockway reading

Yam Lid (J998) Jeff Hamburg (b. 1956) flute, cello and piano

The Performers

Leo Smit Ensemble In 1995, on the fiftieth anniver ary of the Liberation, the Jewish

Hi torical Mu eum in Amsterdam a ked Eleo(lore Pameijer and

Fran van Ruth to devise ome concert programme for the celebra

tion . This initiative al 0 led to th production of the C Modern Times (with works by Leo mit, Ro y Wertheim and Ignace Lilien)

and the founding, together with compo er JeffHamburg, of the Leo

mit Foundation. T hi Foundation now has it own concert erie

in the U ilenburg ynagogue in Amsterdam, which mainly feature

mu ic from between the war and contemporary mu ic. All the con

certs are broadca t by utch radio.

The Composers

Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) Henriett B man wa the daughter of Henri Bo man, principal

cell i t of the onc rtgebouw rche tra, and the Jewi h piani t ara

Benedict, piano teacher at the Am terdam on ervatory. As a

piani t, Henriette Bo man gave the fir t performance in Holland of

the hamber oncerto for piano, violin and thirteen wind in tru

ment by Alban Berg. Being half-Jewish, she wasn't allowed to per

form after 1942 and had to turn to the network of private concert.

Nuit Calme i one of the la t works from her fir t period of com

po ing. It i dedicated to the famous utch-French celli t erard

ekking. Fr m 1927 t 1930 Henriett Bo man tudied with

Will m Pijper, which re ult d in a om what more compact, but till

very per onal mu i al language. A large part of her output con i t

f the ong he wrote for the French ing r Noemi Perugia, with

whom he had a 10 e profe ional and per onal relation hip.

Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949) R yWertheim wa born into a well-known family f banker in

Am terdam. After high ch I, her parent ent her to a boarding

cho I at Neuilly and, in pired by the exc lIent piano le on he gOt

there, he decided t become a piani t. After her return t Holland,


he rook harmony and counterpoint le on with Bernard Zweers

and em re den. In the rwentie , driven by her ocial awaren

he led children's choir which con i ted of 'the wor t litd tramp '

of Am terdam.

As th mu ic of ebu y, Ravel and travin ky grew more impor- .

tant ro her, he increa ingly felt that he had to 'cro the border '

and in 1929 she decided ro go ro Pari and tudy ther for ix

month. here, he had contact with Loui Aubert and El a Barraine

and the six month turn ed into ix year.

1935 Ro y Wertheim left for Vienna, 19 6 for N ew York and in

1937 he returned to Am terdam. During the war, he had ro go

into hiding and her compo ing came to an end. hordy after the

Liberation she fell ill and in 1949 died at Laren. H er earli t works

are written in a romantic idiom a la e ar Franck, but in the thirti

he developed a ober, modern language of which Three Pieces from

1939, are the be t example .

leo Smit (19°0-1943) Le mit wa al 0 a rudent f Bernard Zweer and em re den. In

1923 he wa the fir t compo ition tudent at the Am terdam

on ervatory to graduate cum laude. oon after that, in 1925, hi

corn po mon ifhottetten wa performed by the oncertgebouw

rche tra. T he critic who appeared puzzled by the 'u of trange

combination of ound from the N egro-like jazzband', on ider d

him one of the 'ultra-modern ' (who e figurehead wa travin ky) and a ked for 'more whole me work'.

In 1927 Leo mit left for Pari , wher one 'could perceive the

pre ence in the city f people like Ravel, Rou el, hmitt and

travin ky.' In the middle of the thirtie he developed a ompletely

per onal language which combine Iyrici m and piriruali ty, impul

ivene and intellect.

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In 1937 Leo mit returned ro Am terdam. T here, he c mpo ed

among ther hi Trio ~ r clarinet, viola and piano and hi

ivertimento for piano duet.

he Flute onata i hi la t compo ition . T he fir t movement wa

completed in ecember 19 9, t e third in June 194 1. he econd

m vement, one of the mo t beautiful contribution ro the ut h

flu te repertoir , bea r the date 12 February 194. n 27 April 19

Le mit wa deported ro obibor, where he wa murdered n 30

April.

Nico' Richter (1915- 1945) Nic Richter howed great talent a a compo er at an early age. In

1935, at an international competition in Bru el he won the H enri

L b eufPrize with a ncertin for larinet, Fren h horn, trumpet,

piano and rw violin . Furtherm re h tudied conducting with the

great H rmann cherchen. a conducror he I d among ther a

student orche tra. T hi enabled him t commi i n compo ition ,

for in tance from hi fri end Alexander Zwaap, wh after the war wa

known a Lex van elden.

In 1942 Nico Richter wa arre ted. In 1945 he r turn d from

achau, verely weak ned. Before he died ome month later from

exhau tion, he found the trength t compl te the fir t and fi fth

mov ment of a renade ~ r flute, violin and viola. T he Piano

onatina, a perfect exampl of Ri hter' aphori tic tyle f omp -

ing, date from 19 5 and wa ~ und in 1988 by Lex van elden Jr.

among t hi fath r' effect .

l ex van Delden (1919-1988) L x van elden wa born under the name f Alexander Zwaap. e

tudied pian and medi ine but had ro give up the latter during the

war be u e he wa Jewi h. Both hi parent were murdered in

obibor on 2 July 194 , a little m re than rw m nth after eo

mit. Alexander him elf wa active in the Re i tance m vement. T he

name Lex van elden, whi h wa derived from hi hiding-name,

wa officially recogni ed in 195 . hat way he alway arried the war

and the 10 fhi parent and f hi be t friend, Nic Ri lu er, in hi

identity. H enriette Bo man , whom h rega rded a a e nd m th

er, had al 0 died by then. T heir friend hip dat from h rtly after

the end f the war, when he phoned him ro ongratu late him n hi

opu 1, L'amour, whi h had been prem iered in 1940 by Nic

Richter. After the war, Van elden be ame ne of the mo t influen

tial per onaliti in the ut h mu i al w rld: n t nly a a ompos

er, bur al a a writer n mu I and a hairman f everal organi-

ation .

he ello mpo ed in 1958 and dedi at-

ed t the wife elli t T ib r de M achll la. It wa a h w-

piece f tefan AlIber, elli t f the fa m u K li h lIartet.

Jeff Hamburg (b. 1956) JeffHamburg wa born in Phi ladelphia. In 1978 he ame t urope.


e ended up in Am terdam and tudied compo ition at The

Hague' Royal on ervat ry with Loui Andrie en. on equently

the pie e he wrot during thi period in general hav a conceptual

hara ter. In the ninetie Hamburg' Jewi h identity became an

e sential impul e in hi ompo ing, which I ads ro a per onal mu i

al language in whi h e pecially the melodic elem nt b gan to play

a mu h more important role. xample of thi are the hamber

pera Esther and th uite from Joshe KaLb, the la t part of which

lead t the central c mpo iti n f thi period: Zey ... (1994) for

prano and rche tra. F r thi concert, material from the third

movement of Zey ... , 'Yam-Lid', ha been arranged for flute, c 110 and piano.

© Fran van Ruth (tran lati n: ori H ch cheid)

The Performers

Eleonore Pameijer, flute leonore Pameijer tudi d with Koo Verheul at th weelinck

on ervatory Am terdam, and graduated cum laude. he al 0 tud

i d with ue Ann Kahn (Verm nt, U A) and ev rino azzeloni

( iena Italy).

In 1984 he gave her debut re ital at th ncertgeb uw and he

wa a prize-winner in the Frank Martin ompetition. As a oloi t,

he ha performed with many conductor including Luca Vi,

avid Porcelijn , ev Markiz, Ingo Metzmacher and me t Bour.

h ha participated in pe ial production in the Holland Fe tival

and other fe tival in urope and the U A. he ha given first per-

forman f many work written 6 r her and ha made numer u

radio, televi i n, P and re rding.

Doris Hochscheid, ce llo tudied with mitrij er chtman at the

n ervatory Am terdam, where h al took le on

with Mel i a Phelp. he graduated with di tinction and currently

tudie with Phi li ppe Muller (Pari ). In 1996 and 1997 he to k part

in the Tanglewo d e tival, where each time he wa awarded the

Prize 6 r an ut tanding eUi t. ori H ch cheid ha performed

a a loi t with, am ng ther Lev Marlciz, and w rked with com

p er u h a to khau en (world premi re rchester-FinaListen, H lIand Fe tival1996), Kagel and ubaidulina. he ha made radio

and televi ion re ording and i repre nted n the Modern Times and n a f hamber mu ic by Jeff Hamburg.

he regularly play chamber mu ic in variou larger en emble . Fran

van Ruth has made many radio and televi ion recording and ha

contributed t many LP and D recording with mu ic by utch

composer from the pre ent and the pa t. He i head of the hamber

Mu ic epartment of the Am terdam on ervatory.

lex van Delden Jr., reader Lex van elden Jr. wa born in Am terdam, the elde t on of actr

Jetty van ijk and compo er ex van elden. After training at th

Am terdam rama chool, he made hi debut at Am terdam' for -

mo t th atre in Brian Friel' Philadelphia, Here I Come. As well a

acting, he ha al 0 provided the mu ic for hakespeare' Romeo and JuLiet and trindberg' Dance of Death. Hi breakthrough came a

one of the leading character in the pre tigiou Dutch televi ion

erie , The maLL ouLs. n the trength of chi he wa ffi r d I ad

ing part in other major television productions and film ,a w 11 as

on stage in plays such as The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Circle. ince he cam to reat Britain in 1980, he has appeared on televi

ion in Coronation treet, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Lovejoy, The Chief and The Ruth RendeLL Mysteries. Lex i al 0 a inger and has taken

principal t nor role in, among other, Eugene One gin, IL Ritorno d'ULisse and Die FLedermaus.

Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm Union Chapel, Islington

Vv'

r/ Frans van Ruth, piano ggt>

ran van Ruth tudied with

hlh rn at the Utre ht

an ieck and later with Herman

ry, where he al had chamber

ren graduating with di tin ti n. uring

the fifth ug 'WI If mpetiti n he wa awarded a pecial ong

A mpani t Prize. le ha played an impre ive number f duo

pie e in numerou untrie and in Japan. Be ide thi,

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Pop-Goes-the-Klezmer (1) Alexandra Valavelsky and The Bashava Band Alexandra Valavelsky, soprano


George Weigand, cimbalom, balala ika, oud

Simon C. Russell, double bass, guitar

Edward Hession, accordion

Sharon Undo, violin, guitar, recorder

Tonight' concert pre ent Hungarian, Poli h, Romanian and .

Yiddish folk mu ic, theatre ong and in trumental piece from the

ast uropean tradition of the n' neteenth and tw ntieth centurie .

Part of Oris Jazz Festival.

Tshiribiri Bom Traditional A very jolly, up-tempo ong. When I will sing 'Lecha odi' you

will ing 'Lecha odi' and we will all r joice.

Tum-Balalaika Ru ian Traditional 'Maiden, can you tell me what can grow without rain, what can

burn forever and what can cry without tear ?" illy lad! A tOne

can grow without rain, love can burn forever and a heart can cry

without tear .'

Papirosn (Cigarettes) Herman Yablikoff, Nokhem ternheim A young man stand in a little treet, there i no wall to protect

him from the gu hing rain. H i hungry and wet and beg people

to buy hi Papiro n. But no one buy - he will have to tay hungry.

Di Grine Kuzine (The green Cousin) Abe chwartz A pretty cou in came to me. Her che k were like red orange and

her feet begging for a dance. Thi i how my cou in looked when

he wa till 'green' . I went to my next door neighb ur to get a j b

for her. Prai ed be the golden land! Many year hav ince pa ed

and my cou in became 0 worn out by h r job that below her

pretty blue eye she now ha black hadow. When I meet her now

and a k her how he i all he replie i: 'May th blaz take

olumbu ' land!'

Stdjerek Poli h traditional It i a traditional dance in triple time with a characteri tic Poli h

rhythm.

Polka Poli h traditional

he Polka i a traditional dance in 2/4 from the Lancut area of

Poland. In thi di trict it wa the Jewi h mu ician wh intr duced

the cimbalom into folk mu ic.

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Lakodalmas (Wedding Dance) Jano Lavotta

hi piece inc rporate ome of the mo t popular Hungarian tune

of the early nineteenth century.

Meine Lippen sie kiissen so heifl (My lips kiss so passionately) from Giuditta by Franz ehar '1 d not know why everyb dy peaks f love the moment they ee

me? It mu t be becau e f my lip ki ing 0 pa ionately and the

eleganc with which my 6 t carry me actO the dance floor.'

Egri Csardds Hungarian raditi nal

he arda i the mo t famou Hungarian national dance. It

comprise I w (La u) and fa t (Fri ction and derive from

arda', m aning an inn or tavern.

Vilja from the Merry Widow by ranz L har The ever popular Vilja from the Merry Widow i ung by the

young wid w Hanna who ha invited her gue t t a lavi h ele

bration at her palace.

Accordion solo

Avreml der Marvikher (Avrem4 the pickpocket), Mord chai ebirtig 'I had to gr w up in the dirty treet, far away from my mother'

gaze-and I became a pickp cket. I am Avreml, the be t pick-

pocket ar und, I teal with great kill but nly fr m the ri h.

There i only ne thing whi h I hope for; letter of gold on my

grave tOne: ''Avreml w uld have been a g d man, with a tru

heart, had he gr wn up und r a m ther' care and a father' guidance.»'

Dona, Dona holom cunda

'In a wagon li a calf, it i tied with a tOpe. High in the kie a

wallow flie. he wind laugh in the ornfield, laughs and laugh

and laugh . It laugh a wh le day and half the night. na, na,

ona ... T he alf rie and the farmer ay : Wh t Id you to be a

alP. Y; u c uld have been a bird, you uld have been a wall w.

P r alve are bound and dragged and laughtered. Wh ever ha

wing flie high and i no ne' lave.'

Zog nit Keyn Mol (Never say you are going on your last journey)

lik, P kra The ymn f the Parti an . Ad pted a the anthem of the United


Parti an rgani ati n in 1943, this song spread all through the

camp of a tern -urop . N ever ay you are going on your la t

journey, though lead filled kie ab ve you blot out the blue of day.

The hour which we long for will come and then the earth hall

tremble beneath ur tread. Now we are here!

Interval

Hore ich Zigeunergeigen (When I hear the Gypsy violins)

mm rich Kalman hi aria fr m Countess Maritza i probably the mo t 'Hungarian'

of all of hi operetta. H e included many folk melodie which he

tran ~ rmed into aria in a mo t effective way. In thi aria,

ounte M aritza i prai ing the spirit of yp y mu ic and a life

wher one can fulfil all romantic de ire .

Gypsy Instrumental Music Traditi nal A el ction of traditi nal a tern uropean pi ce typical of th

repertoire of yp y bands con luding with the very famous piece

Ten Pairs of Kisses u ed by Brahm a one of hi Hungarian dances.

lonel lonelule Oohnny, Johnny} R manian traditional J hnny ha drowned hi hea rt-ache and i being t Id off by a

young girl fi r drinking t much. 'Why do y u mourn ~ r Maria

when y u an have pretty me?'

Main htetele Belz (My dear city Belz) Alexand r 1 han tzky 'My dear ity n Iz where I grew up and where, p verty tricken,

we laughed with all the hildren. h, my dare t B Iz, where I had

uch w nderful dream .'

Oyfn Pripetshik 0t the Fireplace} Mark War haw ky A Rame burn in the fireplace a the Rabbi tea he little hildren

the alefbeyz (the alphabet) : 'Remember dear children what y u are

learning here. Repeat it again and again: komet -alef i pr n unced

, ' . When YOll will gr wider you will under tand that thi

alphabet ntain the tear and the weeping f our people. When

YOll gr w weary and burdened with exil ,y u will find m~ rt

and trength within thi Jewi h alphabet.'

Hakotel (The Temple) ubi Z I.t r hi ong wa written after the ix-day War in J rael. It de cribe

h w ay ung girl , a para huti t and a w man in m urning are

ea h ming t the wailing wall ro expre their rr w and their

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grief about the people they have 10 t during the war. T he chorus

goes a follow : H akotel i covered in mo and with sadne , it is

all lead and blood. T here are people with the heart of a srone,

there are tones with the heart of man.

Nifiy's Freylekhs Naftule Brandwine

Sirba Traditional

irba' dance are tylistical ly imilar ro Bulgars and Freylekhs. hi

cia ic i ni cknam ed ' he Bumblebee' because of it rapidly mov

ing melodic line and i definitely a roe- tapper!

Der Rebe Elimeylekh (The Rabbi Elimeylekh) Moshe Nadir When Rabbi Elimeylekh was merry, he took off his phylacterie ,

put on hi gla ses, and ummon d his two fiddl er . When he grew

merrier, he took off hi robe, donned his cap and ummoned hi

two cymbali (s . And when Rabbi Elimeylekh became cstatic, he

r cited hi abbath prayer and ummoned hi two drummer.

Rumania, Rumania Aar n L b deff

ould be de cribed a a great tandard of the Yiddish tage. Aaron

L bed ff often rewrote it according to audience respon e. h

Rumania, you were once a beautiful country, where it wa a plea

ure t live and where one could get all that the heart de ired:

wine, mamelige (a regional di h) and women.

Jewish and Gypsy Music Nowaday , much of the' yp y' repertoire i con idered , particular

ly by me Hungarian wri ter , to be 'national popular art mu ic' .

wever, the influence of profes ional yp y (Roma) and Jewi h

mu ician , who have fo r centurie nOt only performed thi mu ic

but al in pir d it, cannot be over-empha i ed. Like all traditional

tyle , it wa originally an idiom played by tho e ou ide the realm

f 'p lite' ciety, but which ha now become an in eparable part of

cultural identity, 0 much 0, that what wa once th mu ic of the

underprivileged ha n w b come the main tream tradition f mllch

of a tern ur p . However, Yiddi h ong has to be et in a cia of

it wn. The traditional kill of yp y and Jewi h mu ician were

often called fi r at ocial function , wedding, partie etc. but th cul

tural cr - ver between the e two grou p was not u tained when it

ame to the performance of Yiddi h ong. T here wa a di tinctive

conn cti n between Jewi h languag, ulcur and religion that

thrived fr m the 1880' to the 1930' in Yiddi h theatr and folk

ong.

Yiddi h ~ Ik and popular ong hav alway been a reflection f

the rich tape try of Jewi h li ~ in a lyrical fo rm. hey mirror per-


sonal daily experiences, they tell u of wars and pogrom, the shted

and the city, family relation hip and celebration of love and more.

The Performers

The Bashava Band Founded in 1995, Alexandra Valavel ky and The Bashava Band

have performed to great acclaim in London and at mu ic festival .

They have broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and on Israel Radio Kol I rael.

Their lively repertoire reflects a variety of musical styles-Ea tern

European, Gypsy music, classical operetta, songs from the Yiddish

theatre, as well as Jewish art and folk song. The e are pre ented

using an extensive array of instrument including accordion, balalai

ka, cimbalom, double bass, guitar, recorder, oud, violin, and voice.

This is a band of tremendous vigour, bringing to life the no talgia

and heartfelt joy of Jewish and yp y music. With toe-tapping

rhythms of the Klezmer spirit to Yiddish song, the virtuosic sounds

of the Gypsy violin and cimbalom the Bashava Band recreate the

spirit of this unique musical heritage.

The first in a series of CD recording Ten Pairs of Kisses, featur

ing Jewish and Gypsy music, was released in May 1998 and i avail

able through Jewish Music Distribution (Tel: 01323 832863).

Alexandra Valavelsky, soprano

Alexandra Valavel ky is ofRus ian-Romanian origin and ha lived in

Britain, ermany, Israel and America. he tudied at the New

England Conservatory of Mu ic in Boston, before attending the

Royal Academy of Mu ic in London where he obtained h r Master

of Music. he has performed as a soloist in Britain, ermany,

reece, Israel and the U A inging early- to clas ical repertoire

including ethnic, folk and contemporary music. In 1997 he wa

awarded an Art ouncil grant to write a multi-media show about

the life and music of Alma Mahler (wife of the compo er u tav

Mahler) which will be premiered on 6 D cember 1998 at the

Pentameter Theatre in London. he i also the founder of a very

uccessful Cabaret group performing song from the Berlin and Pari

Cabaret stage of the 1920' to 1950's.

George Weigand, cimbalom, balalaika

eorge Weigand play a wide variety of stringed in trument includ

ing the lute and other Renai sance and Baroque in trument a well

a Middle Ea tern, East European and American traditional in tru

ments. He perform both 010 and with a number of group includ

ing the Extempore tring n emble, which he al 0 direct. He ha

recorded ex ten ively for ' , radio and tel vi ion in Britain and

abroad. He ha performed with the Royal hake peare ompany,

the Royal National Theatre, the BB and independent televi ion

and film companie , for whom he has al 0 compo ed and arrang d

music. A long standing intere t in a tern uropean yp y mu ic

reinforced by contact, tuition and encouragement from ev ral

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yp y musicians, ha led him to concentrate on the cimbalom, both

the orche tral in trument and the smaller traditional ypsy typ .

Edward Hession, accordion

Edward He ion studied accordion in this country with John Leslie

and ha attended international seminar in Ea tern urope. He tud

ied piano and percu sion at the Royal College of Mu ic in London.

inc I aving there in 1984, he ha had a varied career including

orche tral, opera, theatre and recording work. He currently play

keyboard in the orchestra of Les Miserables and ha also performed

in mu'sic theatre production, which have included works by Kurt

Weill. Edward Hes ion ha worked with eorge Weigand, perform

ing and arranging with various band playing yp y mu ic.

Sharon Undo, violin, guitar, recorder

haron Lindo is a graduate of the uildhall chool of Mu ic and

rama where he studi d violin and early wind instruments. he

now performs and tours internationally with en embles and orche -

tras including The ixteen, Chiaroscuro, Kings Consort and

Collegium Musicum 90, with whom she has made several record

ing . As a specialist in early string and wind instrument she has

played at the hake peare's lobe in London and has al 0 broadca t

for BB Televi ion and Radio 2, 3 and 4, as well as making record

ing with variou early music groups including the Broad ide Band

where she plays together with eorge Weigand.

Simon C. RusseU, double bass, guitar

imon . Ru ell tudied Jazz and contemporary mu ic at the ity

of Leeds ollege of Mu ic and now play with various group

encompas ing a broad range of tyle from free improvi ation to

hard-bop. H come from a family of cla ical mu ician and devel

oped a love for folk tradition whil t at school. Recently relocating to

Brighton, h i currently e tabli hing a venue a a platform for Jazz

and world music. He ha recorded for the Unsophi ticate and the

ave Lazenby uartet.

Saturday 14 November, 7.30 pm Union Chapel, Islington


Pop-Goes-the-Klezmer (2) Eve's Women: Jewish Jazz and Rap Orit Orbach, clarinet Michal Eizen, piano, keyboard Daphna Sadeh, double bass Yael Cohen, drums and percussion Part of ris Jazz Festival.

upported by Visiting Arts, El Al Israel Airlines and Lero Properties.

The Performers

Orit Orbach, clarinet rit rbach perform regularly as oloi t with major rche tra all

ver the world including the I ra I Philharmonic rche tra con

ducted by Z ubin M ehta, the Bo t n Phi lharmonic rche tra, the

an Franci co infonietta, the Pomeranian Philharmonia (Poland),

the Jeru alem ymphony, the I ra I hamber rch tra and the

aifa ymphony rche tra where h act a principal c1arineri t.

Among rbach' recording are the tw H a idic oncerro:

tarer' Kli Zemer and H ajdu' Truat Melech. rir pern rm both

larinet and ba larinet n the e recordings. rit ha participated

in variou fe tival ar und the world including Marlboro hamber

Fe tival (Vermont), Tanglewo d, N eu tadt ( ermany) a well a

Mu ic by the Red ea in I rael. rit received her Bachelor of Mu ic

at the N ew ngland on ervatory and her M a t r degree from

Northwe tern Univ r ity. rba h ha been a lead ing larineti t in

everal Klezmer band including the Maxwell treet, the H a ha

Mu ha and the Kiev Klezm r group 10 hi ago as well a the

lari ma Klezmer band in I rael.

Michal Eizen, piano, keyboard Mi hal iz n b ga n her pian tudie at the ivatayim

n ervatory and receiv d her Bachelor f Mu ic at the Mu ic

h I in the evin ky ollege (I rael) . Among her jazz teach r in

I rael and abr ad were lava anelin at the Jeru alem Mu ic

A ademy, Pi i her vi rz, ick tove in L An gel e and H erb

P mer y at the Berkeley chool f Mu ic (Bo ton). Michal ha par

ti ipated in many gr up , performing differ nt mu ic tyle :

la ical, ontemporary, Jazz, Ro k and P p.

Am ng rh e gr up are the Roy Krimmin Jazz n emble with

wh m h recorded n r the I raeli N ational Radi at th Kfar Blum

amera Fe tival and the lauti t

p t in, Mu i a N va n emble, the I rael hamber

ani Tamor riginal rock gro llp and many y lIth on

ert and al the vi lini t Yonatan Mi ller and the larineti t rit

rba h. Apart fr m her pern rman e al l over I rael Michal direct

the mu ic department at Kalay h igh school and le ture in varioll

pia

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Daphna Sadeh, double bass Daphna adeh grad uated from the Manhattan chool of mll ic in

New York where he tudied with Homer Men ch, former member

of the New York Philharmonic. In New York she play d wi th many

chamber gr lip , and for ballet and theatre production.

ince he returned to I rael Daphna has been teaching in variou

mll ic chool including the Hed entre for contem porary and Jazz

mu ic and the M u ic and An chool in Tel Aviv. aphna has per

formed with different orche tras including the Israel ymphony

(Ri hon Lezion), the Haifa ymphony the Beer heva info nietta

and the Kibutzim hamber rche tra. he ha participated in Jada

Jazz group I d by Harold Rubin with whom he performed among

other in the internatio nal Jazz F tival by the Red ea. aphna ha

recorded a with the a t We t ethnic group with whom he reg

ularly perform . Lately he ha formed her own ethnic mu ic n m-

ble and intend to record a oon.

Yael Cohen, drums and percussion Yael ohen began piano lesson at age five and witched to drum at

age nine, tudying with Ahron Karn in ky. he is the fir t woman to

serve in th IDF as a drummer in the M ilitary Rock nsemble. Yael

ha participated in many mu ical production with the inger Ilana

Avital, the Mashina rock group and other . Yael perfo rmed with Bela

ona Rhythm and Blue Band for several year which included a

tour of witzerland. Yael was a member of the well known I raeli

rock group called he Wi tche. he reco rded three wi th them

and performed all over I rael, recorded video clip in urope and

participated in many fe tival uch as Arad n tival, in ev Ft tival

and L ve N ight in Tzemach Festival. As a member of thi group Yael

played with the singer Bjork and with I rael i inger Aviv ephen.

Yael tudied mu ic at the Rimon Jazz chool and among her te ch

er wer gon arter and ri Balak.

Sunday 15 November, 7.30pm Union Chapel, Islington

Pop-Goes-the-Klezmer Cl) Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band: Klezmer Dance Klub Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band: Gregori Schechter, clarinet, saxophone, arranger Ronnie Goldberg, guitar Phil Alexander, accord ion, keyboards Pete Townsend, double bass Peter Cater, drums Carole Lateman, dancer Deborah Silver, dancer Part of Oris Jazz Festival.

For tonight' event, rego ri int nd tr ating everyone to a rou ing

klezmer party. With dancer arol teman and eborah ilver to


lead the way, let your hair down and foil w the beat of the toe-tap

ping rhythm f thi fabuloLl klezmer band.

The Performers

Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band r gori chechter' Klezmer Fe tival Band made it debut in Jun

1991 , underthe au pie of the Bnai Brith Jewi h Mu ic Fe tival and

id Eckman promotion at L ndon' ueen lizabeth all. They

, with audience thrilled by the band' toe

tapping rendition f a tern uropean Jewi h Folk Mu ic. They

perform authentic Ru ian klezmer a well a regori' own compo-

ition . After only a few week of rehear al they appeared n BB

Radio 4' art programme Kaleidoscope. hordy afterward they to k

a tarring role in a BB Televi ion d cumentary n klezmer, along-

ide the mo t famou name in the klezmer world iora Feidman

and Henry apoznik of the U A. F ature article have b en written

about them in the nati nal pre and Folk Roots magazine. The band

ha filled the ueen lizabeth Hall n ub equent 0 a ion , a well

performing at other major concert, fo lk fI tival and private func

tion throughout the UK.

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Monday 16-Friday 20 November, 1.0o-2.00pm School of Oriental and African Studies

A People and its Music Lunchtime video presentations from the documentary series on the Music of the Jewish People Israel Music Heritage Project Or Tzipora H. Jochsburger, creator and executive director Introduced by the director, Asher Tlalim with Alexander Knapp, Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music

Monday 16 November Ashkenaz: The Music of Eastern European Jewry Yiddi h fo il ng, liturgical mu ic of the ynag gue, Klezm r

mel die

Tuesday 17 November Sepharad: Judeo Spanish Music Ladin tune of the Middle Age lullab ie, wedding tune, ng f

m urning


Wednesday 18 November Teiman:The Music of Yemenite Jewry I rae li inging tar , fra H aza and Achinoam Nini highlight thi

video of inging and rhythm, drumming and dancing

Thursday 19 November Toward Jerusalem T he music of ven communitie : Per ia, India, Iraq, thiopia,

Kurdi tan, eorgia and Tajik tan

Friday 20 November The Music of the Moroccan Jews Tune b rrowed fr m Arab neighbour and given H ebrew texts.

Me ianic tune

Monday 16 November, 7.30pm School of Oriental and African Studies

Documentary Film: Paula Paulinka Christine Fischer-Defoy, Daniela Schmidt, directors Norbert Kleiner, camera Caroline Goldie, sound, editor Produced by Goldie Film und Musik for ZDF/Arte Paula Paulinka i a documentary film ab ut a woman made by three

w men. F r ver a year the filmm aker hri tine Fi cher-. efoy,

ar line Idie and aniela hmidt d cumented the life f the

97-yea r- Id Jewi h inger Paula Lindberg- al mon who ha lived in

lIand in e her e cape fr m N azi ermany in 19 9.

B rn in Frankenthal in th erman Palatinate in 1897, Paula

Lindberg' career a a n ert and ratori inger began in the twen

tie under u h ndu t r a Wilhelm Furtwangler, Bruno Waiter

and ri h K1ciber. Between 19 0 and 19 he ang the sol alto

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parr in performance of the Bach cantatas with the world-fam ous

T homaner hoir in Leipzig, inging there for the la t time in M arch

1933.

he ban on appearing in public forced her into the cultural ghet

to of th Jlidischer Kulturbund Oewi h ul tural A sociation) , et up

by her friend Kurt inger in the ummer of 1933, and it was here

that she found a concert platform a a 0 10 artist until h r flight in

1939.

The march of erman troops into Holland, where he wa living

in exile, de troyed her hope of a planned onward journey to the

U A. T ogether with her hu band, the urg on Albert alomon,

Paula Lindberg- alomon wa interned in We terbork concentration

camp from where, however, both were able to e cape. Until the lib

eration they urvived in hiding in southern Holland.

H ere, in 1945, they learned of the death in Au chwitz of their

daughter harlotte alomon. he had left Berlin in 1939 to live

with her grandparents in the outh of France where he wa round

ed up by the ermans in 1943 and deported to Au chwitz.

For almost fifty yea r Paula Lindberg- alomon could not bring

her elf to return to Berlin. Until the 1980' he taught at the um

mer chool f the alzburg Mozarteum. nly in 1986 did she return

D r the fir t time to the city wher her career had begun-and been

brought 0 quickly to an end.

hri tine i cher- efoy, atoline oldie and ani la chmidt

vi ited the 97 yea r o ld inger Paula Lindberg- alomon in

Am terdam. T hey accompanied her to Berlin where he till give

inging les on to the antor of the J wi h ommunity, La zlo

Pa tor. They vi ited her old mu ic academy, where the Paula

Lindberg- al mon inging ompetition ha b en held ever ince

her ninetieth birthday: and the harlotte alomon Primary chool

in Kreuzberg which wa named after her daughter.

A econd level in the fil m i provided by painting from Life? Or Theatre?by harlorre alomon, which he painted in exile in rance

between 1940 and 1942. In over 1,200 page, it tell the story of the

alomon family in the fo rm of a ' lyrical drama' . T hi i where

harlotte alom n tell u h r ver ion of the to ry of Paula, whom

he tenderly call 'Paulin ka' .

inally, the filmmaker came acro everal old hellac record

fr m the twentie and thi rtie in the collection of enthu ia t and

admirer of thi inger, which give u an idea of Paula Lindberg

alomon' warm contralto voice.

Paula Paulinka trace the li fe hi tory of thi extraordinary arti t.

Ar hive h otage of Berlin in the twentie depicting the work of the

ultural As ciati n of erman Jew, li fe in the 'Jewi h Tran it

amp' at We terbork a well a imag f Berlin , Leipzig and

Am terdam ombine to provide a highly per onal portrait of a

woman wh e life has been influenced by the del ight and the cata -

tr phe f ur entury, without breaking her fa ith in life. he her-

elf put it:' ne mu t alway try to bring out the good in omeone,

and not give the bad a chance at all. '


Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm Barbican Centre

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Usa Rshman, vocals Alex Koffman, violin, vocals Donald Jacobs, clarinet Shelley Yoelin, saxophone, clarinet, flute Ivo Braun, trumpet Audrey Morrison, trombone Gait Mangurten, piano David Rothstein, double bass Steve Hawk, percussion

upported by usan and jeffrey Green.

T he M axwell treet marketplace was to hicag what the L wer

Ea tide was to N ew York. At the turn of the c mury, when th fi r t

major wave of Ru ian Jewi h immigrant etded in America,

hicago' M axwell treet becam e famou for it open-air unday

marketplace r wd d with Jewi h pu hcart-peddl r , an in tituti n

which ha urvived in the hand of fr h wave f immigration until

1995 (when the market wa reI cated). h band wa named in trib

ute t the pirit of hicago' early immigrant .

T he programme will be et cted fro m the following ong:

Ach! Odessa Traditional Ach! Odessa i drawn fr m that ame col urful peri d in de a'

hi rory when the new c ndition of ciali m were infu ed int

the thriving Jewi h world of trade, mu ic and the underw rid .

T hi i Ru ia' an wer t 'hicago, That Toddfin' Town nd New York, New York! , he fi g r 11 in from the river, mi ting it with blue / tanding by

the ea be~ re my eye, my town f de a / You will be greeted by

a ng and depart to a ng. / de a M ama, dear Id t wn f

mi ne! / A h! d a- a pearl upon the ea / ... A h! de a- y u

have kn wn 0 much grief / .. . Ach! de a- not ju t a t wn- a

brid ! / ive on, my de a, live and bl om anew.'


Der Heyser Bulgar (fin American in Kiev) Naftul Brandwine (1889- 1963) Naftule Brandwine emigrated in 1919 from Hungary to New

York. Der Heyser Bulgar induce frantic energy and acrobatics from

the larinetist.

And the Angels Sing Thi Benny oodman rchestra wing hit incorporate a melody

known a Der htiller Bulgar (The Quiet Dance) from the klezmer

repertoire. Ziggy Ellman take the ong back to its origin with a

kl zmer trumpet break on the original recording.

Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn (Means That You're Grand) ammy Kahn

The only Yiddish ong that made it to the top of the chart 111

America wa a jazzy version of a Yiddi h song ung in English by

the Andr w ister in the 1940'. ur medley include the 1920'

hit Yossel, Yossel Uoseph, Joseph, when will YOtt marry me?), and fin

ishes with a rousing sherele, or Russian scis ors dance.

Bride and Grooms Dance (Chusn-Kalleh Mazl Tov) After the ceremony, the bride and groom are encircled by guests

who cry mazel tov (congratulation and good luck) to th m and to

their parent, the mechutonim. 'Klezmorim, get the p ople danc

ing!'

The Mother-in-Law (Mechuteyneste Mayne) hi traditional Yiddi h folk song how how the easoned mother

handle her future in-law, protecting h r daughter' intere t and

giving a warning at the ame time. 'My dear new in-law! I give my

daughter away to be your daughter in law-d nothing to hame

her. Take care not to wake her early in the morning, and if you

hould notice th malle t flaw in my daughter' character, ju t

c ver it up a if you were her own mother. If you ee that your on

adore my daughter, d n't be j alou ! My child come to you with

her head covered ( howing re pect, and well br ught up). But if

you h uld turn ut t b a na ty, verb aring Id mother-in

law-ah, then you'll di cov r that my daughter i al 0 quite a gem

(i.e., You've met your match)! Mazl tv-congratulation !'

Compote Arr. Alex K ffman Alex K ffman arranged thi tream- f-con ciou ne comp te of

cla i al theme tewed together with klezm r, Ru ian, H ebrew

and American pi e. ake a pin h fT haikov ky, ho tak vich,

er hwin and Beeth ven; add m re than a da h ofYiddi h

hum ur, and- b n app tit!

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Crimean Sketches Melodies combining Jewi h and Turkish motifs whirl around in

this classically inspired piece, traditionally played by a Ru ian bal

alaika orchestra.

Dancing With the Rabbi in Palestine (Baym Rebn In Palestina) The clarinet i featured in this rollicking medley of two dances, a

Romanian hora and a freylechs, or 'lively dance' . The original

recording, made in Philadelphia in the 1920' by clarinetist Itzikl

Kramtweiss, is imbued with a fervour that borders on drunken joy.

Dark Eyes (Ochi Chorniye) 'You dark-eyed gypsy / how I love you / how I fear you! / Oh,

wretched was I the night we med '

A tormy Russian ballad about the lure of the gypsies.

Doina / A Chassidic Dance / The Lark A medley of a Romanian-Jewish lament, a Chassidic men's dance

and a gyp y piece commonly known as The Lark by Dinicu.

DonaDona Word by Aaron Zeidin, music by holom ecunda Publi hed in 1943, this dark ballad describe an animal bound for

slaughter a a metaphor for the suffering of Jewish victims.

'Bound with a rope / the calf lies in a wagon. / Above him, a swal

low oars joyfully. / he calf cries and the farmer colds: / Who

told you to be a calf? / You could have been a wallow. / But calves

are bound and slaughtered / while he who has wings flies aloft and

i slave to none.'

Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles) A lovely Hanukkah ong, thi gem from the repertoire of Bosnian

ongwriter Flory Jagoda. The language, Ladino, is the mother

tongue of th ephardic ( pan ish) Jew, who populated the hore

of the Mediterranean until their world was de troyed in the

econd World War.

'Lovely Hanukkah has come, bringing eight candle for me. /

Many partie I will have with mirth and pi asure. / Little cakes I

will bake / with almonds and honey.'

The Galitzianer versus the Litvak (Galitzianer Tanz) he traditional rivalry of the Galitzianer (Poli h) ver u Litvaks

( ithuanian) J w i portrayed mu ically in the rivalry of the two

tar in trument of the k1ezmer band, the clarinet versu the violin.

Lshmoa (Hear Our Voice) he High Holy ay of the Jew are u hered in by the ervice

called lichot, or 'forgivene ' . Winding through thi rvice i the

melody that h Hey Yoelin pre ents as an original compo ition,


expressing the impa ioned plea through blue and Latin rhythm .

Kolom eikes A traditional Ukrainian dance favoured by the Jew, thi arrange

ment by Alex Koffman i for a cia ical quartet.

Leah's Saraband Alex Koffman composed thi wedding proce ional in the klezmer

style for leader Lori (Leah) Lippitz' wedding in 1996. he rhythm

of the clas ic araband blend with Middle astern rhythm and

the mournful violin in thi dreamy compo ition.

Lovely as the Moon (Sheyn Vi Di Levone) A Yiddi h Rumba by popular 1940' poet, haim Tauber:

'Beautiful like the moon ... / bright a the tar ... / from heaven, a

gift has been sent to me. / My luck wa uncovered when you I di -

covered ... / hining like a thou and un / you have enthralled my

heart.'

Mazel Tov Dances A medley of dance played by klezmorim Qewi h mu ician ) at

wedding played in a stylised 1940's etting by the Mickey Katz

rch tra.

Medley from the Movies of Mollie Picon our song from Mollie Picon's 1930' movie repertoire: From Yidl

Mitn Fidl (Yidl With His Fiddle), the title ong, the love ong Oy Mame, Bin lch Farleibt (Oy Mame, Am I In Love!) and hpil Di Fidl, hpil (Play You Fiddle, Play). rom the movie Mamale (Little Mother), Abi Gezunt (You hould Only Be Healthy!)

New York Serba (Serba Din New York) ne of the popular dance of nineteenth entury Ea tern urope,

the erba probably originated in erbia (or wa a dance in the

erbian tyle). hi ver ion i tran cribed from arc rding by an

early American klezmer band known a rche tra R manea ca

(1917) and arranged by Alex Koffman evoking a piccur f immi

grant New York at the turn of the century.

Play, Balalaika (Tumbalalaika) A Yiddish riddle ong.

'Maiden, I ask you: / What can grow (exi t) without rain? / What

can burn and never burn up? / What can cry without tear? he

an wer : / illy b y, why d y u a k? / nly a tone exi with ut

rain. / Love burn and never burn up ... / and a heart an cry

without tear. trum, balalaika, play balalaika- let' be glad! '

Romania, Romania Aaron Lebed ff Lebedeff' mo t popular ong, Romania, Romania, catal gue the

glorie of Romanian wine, fo d, and w men in an ever-quickening

ucce ion fYiddi h limericks. Lebedeff recorded everal ver i n

of thi ong from 1923 through the 1940' .

'The Rumanian drink wine and eat mamalige (corn meal mu h) /

and he who ki e hi own wife i a bit meshigeh (mad)! / Ay, what

a delight! Better, you can't find! / Ay, no greater joy i there but

Rumanian wine!'

Russian-Jewish Wedding A medley of fOllr freylech (circle dance) popular with J w in the

Ukraine in the 1930' . Ivank i a Ukrainian folk ong, ltzik i a

Yiddi h story about a pennile groom, Na Ribalki i from a

talini t propaganda movi about the new Jewi h Paradi e of

Birobidjan (a wa teland to which entire Jewish htetl were dep rt

d in the 1930' ) and 7:40 refer to th arr ival time of a train t

de sa. W; learned thi medley fr m one of our original Ru ian

band member who u ed to play it late at night at Jewi h wedding

after the informer got drunk and went home.

Papirom (Song of the Cigarette Girl) he de olation of the ir t World War, which I ft th u and f

children rphaned and homele ,i encap ulated in th ong

Papiro en. h child pI ad with pa er -by (who them elve have

no money to pend) to ave her from peri hing on the street lik a

dog.

'Buy, buy my cigarette / I've kept them dry in the driving rain. /

Buy and have pity upon me ... / Hopele ,my crying and my

walking / n one will buy / they laugh and make fun of my mi -

ery.'

Scalerica de Oro (Stairway of Gold) A w dding ong of th pani h Jew ( ephardim) from the IX

tenth century.

, he bride ha n money / we wi h her happine . / The bride ha

no dowry we wi h her luck!'

Street onglLove Song (Gasn NignlKetzele, Feygele) he mournful treet ng i a traditi nal zhok or Romanian hora

in a limping time. The ng i ne f I ve and I nging:

'I w uld eat without a table / leep without a pillow / to be t geth

er with you. / M with ut y u, you without me / w uld be like a

doorknob with ut a do r, / my kitten, little bird f mine!'

Wedding March (Freylechs Fun Der Hupa) A rece i nal or ha idic m n' dan e (chosid~, a played n a

1920' re rding by Kandel' rche era.

Yoshke, Yoshke fo lk ng All around the world, the lu ty camaraderie f drinker i a


fav urite ong theme. In thi ha idic drinking ong from the

1850's in Rus ia, the Rabbi enjoin hi fo llower to 10 e their care

in revelry. rinking (but not debauchery) wa completely compati

ble with the has idic ecstatic cyle of worship.

'The Rabbi ay that n w we will rejoice / And drink whi ky

in t ad f wine!'

Note by Lori Lippitz, with thank to leano r and Zalman Mlotek'

note in the Workmans Circle songbook series, the New Book of Yiddish ongs, Pearls of Yiddish ong and ongs of Generations.

The Performers

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band The band perform a kaleido cope f col ur and mood in an old

fa hi ned pirit f fun. The combination f in trumental dance

mu ic, fo lk ong, theatre ongs, and jazzy Yiddi h pop mu ic from

th 19 0' to 1950' creat a rich, multi-dimen ional experience of

the 10 t w rld of a tern Eur pean Jewi h culture, combined with

vignette of America a seen through immigrant eye. Audi nce of

all backgr und are delighted by Maxwell treet' high-energy per

formanc glowing with warmth and h umour.

'There wa inging. here wa dancing. There wa clapping,

dancing in the ai le and high energy Yiddi hkeit in rhythmic beat!

... he mu ic i upbeat and the rhythm i fanta tic .. . T hi wa a glo

rioll j umey f Yiddi h heart and pirit ... They'r not ju t mu i-

ian , they're utterly fanta tic entertainer.' (Vi let pevack,

lev land Jewi h New, 1998)

Funded in 198 , th nine-p iece Maxwell treet Klezmer Band

per6 rm n tage acro America and ur pe. The band perform

ann ually in a anukkah n rt featuring Peter Yarrow (of Peter,

Paul and Mary) and Jewi h ngwriter, ebbie Friedman. In

f 19 8 the band per6 rmed at Weill Recita l Hall at

am gie all , and in June at New Yi rk' amro ch Park in the

Lin oln enter. In N vember 1998, the band make a oncert tOur

to Lond n, Munich, Vienna, Am terdam and n chede. Maxwell

tr et mad their televi ion debut n the PB pr gramme "WI rld

tage hicag in 1 95. Maxwell tr et' five r c rding include their

debut , Maxwell treet Days, their next , Maxwell treet Wedding the ur pean re ording Jiddisches Lied and Klezmer and

their m t re ent r c rding You hould Be 0 Lucky! and The Matzorena in 1997.

Usa Fishman, voca ls

Li a graduated fr m American Univer icy in Wa hingtO n, with an

interd i iplinary degree in mll i and theatre. he ha appeared in

everal theatre produ ti n and mu i al. he ha al 0 appeared in

hpil Zhe Mir fl Lidele in Yiddi h, a Yiddi h- ngli h mu ical per-

6 rmed in ermanyand wirzerland. Li a i featLIred n the band'

m t re ent , You hor.dd Be 0 Lucky! and i al featured on A

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Part Of A Chain, a contemporary Jewi h music C for children by

the singer Robbo.

Alex Koffman, violin, arranger

Alex joined the band after his emigration from the former oviet

Union in 1989, and has graduate training in cla sical violin from the

onservatory of Minsk. In 1990, Alex met the Maxwell treet

Klezmer Band and has ub equendy become it violini t and

Mu ical irectOr. Alex i the musical co-d irector of the Annual

Midwe t Klezmer and Yiddish Music In titute.

Donald Jacobs, clarinet

on joined the band in 1983, at the band' inception. He has played

with an a sortment of other folk group , and speciali e in

Bulgarian, Yugo lavian, Macedonian, reek, jazz, meringue and

al a cyles. Don' touring career has included three ani h tours,

the Winnipeg Folk Fe tival (1985 and 1994) and th Philadelphia

Folk Festival (1985). He i the mu ical co-directOr of the Annual

Midwe t Klezmer and Yiddish Music In titute.

Shelley Yoelin, saxophone, clarinet, flute

helley i the irector of Band at Triton ollege in River tOve,

Illinoi . He hold a Bachelor of Music egree from VanderCook

ollege of Mu ic in hicago. He is an instructor with the Jamey

Aeber old ummer Jazz Clinic and with the International

Federation of Jazz in London. He has written arrangement and

played larinet and axophone on three album with Maxwell treet,

and ha r corded mu ic with hi own band, which mixe klezmer

and jazz.

Ivo Braun, trumpet

Born in Pragu , Ivo ha worked with rankie Valli and the our

ea on , Ringli ng Brother Barnum and Bailey ircu, the Jimmy

or ey rche tra, and the Royal rui e Line. He i in training with

the econd icy Improv ompany of hicago and also teache

mu ic appreciatio n at TritOn ollege in River rove, Illinoi .

Audrey Morrison, trombone

A native of New York icy, Audr y began her mu ical training at the

age of nine. After winning the Performer's ertificate for Excellence

at the a tman chool of Mu ic, he has played a principal ttOm

b ne f the 19in ymphony since 1981 and ha made gue t appear

ance with other jazz band acro the U . Audrey ha also play d for

radio and tel vi i n jingl

Gait Mangurten, piano

ail graduat d fr m Indiana Univer icy in BloomingtOn, and ha

played with many n emble including uxedo Jun tion and

ollege of u Page Jazz Band. ail ha played with Maxwell treet

ince 1993 and ha made two recording with the band.


David Rothstein, bass avid graduated from We te rn M ichigan Univer ity with a degree

in cla ical perfo rmance. H i experience incl ude touring interna

tionally with the lenn Miller rche tra a well a performance

with the Pied Piper , rand Rapid ymphony, and with onald

, onnor trumpet player Jon Fadi . H e ha received an out tand

ing performan ce award fro m Notre ame Jazz Fe tiva l. avid teach

e ba privately and at th Id Town chool of Folk Mu ic.

Steve Hawk, percussion teve ha been the percu ioni t fo r the M axwell treet Klezmer

Band ince 1989. In 1987, teve played percu ion in the ivic

rche tra of hicago and fro m 1988 to 1993 wa the principle tim-

panist. teve ha played under the direction of conducto r uch a

ir eorge olti and aniel Barenboim and wa a timpani t with the

hicago ymphony rche tra in July 1995 at the Ravinia Mu ic

e tival .

lori lippitz, band founder Lori founded th band in 1983. Lori is al 0 the creator of the

Klezmer Music Foundation, Inc. and organi er of the Annual

Midwe t Klezmer and Yiddi h Mu ic In titute. he co-founded the

Yiddi h Arts En emble, and formed and lead the Junior Klezmer

rches tra, a training ground for teen. he wa the antorial oloi t

at the Jewish Recon tructioni t ongregation of Evan ton, wh re

he ha served from 1987 to 1998. (Lori ha not made the trip to

Europe this time a he i about to have a baby).

Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm St GUes, Cripplegate

Dreyfus: Prisoner of Devil's Island A new music theatre piece in concert Music and lyrics by Bryan Kesselman Cast (in order of appearance) Alan Rice as Emile Zola (the novelist) John McGregor Murray as Major Esterhazy Nicholas Forty as Major Henry Rebecca Decker as Madame Bastian (Charwoman at the German Embassy and French Agent) Bryan Kesselman as Major du Paty de Clam Alan Rice as Genera l Mercier (Min ister of War) John McGregor Murray as General de Bo isdeffre (Ch ief of Staff) Philip Barnett as Captain Alfred Dreyfus Carol-Anne Grainger as Lucie Dreyfus Carl Gombrich as Alphonse Bertillon (Head of the Judicial Identification Department at the Prefecture of Police and se lf-proclaimed handwriting expert) Rebecca Decker as Leon ie (a med ium)

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Philip Barnett as Colonel Picquart Rebecca Decker as Madame Henry Chris Coote, piano Anna Barnett, stage manager John Hill, lighting This production has been sponsored by Pb Associates, organisers of con

ferences and other events (0181 421 1227) and Marketing Image, a creative design consultancy (0181 4265000).

20% of ticket sales will be donated to Amnesty International who are pleased to be associated with this performance.

T he tory i that of the infam u reyfu Affair of th e 1890's, and

ha been re ear hed from contemporary ource.

In 1895, aptain Alfred reyfu , a Jewi h fficer in the French

Army, wa wrongly found guil ty of trea on and enten ed to mili tary

degradation and life impri onm nt on vi!' I land, a ~ rm r leper

colony off the North- a t oa t of uth America. At hi ourt-mar

tial , a ecret do ier wa illegally hown to the judge, but not to the

de~ nee.

hu b gan the reyfu Affair, which eau ed anti- emitic riot

on the treet of Fran ce, the downfall of everal ucce iv Fr nch

overnment , condemnation thr ughout the w rid, and- by it

influence on H erzl- to the development of Z ioni m.

me p ople genuinely believed r yfu to be gui lty, and ju tly

entenced, and there were th to whom inju tice evidently meant

n thing. To av the honour of their Army and it Mini ter f War,

the en ral taff on i tently lied, and creat d forgeri in rder to

keep r yfu a life-long pri n r on evil' I land, although th y

knew him t be innocent.

In 1898, Emi le Zola wr te hi fa mou pen letter t Pre ident

Faure, 'J'accu e ... !' T h r t, a they ay, i hi tory.

Am ng the amazing hara t r who were inv Iv d in the e event

wa Alphon e ertill n, the invent r f Anthr p metry- a very

c mplicated y tern f mea lIrement , u ed (with great ina cura y)

for id nti fying criminal be~ re fingerprinting ame int u e. T he

French pr di paragingly cal led it 'B rti llonage' . H e wa called a a

handwriting expert (which he wa not!) at b th f reyfu ' court

martial , where he wa de cri bed a having u ed 'ab urd and entan

gled argument with olltrageou vo abu lary like a ne roman r'

pell '. How ver, the e argument eem t have been taken mo t

erioll ly by the judge .

T he i ue are inju ti e and anti- emiti m. But prejudi e be it

anti- emiti m, apartheid, or any ther manife tation, i abh rrent t

mo t f u , and it bee me d ubly evi l when mixed up with the judi

cial y tern. T he fa t that prejudice rea red it ugly head in u h an

enlightened untry a France, the land f Liberte, galite,

Fraternire, wa a great hock to the w rid.

he reyfu Affair leave 1I with a obering me age n the ub

ject f human right , which i a relevant t day, a we appr a h the

millennium, a it wa 100 year ag .


The Performers

Bryan Kesselman, baritone Bryan Ke elman tudied inging and piano at the uildhall chool

of Mu i and rama. Hi comp ition include etting of extract

from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking- Lass, fir t per

~ rmed in 1998 at the uildford Lewi arroll entenary Fe tival,

h ral mu ic for ynagogue ervice, and mu ic ~ r orp rate

Pre entation recording. urr ntly in preparation (in lIaboration

with Alan Rice) i a two-hand d mu ical play Mr i1bert and ir

Arthur.

Hi many peratic r le include r Bart 10 (The Barber of

eviLle) with pera uropa at the 1996 H lIand Park F tival and

with Mid Wale pera, Figar (The Marriage of Figaro) with 1 om m edian ti, Macheath (The Beggars Opera) with pera We t,

mirn v (The Bear) with Jig aw Mu ic heacre, La Boheme,

Phantom of the 'Pera and the fir t performan e of The Big Issue, b th at the v nt arden Fe tival. Radi w rk in lude Kismetand

The Music Man for BB Radi 2. In 1995 he wa ne f the lit

in BI h' acred ervice ondu ted by Yehudi Menuhin at t Paul'

athedral a p rt of the 7th L ndon Internati nal Bnai rith Jewi h

Mu i Fe tival. He i ne f the oloi t n the Jewi h Mu ic

Heritage Rc ording Viennese IJnagogtte Music in the Age of chubert.

Philip Barnett, baritone Philip Barnett ga ined ea rly experien e in light pera in luding -

01 ne! alverley (Patience), John Wellingt n Well (The orcerer), Maj r eneral tanley (Pirates of Penzance), King ama (Princess Ida), ir J eph Porter (HM. Pinafore), Lord han e!lor (Iolanthe), Ja k Pint (Yeoman of the uard), x (Cox and Box), and Frank

(Die Fledermaus). in e 1964, Philip ha been inv Ived in r ligiou

mu I a hori ter, 01 i tleant rand h irma ter. al devi ed

an enterta inment n ept, uiz abaret, f whi h thirty-one have

been p rformed, ntertaining ver ,000 people and rai ing m re

than £17,000 ~ r harity.

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Chris Coote, piano hri oote tarted playing the piano at the ag of four, and per-

forming from the age of eleven, mainly for old age home and club.

hrough accompanying Harrow ounty chool mu ical produc

tion he tarted an a ociation with Philip Barnett that ha la ted for

over twenty-five years, involving many fundrai ing event for a vari

ety of cau e. He has attended piano ma ter c1asse at Morley

ollege under Martino irimo for many years, and i a regular

church organi t and accompani t.

Nicholas Forty, tenor Born in umberland and educated in Yorkshire, Nichola Forty read

mu ic at Merton ollege, xford before po t-graduate tudie at the

uildhall chool of Mu ic and rama. Recent role have included

the title role in Puccini' Gianni chicchi, Angelocci in Tosca, Ba ilio

in The Barber of eviLle, Marullo in RigoLetto, Bottom in The Fairy Queen, tho in The Coronation of Poppaea, E camillo in armen

and acclaimed performances in the tide role of William Wal to n'

The Bear in Buxton and in Italy.

Carol-Anne Grainger, soprano arol-Anne rainger studied at London and rinity ollege of

Music and whit t at the London ollege wa awarded the Lloyd

Webber performance prize. R cent roles include Zerlina (Don

Giovan n i), Barbarina (Marriage of Figaro) Young ally (Follies), Papag na (Magic FLute) and Amor (Coronation of Poppea). he ha

ung for he Ambro ian inger and the London Voice, and in the

la t year for the touring op ra quartet Not Pavorotti, and the newly

formed en mble Ju t IVas.

John McGregor Murray, tenor John Mc regor Murray wa born in New Zealand and cudied at

the Royal Northern ollege of Mu ic, Manche ter. Recent tag

role include Tom Rakewell in travin ky' The Rakes Progress ( pitalfield ), Rodolft (La Boheme) at the ovent arden Fe tival,

Fau t in Boito' Mefistofele (Wimbledon heaere) , the tide role in

ounod' Faust, Alfredo (La Traviata) at the Minack Th atr ,

ornwall, Almaviva (IL Barbiere di ivigLia) at the heldonian,

xford, on ttavio (Don Giovanni) and the tide role in the fir t

performance of The DeviLs Deputy. Recent concert performance

include Mozart' Minor Ma and Eine Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate for the Barcel na ymphony r he era under Andrew Parrott.

Alan Rice, baritone

Alan Rice joined the ' yly arte pera ompany in 1979, and

played part uch as aptain orcoran and trephon. ince then, he

ha ontinued playing in other ilbert and ullivan pr duction ,

in luding another HM. Pinafore wh re hi aptain orcoran w

likened t Le lie Rands (for tho e of you who r member!). He met

Bryan Kes e1man on a recent production f Phantom of the Opera in


M anchester, where they ended up playing M . Andre and M . Firmin

together, and ha also had role in the We t nd production of

Chess and outh Pacific.

Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm St Giles, Cripplegate

Salamone Rossi: The Jewish Musician of Mantua Siena Ensemble: Michelene Wandor, recorder Philip Thorby, recorder Jenny Cassidy, voice lisette Wesseling, voice Eligio Quinteiro, chiteronne Supported by tewart and Pearl Cohen

A selection of the ecular trio onata rep rtoire along with some of

the vocal duets, to give a flavour of the vivid and virtuo ic mu ical

talent which was so central to the Mantuan culture of it time. T he

in trumental music include the sparkling variations on uch well

known ground bass theme ,a Ruggiero, Bergamasca and Romanes~a.

alamone Rossi, musician and compo er, lived and worked In

Monteverdi' Mantua at the court of the onzaga in the early eventeenth century. H e wrote in trumental mu ic for the court and

choral music for the synagogue as well a secular madrigal . H e com

posed the first and only collection of polyphonic erring of H ebrew

text (the ongs of olomon) before the nineteenth entury.

Saturday 21 November, 7.30pm liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood

Saleem Abboud Piano and chamber recital The outstanding young Arab-I raeli piani t p rform with friend .

Introduced by am Zebba, director of the ampu rche tra of the

icy of Tel Aviv.

Sunday 22 November, 7.30pm St. John's, Smith Square

Tree of Life Jewish Vocal and Choral Music Raphael Frieder, baritone Vivienne Bellos, soprano Carol Kohn, piano Rodney Mariner, reader The Zemel Choir: Maureen Creese, acting musical director Alyth Choral Society: Vivienne Bellos, musical director

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Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ Robert Max, conductor

upported by City of Westminster and the Croft Court Hotel.

Let's Rejoice A. ArgOY, arr. Yeh zkel Braun The Zemel Choir

Shirushalayim, no. 2, Od Yishama Raymond oldstein The Zemel Choir

HavaNagila raditional

The Zemel Choir

Nitsanei Shalom Yitzhak Nayon, arr. YI hezkel Braun The Zemel Choir

Haleluyah Kobi shrat, tran cri bed by Robert Max The Zemel Choir

Mizmor Shir VeHoda'a (a hymn of praise and thanksgiving) from Libro dei Canti D1sraele (J 890) compi! d and harmoni d by Federico nolo Raphael Frieder, baritone Carol Kohn, piano

ltOs Iz Gevor'n Fun Mayn Shtetele? (What has become of my little town) I ador Lillian, lyric Abraham II tein, mu ic Raphael Frieder, baritone Carol Kohn, piano

Hinakh Yaffa Ra'ayati (You are beautifo4 my beloved) ong of ong

YI didya Admon ( or choy) , mu i Raphael Frieder, baritone Carol Kohn, piano

Yerushalayim Oerusalem} Ayigdor Ham iri, lyri

M he Rapap rt, mu i Raphael Frieder, baritone Carol Kohn, piano


Three songs from Songs and Processionals for a Jewish Wedding Mario a t Inuovo-Ted co i) eal My Heart

ii) V'erastich (Eternal Love)

iii) imeni Chachosom al Libecho

Vivienne Bellos, soprano Carol Kohn, piano

Aria from Cantata, The Queen of Sheba Mari a telnuovo-1I d co Vivienne Bellos, soprano Carol Kohn, piano

Naomi's Aria from Cantata, Naorni and Ruth Mario a telnuovo-Tede co Vivienne Bellos, soprano Carol Kohn, piano

Interval

Sacred Service for the Sabbath Eve for cantor (baritone), 'reader, mixed voices and organ (European premiere) Mari a te1nuovo- d co Cantor Raphael Frieder, baritone The Zemel Choir Alyth Choral Society Christopher Bowers- Broadbent, organ Robert Max, conductor

Prelude to Ma Tovu organ

Ma Tovu cantor, choir, organ

L'Cho Dodi cantor, choir, organ

Introduction to Tov L'Hodos organ

Tov L'Hodos cantor, choir, organ

Borechu cantor, choir, organ, reader

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Shma Yisroel cantor, choir, organ, reader

Mi Chomocho cantor, choir, organ

Hashkivenu cantor, choir, organ

Recitative: VCne'emar Ki fodo cantor, 'organ

V'shomru cantor, choir, organ

Silent devotion (Amidah) organ

May the words cantor, choir, organ

Kiddush cantor, choir, organ

Let us adore cantor, organ

Va,'a'nachnu choir, organ

On that day organ, choir, reader

Mourner's Kaddish organ, reader

Benediction organ, choir, reader

Adon Olom choir, organ, congregation

Songs Performed by the Zemel Choir he hoir wa ~ rtunate to me t the gr at I raeli compo er Yehezkel

Braun at the 1996 Z imriyah horal F rival and aga in when he vi -

ited Lond n la t year. H e was born in Br lau in 1922 and emigrat-

d t Pale tine in 1924, living on a kibbutz fro m 1940 to 1951. H e

wa a principal figure in the r vival of intere t in Jewi h folk mu i

and thr ugh hi numerou arrangement an fine ompo ition an

perhap be n ider d a the leading I raeli horal compo er. You


will hear the eloquent implicity that characteri e hi music in the

arrangement of Lets Rejoice, ' ear Friend, our inging come t

invite you, feel it beat, guide your feet. .. ' and the heartfelt Nitsanei Shalom, 'Peace and good will, land, from thee, will yet emerge to

ble s thy days ... All who are weary will find re t, afely returned to

home and land. And tho e in exile, a t or We t, keep them

within thy hand.'

rd,

While in I rael for the Zimriyah Choral e tival, I met Raymond

oldstein, an amazingly versatile mu ician who accompanie the

hoir of the reat ynagogue in Jerusalem. He ha made hundred

of arrangements of liturgical mu ic and accompanie anror all

over the world. The hoir commi sioned Raymond ro write

hirushalayim- ong celebrating Jeru alem for their concert mark

ing Israel' fiftieth anniver ary at the ueen lizab th Hall earlier

thi year. The text of the econd movement read: 'Again may there

be heard in the citie of Judah and in the street of Jeru alem the

voice of gladne ,the voice of the bridegroom and bride.'

While Hava Nagila ranks a the mo t in tandy recogni able cra

ditional Jewish melody, thi Haleluyah has ur ly become omething

of an unofficial anthem for the modern tate of I rael.

© Robert Max 1998

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mario a telnuovo-Tede co (1895- 1968) wa one of the mo t

imporrant Jewish compo er of our century. Born in Florence, he

achieved early fame a a compo er and piani t in Italy before A ing

ro the U A in 1939. In 1940 he etded in Beverly Hill, alifornia

and ub equenrly taught compo ition at the Lo Angele

Con ervatory from 1946. Hi ong, horrer piano piec and works

for the guitar have found a mea ure of fame throughout the world

bur a he wa such a prolific compo er, many of hi works remain

unpubli hed, unrecorded and almo t inacce sible. Hi many work

on Jewish theme include a etting of the Kol Nidre prayer,

ratorio ba ed on the Books of Ether, Ruth and Jonah and set

ting of several other Hebrew prayers.

The acred ervice wa written in 1943 and dedicated 'ro the

memory of my Mother and of all my dear one who have pas ed

away'. For some rea on ome of the mo t appealing text were not

et at thi time and he compo ed an Addendum in 1950 compri ing

five number: Prelude ro Ma Tovu, Ma Tovu L'Cha Dodi, Hashkivenu and Kiddush. he addendum contain ome of the mo t

attractive mu ic in the ervice.

he text i et for the mo t parr in Ashkenazic Hebrew with very

few number in ngli h. It wa evidently written for liturgical u e a

part of a Con ervative congregation service and ngli h word are

cued in for a Reader. The tyle throughout i harmoniou and mel

low, at once reflective and in piring. he work wa performed in

1975 with anror avid Putterman, rg ni t Neil Robin on and

the combined horu of the Park Av nue ynagogue, the

Manhattan chool f Mu ic and the La uardia ommunity

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ollege. election from the ervice were performed at Temple

haaray Tefilla, NY in 1995 with cantor Bruce Ruben and the

New York oncerr inger.

Thi i the first performance of thi work outsid the U A.

© Robert Max 1998

The Performers

Raphael Frieder, baritone Raphael Frieder wa educated at the Aliyah Mu ic Teacher olleg

and he Rubin Academy of Mu i in el Aviv, where he studied

conducting and voic. ollowing his graduation, h mov d ro

London and continued hi tudie. He made hi operatic debut with

th New I raeli pera inging the rol of Trinity Mo e in Kurr

Weill' Mahagonny. He returned to the New I raeli pera ro per

form many major barirone rol . He ha ung with all f I rael'

major orche tra .

Raphael Frieder ha given numerou concerr and r cital , in

England and urope with a diver e reperroire embracing ten lan

guag . He wa personally elected by Leonard Bern tein t perform

the world premiere of one of hi la t works, Arias and Barcaroles. th r concerr and opera ngagements have taken him to th

onc rrgebouw, Am terdam, Nocre am athedral, Pari, the

TeI Aviv Mu eum oncerr Hall th Folk Theatre in Vi nna, a wel l

a ther citi in Europe, cand inavia and North Ameri a. He ha

al 0 p rformed leading role in mu ical uch a Oklahoma, west ide tory, and Fiddler on The Roof

He i al 0 a di tingui hed antor and performer ofJ wi h mu ic.

He erved at the Hamp tead arden uburb ynagogue in L ndon

and now erve at mple I rael of reat Neck, New York. He ha

given anrorial c ncerr throughout I rael, ur pe and the U ,per

Ft rming b th the a t rn uropean a well a contemporary J wi h

mu ic. Raphael Frieder ha made numer u recording Ft r the I raeli

Nati nal Radi and ha been featured in ev ral t levi ion program

in I rael and the U A.

Vivienne Bellos, soprano Vivienne Bello i be t known Ft r her work in Jewi h Mu ic, b th a

the irecror of Mu ic at the Norrh We tern ReFt rm ynag gue and

a Mu ic n ultant ro the ReFt rm ynagogue f reat Britain.

he i a c n ultant for the Jewi h Mu ic Heritage Tnt t and a fo und

ing organi er of the Briti h ociety Ft r Practiti ner fJewi h Mu ic.

A graduate of th Royal Academy of Mu ic, he pur ued a areer in

opera and recital work before peciali ing in Jewi h M u ic. he ha

performed at al l the main L nd n concerr venue . he wa the

oprano loi t in the fir t perFt rmance in thi c unrry f Max

Bruch' orarorio Moses at the ueen lizabeth Hal l, loi t in The oice of Jewish Russia at the R yal Fe tival Hall and al in Haydn'

Creation at t Martin in the Fi Id. he wa invit d a a re ita li t t

take part in the International Mu i Fe tival f Jewi h Mu i in


Vilniu , Lithuani a and in 1997 she performed in a lieder p ro

gramme a pare f The voice of Ashkenaz conference in N ew York.

Vivienne Bello train everal choir including the Alyth horal

ociery and the Jewi h H eri tage Youth hoir.

Rodney Mariner, reader Rabbi Rodney M ariner wa born in 1941 in Melbourne, Au tralia.

After graduating he became a econdary school teacher b fore tak

ing up a Rabbinic cholar hip. H studied in Jeru a1em at the

H ebr w Union olleg , then proceed d t Leo Ba ck ollege,

London, fr m where he received his micha in M ay 1976.

Rabbi M ariner erved a a i tant Rabbi and Youth Worker at

North We tern Reform ynagogue, then as a ociate Rabbi at

dgware and i trict Reform ynagogue. In M arch 1982, he

b came Rabbi of the Bel iz quare ynag gue.

In April 1989, Rabbi M ariner ucc eded Rabbi Lionel Blue a

onvener of the Beth in of the Reform ynagogue f reat

Britain, a po t he continues to hold in addition ro hi congregation

al durie .

The Zemel Choir T he Zemel h ir njoy int rnational respect a a fin e mixed voice

Jewi h ch ir. tablished by udley ohen in 1955, they perform a

wide ranging reperroir of Jewi h art mu ic from ephardi ,

A hkenazi and Yiddi h ource in maj r c ncere venue throughout

the UK and abroad, a well a 6 r important Jewi h ev nts and har

itable au e . T he Zemel hoir ha travelled to anada, the U A,

a tern and We tern urope. In 1993 the hoir participated in the

P li h H I cau t M emorial ceremonie in War aw and Treblinka t

ommemorate the fifti eth anniv r ary of the War aw hetro

Upri ing. At the 1996 Z imriyah horal Fe tival in Jeru a1em they

were invited to ing in the pening oncert recorded live n I raeli

radi .

pecial event hav in luded a performance in We tmin t r

Abbey at the 1994 omm nwealth ay b ervance in the pre ence

f M he ueen and HRH he Prin e f Wale. oncere and

r cording have omm morated anniver aries of luminarie in

Jewi h liturgi a1 and art mu i uch a ulzer, Lewandow ki and the

Briti h mp er amuel Alman. h y have made numer u televi

n and radi br ad a t.

A number f ex iting project hav ari en through the hoir'

participati n in T h nd n International Bnai Brith Jewish Mu ic

Fe tival : In 1986 they ro k part in the w rid pr mi re performance

f Kaddish for Terezin by R nald enat r in anterbury athedral

which wa br adca t live n radio and rep reed on televi ion . In

19 7 they tarred in the BB on ert rche tra c ncert and broad-

a t, Music of a People devi d and conduct d by tanl ey Black. In

1990 the li rd ' wer mmem ration in Yi rk included a per-

6 rm an e of BI ch' acred ervice and a ncluding ervice

Expressions of Heritage and Hope in Yi rk Min ter. Under the baron

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of it patron, Lord Menuhin and in the presence ofHRH T he uke

of dinburgh, T he Zemel hoir joined the oliegiate ingers and

T he Alyth Choral ociery to sing Bloch's acred ervice at t. Paul's

athedral. In 1996 the Choir participated in a 'Kri tallnacht' com

memoration, Vanished voices at the Barbican.

Alyth Choral Society In 1982, a part of the North Western Reform ynagogue's Jubilee

celebration , a choral sociery wa cr ated to perform M endel ohn's

Elijah to an audience of nearly 1,500. Al though envi aged as a one

off event, the enthusia m of the ingers and the encouragement of

the audience led to the formation of the Alyrh horal ociery which

i now in it sixteenth year.

The choir, under the mu ical direction of Vivienne Bellos, has

developed into one of the leading Jewish choirs in thi country and

had performed at the Barbican, t Martin in the Field , the Royal

Fe tival Hall and t Paul 's Cathed ral (und r the baton of Yehudi

Menuhin). T he choir's repertoire includes orato rio uch as The Creation, Judas Maccabeus, emele and The easons performed with

orche era. In 1993 they gave the world premiere performance of

Heritage by yril m ade!.

T he hoir takes part in Interfaith event with local churche and

ha regular social activitie for the member and friend of the

horal ociery. T hey welcome new member and are a1way seeking

t expand the hoir. For further information plea e telephone Judy

brart n 01 81 455 1732.

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ hrisropher B wer -Broadbent ha pre ided at the beautiful vintag

H arri on organ of the Wt t London ynagogue ince hi appoint

ment there a orga ni t in 1973 .

Hi early mu ical education wa a a chori ter in the fam d choir

fKing' liege, ambridge. H later tudied both organ and com-

po ition at London' Royal Academy of M u ic where hi profe or

wer Arnold Richard on and Richard Rodn y Bennett, and lib e

quently ucceeded Arnold a Profe or of rgan 1975- 92.

Bower -Broadbent' playing career ha taken him all over the

world. Hi lates t relea e (for E M) i M e iaen' great

Meditations sur le mystere de la ainte Trinitt and he appear mo t

recently n H armonia Mundi' De Profu.ndis with Paul HiIler's

T heatre of Voice .

In M ay 1995 Bower -Broadbent' children ' opera The Pied Piper wa performed at roydon' airfield Hal l in a ndon Mozart

Player educational project. on cantly compo ing, hi mo t r cent

Iy completed works are two ub tantial equenc 6 r rgan, which

he perform d in Tal linn , ron ia, arl i r th i y ar, and two horter

piece for a heatre of Voice rour of the tate in April. In ctober

la t yea r h ri premiered Arv Parr' Puzzle, written fo r him a a

birthday celebration.

well a hi appointment at the ynagogue, Bower -Broadbent


i organi t and choirma ter of ray' Inn, one of the four Inns of

ourt, where he i also able, with rare ecumenical aplomb, to enjoy

the great heritage of hurch mu ic.

Robert Max, conductor Robert Max enjoy a colourful career a a conductor, celli t and

chamber-mu ician. He wa Mu ical irector of the Z m I hoir

from 1994 to June 1998 and conducted the choir' acclaimed

recording of nineteenth century liturgical mu ic by Lewandow ki for lympia, voted recording of the Year by the Jewi h hronicle.

Their D of English-Jewi h Mu ic wa relea ed thi year.

In June 1995 he conducted the hoir' fortieth anniver ary con

cert at the Queen lizabeth Hall and returned ther a year later with

a programme devoted to the ephardic and riental tradition. In

the ummer of 1996 the choir vi ited I rael for the Zimriyah horal

Fe tival and was the only foreign choir invited to ing in the open

ing concert, broadca t live on I raeli Radio.

celli t of the Barbican Piano Trio, Robert ha performed

throughout Europe, the U A, Rus ia, Uzbeki tan and the Far Ea t

and ha made two recording for A V He wa Mu ical irector of

the Nonesuch rche tra and ha rec ndy conducted th ovent

arden Chamb r rche tra, the Hamp tead infonia and at th

Wray bury Fe tival. Rob rt give regular recital with hi wife,

piani t Zoe olomon, including two at the Wigmore Hall, and i

Mu ical irector of Pro orda, the National chool for Young

hamber Mu ic Player.

Monday 23 November. 7.30pm The Place Theatre

The Joy and The Hope A dance programme about the Land of Israel Raya Spivak, artistic director Shlomo Maman, special adviser Maurice Stone, general director Oranim Israeli Dance Troupe Caroline Hoffbrand, dance director Nitzanim Youth Dance Troupe Betty Schechter, dance director Programme wi ll be cho en from the following item:

Veshuv Itchem ("We are with you) hlomo Maman, choreography

Simcha Nah (Lets be happy) Ya min Palmoni, choreography

Jerusalem Dance ado Krau , choreography

Mechol Hashnayim (Dance for Two) hlomo Maman, choreography

Flower Dances Ya min Palmoni and Barry Av'dan, ch reography

HavaNagila Barry Avidan, choreography

Interval

Tfila Bamidbar (Prayer in the Desert) Ilana ohen, chor graphy

Shibbolet Bassadeh (Sheaves in a field) Yasmin Palmoni, ch r ography

Adama (Dance for the land) Dado Krau , choreography

Nitzanim (Buds) rit Alyagon, chor ography

Mechol Hashalom (Dance for Peace) ado Krau , choreography

Mi Yitneini Of (Tambourine dance) ado Krau , chor ography

Lechaye Ha'amazeh (In honour of this nation) hlomo Maman, ch reography

The evening take a it theme the joy and th h pe in elebration

of the achievement of I rae l ver the fifty year f it xi ten e.

Image f the Bible, exotic Jewi h and Arab ommunitie, f the

pirit of modern I rael and the I nging fi r peace. What better way

t di play all the e diver e theme than through I raeli dan e which

draw on many ource but ha a vitality all fit wn.

Pr m ted by the I rael F Ik an e In titute-tl harity that aim

to pr m te good c mmunity relati ns through dan e. 11 ntact

ranim or Nitzanim write to: I rael Folk ance [n tiwte, Balfi ur

Hou e 741 igh R ad, L nd n N 12 OB ,TeI/Fax 01 1 4466427

The Performers

Oranim ramm an Tr upe i the premier I raeli dan e p rfi rming

troupe in the United Kingd m. The name ranim, (pinetree) wa

in pired by the fragrant and beautiful pine tree n the r ad t

Jew alem. ranim ffer a vibrant performan e of I urful dan e


and mu ic reRecring rhe different influence which make up rhe

I rae ti culrural m aic: hassid ic danc from a tern urope; orien

tal dan es repre enting the Jewi h communitie from the Yemen,

Morocco and ther Arab countrie ; dance f the Pioneer, and oth

er reRecting modern I raeli theme, the beauty f the land and the

joy of youth.

ranim was form d in L nd n in January 1979, since when it

ha performed at uch venue a the Royal F tival Hall, the ueen

lizabeth Hal l, Alexandra Palace, th haw Theatre, the World

Travel Market the Labour Party onference, the e tival f World

Religi n , Alternative Art , and various ther I cal fe tivals, multi

cultural and Jewi h communal ev nt . Ir won fir c prize for I rael ar

BB Holiday Live '93. Ir ha represented che Unired Kingdom ac

che Karmiel ance Fesrival in north rn I rael fo ur rime . Th troupe

ha al undertaken pecial projecr uch a a performance workshop

in the Nari nal Theatre wirh rhe ca c of Jo hua obol' play Ghetto

and advice for che R producrion of The Dybbuk.

T h croupe aim to engender in it audien e a love for Israeli

dance which know 11 boundarie of poliric , religion, race or cul

cure. It member are drawn from dance enrhu ia t who rudy or

work in rh London ar a.

Nitzanim Nirzanim dance rroup wa formed in 1997 and i rhe yourh dance

croupe f rhe Israel F Ik ance In ricure. Ir member are drawn

from a number of chool and are aged berw en rwelve and ixceen.

Ir ha already app ared ac a number f chool and cher event

including rh I rael 50 elebrari n ar Wembley in April rhi year.

Tuesday 24 November, 1.oopm School of Oriental and African Studies

Talk: Classical Music in Modern Israel Alexander Knapp Alexander Knapp, mu i logi c, br adca rer and Joe 0 Le turer

in Jewi h Mu ic pre endy ac ity Univer ity, London, examine gen

eral trend, variety and richne f mu ic in I rael in rhe 20rh cen

rury.

Entrance Free. See notice board at main entrance for room number. Presented by Department of Jewish tudies, chool of Oriental and

African tudies.

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Tuesday 24 November, 7.30pm Purcell Room

Sparks and Bells: New and Established Works for Israel London Archduke Piano Trio: Nathaniel Vallois, violin liam Abramson, cello Charles Wiffen, piano Tal Weissman, piano Andrew Keenan, clarinet Simon Munday, trumpet Paul Grataix, tuba Louisa Duggan, harp Dorit Zelezniak-Noble, mezzo-soprano Ivor Goldberg, guitar TIm Gunnell, Simon Williams, James Turner, percussion Presented by Carmel Arts.

Sonata for Violin Solo (1951) Ben-Haim i) Allegro energico

ii) Lento e sotto voce

iii) Molto allegro

Nathaniel Vallois, violin

Elegie (1996) in memoriam Yitzhak Rabin (First UK performance) arah Feigin

London Archduke Piano Trio

Sparks from the Beyond (1996-7) (First UK Performance) il hohat

i) ljJarks from Infinity

ii) ljJarks from Existence

iii) 'Parks of Motion

iv) 'Parks of Material

v) ljJarks of Faith

vi) ljJarks of Beauty

vii) 'Parks of Love

Tal Weissman, piano

Sonata (1943) ide n Klein

i) Allegro con fooco

ii) Adagio

iii) Allegro vivace

Ta l Weissman, piano

Interval


Bells (1998) (First Performance) Kyla Greenbaum Nathaniel Vallois, violin Liam Abramson, cello Charles Wiffen, piano Andrew Keenan, clarinet Simon Munday, trumpet Paul Gratrix, tuba Tim Gunnell, Simon Williams, James Turner, xylophone, glockenspiel, drums, gong and tubular bells

King David Sonata (1998) (First UK Performance) rut Irving lick

i) In the fields ii) David and aul iii) David the King

Louisa Duggan, harp

Sonata for Piano Trio (1987) (First UK Performance) Yehezkel Braun i) Preambulum (alfegro non troppo) ii) Elegia (molto adagio e tranquillo) iii) Moto perpetuo (alfegro vivace) London Archduke Piano Trio

Two Songs Naomi hemer i) Chorshat Haekaliptus (The Eucalyptus Forest)

ii) Machar (Tomorrow) Dorit Zelezniak-Noble, mezzo-soprano Ivor Goldberg, guitar

Paul Ben-Haim: Solo Sonata Paul Ben-Haim, I rael' be t known compo er wa born Paul

Frankenburger in Munich in 1891. He cudied piano, compo ition,

and conducting in hi hometown' Academy of Art (1 915- 20),

then erved as a istant conductor to Wal ter and Knappert bu ch

(1920-24) . T he ri e of Nazi m forced him to emigrate to Pale tine

in 1933 and he etded in Tel Aviv taking on hi new urname. He

oon e tablished him elf a the leading I raeli compo er and wa

awarded the pre tigiou I rael tate Prize in 1957 for hi orche tral

piece The Sweet Psalmist of IsraeL A late Romantic who tayed e en

tially within We tern tradition, he ought to ynthe ize it with the

tradition of hi adopted country, be it the pa toral mo d f Middle

Ea tern pea ant mu ic or uch dance a the Hora.

T he 010 onata, compo ed in Tel Aviv in the Aucumn of 195 1

and dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin, i one of Ben Haim' m t ig

nificant and per onal work . It three movement are imple in fo rm

and poignant in content. T he alfegro energico combine the form of

a prelude with the drive of a toccata. The lento e sotte voce, i played

with th mute throughout; an expre ive fantasy which produce a

trangely attractive colouring by employing grace note, trill and

echo effect. T he molto alfegro return with the drive and for e of the

opening movement, with Hora rythm di cernible within the tex

ture. Th onata wa given it fir t performance by Menuhin at the

arnegie Hall , New York, on 4 February 1952: the ame arti t gave

the I raeli premi re in April of that year.

Sarah Feigin: Eh!gie Born in Riga, Latvia on 1 July 1928, arah Feigin moved to Israel in

1972, 'after having tudied at the Riga Mu ic Academy. Whil t liv

ing in Latvia he ompo ed five ballet on Ru ian pics, and Ru sian

folk mu ic ha influenced her work trongly. A year after her arrival

in I rael, he et up a mu ic con ervatory for new immigrants in

Hol n and wa it director for approximately ten year . he i

involved with innovative t aching for group of children. he ha

al 0 written piano and rgan w rks. arah Feigin had alway r act

ed to event which took plac in I rael or involve a Jew' life with a

pecial compo ition dedicated to the event. To menti n but a few:

The Last Road, (a piano onata d dicat d to the victim of Babi Ytzr), (1976). Prayer, for violin and piano (1987); Fugubre, for vocal and piano (dedicated to the victim of the Beit Leed ma acre f March 1995) and the ELegie.

n the evening of 4 November 1995, compo er arah eigin

attended an opera performance in Tel Aviv. n her way h me after

the concert, he overh ard the tragic news about th a a ination f

Prime Mini ter Yitzhak Rabin, a few blocks fr m the New I rael

pera building. hocked and haken by a turmoil of feel ing, triv

ing for an em tional outbur t, which we normal ly Ive by crying,

he at at h r pian that very night. T hi i how th ELegie ame

about. Although it onvey an overall r man tic and ad feeling, the

ELegie peaks with an optimi tic me ag, 10 king forward with h pe

for a better world, and c nelude with an interrupted reiterati n of

the theme. N t un like Rabin' wn life.

Gil Shohat

Born in 197 , in Ti I Aviv, il hohat i a graduate of the I raeli

Mu ic on ervatory. hold degree fr m the Rubin I rael

Acad my of Mu ic ( el Aviv Univer icy), with p tgraduate degre s

from the Accademia Nazionale di . e ilia in Rom in omp ition

and pian . He mpleted hi tudie in ambridge. Hi tea her of

c mpo iti n included Andre Haidu, Azio orghi, Ivan Vandor,

Lucian Berio and Alexander ehr. i teacher f pian included

Rachel F in tein, Arie Vardi , Maria urcio, ergi Perticar li.

Among the award h hat ha w n are the fir t prize in the I raeli

Academy, and in the Rubin te in om po ltlon mpetiti n Ft r

parks fro m the Beyond,· a fellow hip Prize of the Briti h un il and

fr m th Italian overnment, the Ameri an-I raeli ulcural Foundation Award .

il h hat i ne f the few I raeli mpo er t have re eived


international recognition. Hi pieces have already been presented in

most uropean countries, in the U A and in Israel. T hey include

pieces for piano, chamber piece, concertos, ymphonies, ong cycles

and two cantatas, all of which have had their debut performances at

I raeli and international venues. ong of ongs was premi red on 4

June 1998 at the Israel Festival in Jeru alem. hohat is currently

completing a viola concerto for Yuri Bashmet, commi ioned by

Valerj ergev, and a group f etude for different in truments, com

missioned by Milano Musica Fe tival '98. The Keshet Eilon

International Violin Mastercourses commissioned hi Lacrimose, to

be performed this ummer, with hlomo Mintz conducting. hohat

was invited by the Haifa ymphony rchestra to write a special

ymphony marlcing the year 2000: the N ew Israeli pera commis

sioned him to write an pera, entitled Alpha and Omega (based on

lithograph by dvard Munch), for the 2001 sea on.

Gideon Klein id on Klein was born on the 6 ecember 1919 in Prerov na

Morave. From a very early age he displayed great musical talent. H e

tudied the p iano with Prob ssor Ruzena Kurzova and graduated

with flying colour from the ma ter cla of Professor Vilem Kurz.

oncurrently he studied musicology at harles Univer ity, Prague,

and compo ition with Profe or Alois Haba. His tudie were cur

tailed when the erman occupation closed down al l zech colleges

and univer itie .

In e ember 1941 he wa interned in the concentration camp in

Terezin and in ctober 1944 wa deported via Au chwitz to

Furstengrube where he was lci lled at the end ofJanuary 1945.

Kyla Greenbaum: Bells Kyla reenbaum ha had a di tingui hed career a a concert pianist,

and i well kn wn b r her upp rt of twentieth entury mu ic. H er

fir t performance include the choenberg piano concerto and

Prok fi ev' ec nd pian ncerco. he prem i red work by

kalkotta, ho takovich, Hindem ith, Me aien and many other in

br adca t and concert through ut urope and N rth America.

ha been inn vative. he initiated the

mp It1 n ur e at the uildhall h 01 fMu ic and

rama and the ontemporary an e and Mu ic c ur e at the Royal

A ademy of Mu ic and a ur e, The Language of the core at York

Univer ity, D r nt . KyJa' own mp iti n have now been per

form ed in Fran e (Vergt Fe tival), I rael, North America and the

UK. he i a Fell w f the Royal Academy f Mu i .

he write, 'The e ket he were pr vok d by the very nflict

ing impre i n fr m en ounter with the people in I rael. Not 0

mu h a Via Dolorosa but a j urney fr m Jew alem t Meggid . he

b urth ketch relate t w rd fro m a poem by Ja qu Prevert:

t leux

upr nent Adam and ve

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Leur dit

ontinuer je vous en prie

N e deranger vous pour moi

Faites comme si

Je n'exi tais pas!'"

Srul Irvlng Glick: Harp Sonata This is the third piece rul Glick has wri tten for the harp. Part of his

inspiration came from the idea of King David as a harpist. T he first

movement In The Fields, is a reference to young David the shepherd.

The second movement David and aut, refers to the occa ions when

King aul requested D avid to play the harp to soothe his troubled

spirit during his sleepless nights. T he third movement David the King, expresses the vibrant personal ity of the warrior-lover who also

loves od with great passion and dances wi th unbridled joy before

the Ark of the Lord. This piece also reflects his deep connection with

the Psalms of King David, which he set in Sing Unto the Lord a New ong and many other works. H e says ' I pray with the Psalms and

study them regularly. T hey always leave me refreshed and renewed

in pirit with the depth of their insight, and devotion to od' .

Yehezkel Braun: Trio Born in 1922, Yehezkel Braun has lived in Israel since the age of two,

with close contact to Jewi h and East M editerranean mu ic.

raduating from the Israel Academy of Music, he i now the

Profes or meritus at Tel Aviv University. H i main academic inter

est are traditional Jewish melodies and regorian chant (having

tudied regorian hant at the Benedictine monastery of ole mo

in France.) H e has lectured on the e and other ubj ects in urope

and the United tate .

The fir t movement of the piano trio opens enigmatically with

uni on from violin , cello and piano before breaking into tinato

pa age for all three instrument. T he harmonic style i tonal, ba ed

on the tonal-centre , al though th i i periodically disgui ed by

exten ive chromatici m , and by frequent u e of th e tritone. T he ri -

ing and ometime falling arpeggi passages are reminiscent of the

'M annheim rocket' cyle favo ured by Mozart and Haydn, while the

lyrical econd theme wi th its accompanying yn opation ha a di -

tinctly romantic fl avour. he movement end by lowing to a gentle

re lution .

Elegia, the p n ive low movement open in the key of " flat

major, with oaring, regretfu l theme fi r t played by the violin , before

the ello j ins in uni on. he tem po picks up lightly in th midd le

ection, where the major- min r clashe igni fy ome unea e, and

where the mel dy i hared between th piano and double- top in

the vi lin part. hi fin al ly return to the opening temp , where

emoti n are broadly explor d.

T h finale i an exciting dance with echoes f the tarant lIa. It open with pen tring and progre e through ome del i ate pa -

agew rk t a r u ing onclu i n in major- the original tonal


centre. T he work wa fir t performed in ctober 1998 in Hanover,

ermany, by the I rael Piano Trio.

The Performers

Louisa Duggan, harp Loui a uggan had her fir t harp les on at the age of six. Five year

later, h gained a place a a junior tudent at the Royal ollege of

Music and wa awarded a full ch lar hip t the Purcell chool of

Mu ic. Louisa ha ju t graduated with a fir t cla honour degree

from Trinity ollege of Mu ic. he ha given two perD rmance of

the Mozart flute and harp concerto a well a performing ebu y'

Dames acree et Profane and Ravel' Introduction and Allegro for trings. he ha given 010 r cital at t Martin in the Field,

outhwark athedral the Harp ociation of reat Britain and the

ternberg entre. T hi ummer Loui a played with the Britten Pear

ontemporary Mu ic n emble working with liver Knu en, al 0

with the British Youth p ra in a production ofPu cini' La Boheme and he i now a member of a new orche tra, oncilium.

The London Archduke Piano Trio T he London Archduke Pian Tri made their London debut at the

R yal Academy of Mu ic in 1996 playing Beeth ven' Triple Concerto. They followed thi with a outh African tour and made

their debut in 1997 on the outh Bank a part of the Jewi h Mu ic

Heritage ru t' a tern uropean Jewi h ul ture el bration. In

July 1998 the trio wa invited t the arlington Internati nal

ummer chool to perD rm and coach, and in tober 199 played

in London' Trafalgar quare Fe tival.

Nathaniel VaUois, violin Nathaniel wa b rn in Pari and gave hi fir t 10 perD rmance aged

nine in ion ( wi tze rland). Two year later he wa elected to play

for Zino France cacti. Further tudie ~ 1I0wed in 1 rael, then in

London at the Purcell chool and at the R yal liege f Mu ic

with Itzhak Ra hkov ky. He ha won numer u prize and award ,

including a Leverhulme Foundati n cholar hip and a Martin Tru t

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cholar hip to work with Ruggiero Ricci. He per~ rm r gularly

throughout Britain , in ur pe and in I rael. In 1993 he perform d

Bartok' fir t concerto in anterbury ath dral, a part of the

Fe tival. Recent 01 per~ rmances have included the Brahm,

Mendel ohn, v hlk and Berg oncerto.

liam Abramson, ce llo

Liam wa born in outh Africa and participated in ma tercla e

with Pierre ournier at the age of ten. He wa later awarded a

Foundati n ch lar hip to the R yal ollege f Mu ic where he

ontintted hi scudie with Wi ll iam Pleeth and Amaryll i Jeming.

He ha al 0 participated in ma ter la e with Yo-Y4 Ma, Ralph

Kir hbaum and Bernard reenh u . In 1992 he won the agle tar

award D r tring in the Royal ver- ea League Mu ic mpetiti n

and ha ub equently tudied with Uzi W i el. harle and iam

perform d together in the Fir t International Jeru alem Mu ic

ncounter in 1993 and have ub equently recorded a a duo for

BB Radio and for the launch f the R I label. T h y have

per~ rmed together in venue in luding the Wigmore Hall and the

Purcell Room.

Charles Wiffen, piano harle performed thr ughout reat Britain a well a in urope,

I ra I and outh Africa. He tudied at the Univer ity of

Wi twater rand in J hanne burg and at the Royal olleg f Mu ic

in London. He ha worked und r Maria mon

and manuel Ax among ther. e ha w n numer u prize u h

a the AB Youth mpetition, the F n e ompetttt n, ud

Mee t r Mu ic Priz , the Percival Kirby old Medal, the Jim J el

Prize, the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Mem rial Prize, and the J y

COct h pin Prize. A w 11 a rec rding ~ r BB Radi and the

AB , harle ha recently re rded a f pian mu i by

Beeth ven. In 1998 h wa appointed the ve Juni r Re ar h

Fellow at the Royal ollege of Mu i. harle ha appea red with

Liam in everal pre tigi u Fe tival in luding tho e f th Park Lane

r up, Brighton, PyrD rd urt, and helsea. T h y have toured

together a far afield a I rael and Zimbabwe and outh Afri a. T heir

late t f the Brahm ell nata .

'The e perD rmer ar highly per ua ive advo ate and per~ rm

with real verve and flair' Ooanne Talb t, The trad}

'The bri ll iant mu ic had nin tee nth entury erta inty, twentieth

century d ubt: an expre ive mixture f b th' (Ri k J ne, Evening tandard)

'Thi perD rman e wa nvincing and vital' ( -I peth Ja k, ape Times)

Dorit Zelezniak-Noble, mezzo-soprano rit emigrated t ape 11 wn fr m I rael at the age f ten. After

completing her degree at the uth Afri an liege f Mu i in

ape 11 wn, orit w n a ntra t t the I al pera tudi


( APAB) where he wa contracted ro ing orabella (Cosl fan tutte)

in the tudio' touring production to Namibia.

ince arriving in the UK, orit has ung the role of Mother

00 e (Rakes Progress) for Briti h Youth pera at pitalfield Market

pera and Niklau 6 r the pera chool of WaJe touring produc

ti n of Tales of Hoffman.

Tal Weissman al Wei man wa born in Haifa where he began hi musical train

ing at the age of five. He later took a d gre at the Rubin Academy

in el Aviv. After winning everal national and international prizes

Tal performed concert with the I rael hamber rche tra, giving

recital at the Tel Aviv Mu eum and the Janacek Hall in Prague. In

1995 he moved to London in order t tudy with internationally

renowned piani t and teacher Maria urci iamand. upport from

Wingate cholar hip and from the Briti h ouncil has made it pos-

ible for him t enter the Royal Academy of Mu ic. ince c ming to

London, Tal ha giv n ncert with the Haifa ymphony

rch tra, with A. Lip ky conducting and ha twice appear d in

recital at th I rael Amba ad r' re idenc in London. Mo t recent

ly he ha performed the works of ideon KJein, chubert and

hopin at the hamber Mu ic e tival, alon de Prov nce, August

1998. In the pring of 1999 Tal i taking an exten ive rour to

America and I ra I which will include a recital at the Jeru alem

Mu ic entre (to be broadca t live on I raeli Radio).

Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm The Place Theatre

The Moving Voice Nima Jacoby, choreographer, dancer Noa Lachman, soprano Rianka Bouwmeester, piano Danoush Lachman, designer Thi programme pre ent an innovative and urpri ing fu ion of

ound and movement, involving c ntemp rary danc, pecially

mmi i ned mu i, ephardi ong of the Jew of pain and

Hebr w ong in a integrated programme. The programme will b

pre ented with ut a break.

ttpported by El Al Israel Airlines, Visiting Arts and Keter UK Ltd.

Extinct Birds h r ography by Nima Jac by

mu ic by I rael Bright Nima Jacoby A I dance with riginal mu ic. rry volume f 6 rg tt n

hildh d ulture are pre ented n tage. h dancer move

am ng the bo ks.

I ra I Bright, I raeli mu ician and c mp r, ha written mu i 6 r

theatre, film and dance. He ha w rked with the mo t di tin-

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gui hed arti ts and in titutions in Israel. Recently he gained

national ucces with hi Band Ha mahot, which combine local

oriental mu ic with digital contemporary elements.

Three Israeli Songs arrang d for piano and voice by Menachem Wiesenberg

Layla Layla (Night by Night) word by Mordechai Zeira, music by Nathan Alterman

Mah Omrot Onayih (What say your eyes)

words by Mordechai Zeira, music by Itzhak henhar

hechora Ani (1 am Black) from the oratorio ongs of ong

Mark Lavry

Noa Lachman, soprano Rianka Bouwmeester, piano

X choreography by Nima Jacoby music by Dror Elimelech Nima Jacoby Xis the title of a solo dance with original music by I raeli compos

er Dror limelech. His music combine contemporary cla sical

music with electro-acou tic instrument. He works a a compo er,

poet and psychologist.

From Coplas Sefordies, opus 43 Alberto Hem i i) Tres hermanicas eran (There once were three sisters) ii) Bueno asi biva la coshuegra (To Mother-in-laws health) Noa Lachman, soprano Rianka Bouwmeester, piano

From Coplas Sefordies, opus 45 Alberto Hem i i) De enfrente la vide venir (I saw her coming) ii) Mi Padre era de Francia (My father is a Frenchman) iii) Torondon

iv) Quen es este Paxarico (Who is the bird that appeared?) Noa Lachman, soprano Rianka Bouwmeester, piano

Strange choreography by Nima Jacoby mu ic by N ri Jac by A pie e 6 r piano and danc r. The piece expre e udd n change

of character, mo d and ryle. he dancer and the piano rev al

new trange aspect f them elves. The compo er, Nori Jacoby wa

born in I rael in 1979 and tudied the violin with hi grandfather,


the well-known Israeli compo er Hanoh Jacoby. From 1993 he

studied composition with Andre Haidu at the Israeli Art and

cience Academy and at the Rubin Mu ic Academy in Jeru alem.

He i now er ing his national duty with th I raeli efence

Force . The ound-track of thi work include part of an interview

with an Aid patient, five days before hi death. Thi work deal

with encountering the immutabl narure of death.

Nima Jacoby Nori Jacoby, piano

Zefirah: a piece for voice, piano and dance choreography by Nima Jacoby

ongs wrirren between the 1930 and the 1960 for, and ung by,

Braha Zefirah, the most important ethnic Yemenite inger in

Israel,. Most of Israel' leading compo er : Ben-Haim, Nardi,

Jacoby, Arniram and oth rare repre ented here.

Nima Jacoby Noa Lachman soprano Rianka Bouwmeester, piano

The Ladino Language The name Ladino derives from Latino (Latin) and wa applied by

the Medieval Jews of pain, to the language of their land, to differ

entiate it from Hebrew, the language of their prayer. After the

expul ion of Jew from pain in 1492, the word Ladino came to be

ynonymous with the panish a it wa spoken by the expatriated

panish Jew . Thi ancient pani h languag wa carried by the

panish Jews to all points of their di per ion and in time it ab orb d

many words of reek, Rumanian, Turki h, Yugo lavian, Porrugue e,

French and Italian origin. Throughout the centurie f di per ion it

r mained lingui tically so to peak, fo ili ed.

Alberto Hemsi (1897-1975) Alberto Hemsi w born in a ba, Turkey. Hi par nt ,Italian ub

jects, were de cendant of Jew who fled from the pani h

Inquisition. When Hem i wa about ten the family moved to Izmir

where the boy acquired hi secular and Jewi h education . Hi gift of

music oon became apparent and in 1913 he went to rudy at the

Verdi on ervatory in Milan. After the Fir t World War in which he

was injured in battle while serving with the Italian Army he returned

to Izmir to pur ue a mu ical career which c ntred on re earch int

the panish Jewi h mu ical heritage. In 1923 he moved t the i land

of Rhode and continued hi re earch among the i land' mall

Jewi h population. In 1927 he wa invited by the hief Rabbi of

Alexandria to take charge of the mu ical life of the town' Jewi h

Community, then numbering about 60,000. uring hi life in the

Near East Hemsi devoted him elf to collecting and writing down th

ongs of the panish Jewish community. He collected 230 of the e

song in Istanbul, alonica, Esmirna and Anatolia, Rode, and

Cipro, ixty of which he arranged for pian and voice and pub-

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li hed in ten volume of Coplas efordies. Hem i' collection i a cru

cially important ourc for the tudyof a tern ephardic tradition

al poetry. In this great task Hemsi wa undoubtedly influenced by

many compo er who worked with folk material , uch as Bartok,

Kodily, Ravel, ranado, e alla and other . Yet he found hi own

di tinctive way of treating th material he collected.

The Performers

Noa Lachman, soprano Born in I rael, Noa Lachman rudied at the Rubin Academy of

Mu ic, and the Hebrew Univer ity. he then came to London where

she completed her tud ie at King' oil ge and at Trinity oil g of

Mu ic. In 1994 he took part in ma tercla e in London and

Vienna with world renowned oprano Ileana otruba . he i now

a rudent of Hazel Wood and William Hancox.

In I rael, Noa ang in the I rael National hoir Rinat and the

ameran inger under conduct r uch a tanley perber, Zubin

Mehta, Jame Levine and aniel Barenboim. he ha perfo rmed and

recorded for the I raeli National Radi and Televi ion, and appear d

in the world premi r of mu i by Isra li mpo er .

Nima Jacoby, dancer, choreographer Born in I rael, Nima danced with the Kibbutz ontemp rary

ance mpany and Inbal ance T heatre. With the e ompani


sh performed works of world renowned choreographers such a of

Mat k, Danny Azralov, u anna Linke, Rami Be'er, ideon

ber ank, Margalit ved, and toured zecho lovalcia, ermany,

hina, Au tralia, pain and witzerland.

inc 1995 she has created her own work, performing all over

Israel. he ha won several choreography award uch as reative

Art Fellow hip, he Albert aubi r Foundation, The American

Israeli ul tural Foundation cholar hip and an honorable mention

by the Acre Fe tival ompetition Jury. Nima Jacoby is now com

pleting her MA degre in dance tudies at the Laban entre for

Movement and ance in London, and i upport d by Anglo-Jewish

Association and the Ian Karten haritable Trust.

'Jacoby i alway urpri ing and exciting and this is what makes

thi how 0 wonderful .. .' KolIsraeL

Rianka Bouwmeester, piano Born in the Netherland ,Rianka tarted playing the piano at the ag

of nin . Aft r her piano udies at the Zwolle onservatoire he

moved to London in 1994 for po tgraduate studie at rinity

olleg of Mu ic with John Bingham and at th uildhall choolof

Mu ic with Jame ibb. In • ngland she won the John ongmire

Pian ft rte ompetiti n, John Hal~ rd Prize for piano duet,

or thy awe Prize for French ong, T M tudent Union

hamber Mu ic Prize and the John Ir land Prize.

he i a member of the Jupiter Piano ri and ha given concert

and broadca t in ermany, le land, the N therland, Hungary,

Roman ia and the United Kingdom. he currently h Id a

Fell w hip at the ndon olleg of Mu ic and w rks ft r th

uildhall cho I and the R yal ollege f Mu ic.

Oanoush Lachman, designer cu lpt r and de igner. he i a graduate f BFA (Vict rian ollege

f the Art , Melb urne, Au tralia) . Her w rk wa xhibited in

Au tralia and I rael. h i n w tea hing art in T he Tel Aviv Art

Mu eum and h r cen tly had a 01 exhibition in the Heinri h Ball

Foundati n allery, Tel Aviv.

Thursday 26 November, 7.30pm Level 6, Main Building, City University, London

What is Jewish Music? Can it be defined? Discussion chaired by Or Glenda Abramson, editor of The Blackwell Companion to Modern Jewish Culture Or Glenda Abramson, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Stud ies Yehezkel Braun, composer and Emeritus Professor of Composit ion, Tel Aviv University Michael Haas, executive producer of Decca's special series on 'Entartete Musik'

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Moshe Haschel, cantor, St John's Wood United Synagogue Or Tzipora H. Jochsberger, founder and director of the Israel Music Heritage Project, Jerusalem and Executive Director of the ten-part-video documentary series on Jewish music, A People and Its Music (see 16-20 November) Or Lionel Kochan, historian, Wolfson College and Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Sara Manasseh, specia list in Iraqi-Jewish music, University of Kingston Robert Saxton, Professor of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Josef Tal, Professor of Music, University of Jerusalem and composer of the opera The Garden (see 29 November) 'Jewi h Music' i a term that frequently sparks controver y and

debate. What are its unique characteristics? Member of an invited

panel of peciali ts, under the chairmanship of r lenda

Abramson, will confront the e and many other relevant i ues by

presenting short statements. aken together, these are to form the

ba is of a panel di cu ion, which will then be thrown open to the

audience. (Organised by Alexander Knapp)

British Society for Practitioners of Jewish Music T he Briti h ociety for Practitioners of Jewish Mu ic was inaugurat

ed on 8 ebruary 1998, under the au pice of the Jewish Mu ic

Heritage Tru t, and in as ociation with the Joe Lo L cture hip in

J wi h Mu ic. he ociety ha a it aim , to rai e th profile of prac

tid ner in thi field, and to act as re ource, and information

exchange ~ r member. With nearly eighty people already ign d up

from Britain and urope, the ociety i preparing a detailed directo

ry f memb rand arrang event uch a thi t further' the inter

e t f member. hairman Alexander Knapp, Member hip

ecr tary Vivienne Bello, Minute ecretary John Abram n

Tre urer Barry Weinberg. To find out how to join the oci ty, call

Vivi nn Bello n01818831773.

Saturday 28 November, 7.30pm Conway Hall

Ziryab Trio: Oriental Art Music Taiseer Elias, oud, musical director Nassim Oakwar, violin Zohar Fresco, percussion Presented by armel Arts in association with Pan Project Intercultural Arts/Interface Festival (Tel 0171 4056702)

Full of exotic beat and unu ual in trument ,thi concert will giv a

genui ne in ight into the mind and oul of oriental mu ic. he

Ziryab tri i named after Ziryab, an oud player, inger and prolific

poet in the ninth entury ourt of Haroun Al-Ra hid in Baghdad.

Their performance tonight will cover urki h and Arabic mu ic f


the nineteenth and twentieth cemurie , including cla ical tradition

uch a Longa, and Taskim, and piece by uch famou Arab com

po er as Riad Al- unbari, Muhamad Abd AI Wahab and the

Turki h Tanburi emil Bey and Ma 'ud emit Bey. They play with

deep pa ion, u ing traditional in trument uch a the oud and the

riqq. heir u e of mu ical ornamentation and improvi ation ha

been acclaimed worldwide.

The member of the Z iryab Trio are al 0 member of the group

Bu tan Abraham, p rforming at the ue n lizabeth Hall on

unday 29 November.

Taiseer Elias, oud, musica l director For biography see page 57

Nassim Dakwar, violin For biography ee page 57

Zohar Fresco, riqq (daff) and additional percussion For biography ee page 57

Sunday 29 November, 11.ooam The Voice Box

Gardens of Eden: What Price Paradise? Rabbi Julia Neuberger chair a di cu ion about the meaning of th

Eden tory with thr e li terary figure . Poet Michelene Wandor intro

duce her poetry equence Gardens of Eden, I rael Eliraz di cu e hi

libretto of the opera The Garden (to be performed at 5.00pm) and

noveli t an Jacob on examine Mi lton' Paradise Lost.

Sunday 29 November, 2.30pm Royal Festival Hall

Vienna Boys Choir: Family Concert 500th Anniversary Tour Gerald Wirth, conductor

acred Mu ic from th Vienna Imperial hapel: regorian ham,

allu , Fux, Eybler and Herbeck; Mozarr and hi Legacy: huberr,

Mendel ohn, Brahm and Han Knl a' Brundibdr: thi fairy ta le

pera of the victory f g od ver evil and the d feat of tyranny, wa

performed fifty-five time in the There ien tadt concemrati n camp,

by chi ldren, mo t of whom like the author later peri hed in

Au chwitz. In pite of it background, Brundibdr i a wonderful,

tun fu l modern opera for children.

Presented in association with Anglo-Austrian Music ociety. upported by Cultural ection of Austrian Federal Chancellery.

As a token of the Austrian Presidency of the EU, proceeds of this concert will benefit Oakwood Integrated Primary chool, Belfast.

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Sunday 29 November, 5.oopm Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Garden by Josef Tal Chamber Opera in seven scenes, prologue and intermezzo (1987) First English Language and UK Performance Libretto by Israel Eliraz English Translation by Gila Abrahamson Diane Atherton, soprano, as Eve Darren Fox, tenor, as Adam The Serpent: to be announced Thameside Opera George Badacsonyi, conductor John Abulafia, director Sophie Tyrrell, costumes and set Instrumental Ensemble, Trinity College of Music, London

Benjamin Watson, Flute doubling Piccolo and Alto Flute; Alvaro Vega, Oboe doubling English Horn; Melanie van Aueriuch, Clarin et doubling E flat Clarinet and Basset Horn; Maria Jenkins, Saxaphones; Mark Pe rciva I, Horn; Clive Zvanwinski, Tuba; James Gambold, Percussion; Nikos Valiotis, Cello.

This project is supported by London Arts Board, Embassies of Israel, and the Federal Republic of Germany, The Esmee Fairbairn Trust, El Al Israel Airlines, Royal Garden Hotel, Travelink roup, The fan Karten Trust.

he pera will be pre em d with ut a break.

Josef Tal: The Garden The fiftieth anniver ary f

the tate f I rael ha b en

the pur for pre eming thi

mo t igni fi am and litrle

kn wn w rk in ond n by

I rae l' en ior omp er,

J efTal. T he per6 rma n e

will be attend d by the

mp r and libretti t, a

well a the Amba ad r f

I rael. T hi pr du tion f

The arden i the w rid

prem iere per6 rma n tn

the pecial ngli h tran lati n, whi h ha been upervi ed by the

libr tti t and publi hed by IMI (I rael Mu i In titute). It i nly the

.....


second performance ince the work was commi ioned and pre

miered by the H amburg tate pera in 1988. The Garden takes a

topical but wry look at ociety today, judged by value inherited

from th Bible. T his i expre ed in a contemporary per pective by

Adam and ve and the erpent, back in the arden of den to

which th y have returned to ponder their riginal choice and to

solv their marital problem. As amu ing a it is illuminating, it i a

highly harged dramatic play on human relation hips and attitudes,

with philo ophical underton of the present day that allow a

woman to change her mind, or even choo e to hare a menage Cl trois. Previou works had called for larger force, but in thi late work, Tal

has pared away hi vi ion to allow him to sympathi e more directly

with hi characters. It i a if he ha reached a cry talli ation of his

life' endeavours.

Jo f al was born in Poland in 1910. H e p nt hi ea rly years in

rmany where he rudied and graduated in compo ition from the

Berlin Hoch chule fur Mu ic. Paul Hindemith wa on of hi teach-

r . Becau e of th N azi per cution of the Jews, Tal emigrated to

Pale tine in 1934 ince when he ha played a major role in the mu i

cal lih of I rael , becoming Musical irector of the onservatoire

and Profe sor of Mu ic of the Univer ity of Jerusalem. a compos

er, al ha adhered to the contemporary cla ical tyle both in word

and mu ic that he ab orbed from his education and training in hi

early yea r in ermany. Hi entire output reflect a faithful attach

ment to hi central ur pean origins, and in particular to the

erman mu ical heritag . After th econd World War, al re-estab

li hed hi erman onnection and ha been awarded many pre ti

giou c mmi ion from the major rman opera hu e and fi ti

val . T he e includ Ashmedai, a large cale work for the H amburg

tat p ra 1968/69, Die Versuchung for th Bavarian tate pera,

Munich 1975, a well a many in trumental piece. Hi many et

ting of cla ical and c ntemporary text from erman literature

and poetry h w him to have a genuine affinity with the erman

tongue .

More recently hi ymphony N . 6 wa commi ion d by N R

H ann ver for the 1992 chede Fe tival, and the vocal work Bitter Line by the Berlin e tival f 1992. It i evid nt from hi many com

mi ion that al' ucce in rmany ow nothing to any under

lying de ire to make rec mp n e for the per ecution of the past.

uite imply, the relation hip he ha with the erman language

(aIm t on a mother-tongue level) place him unambiguou Iy

among t the int rnati nally r ogni ed inherit r and exponent of

quint ential erman culture and it music. H e wa honoured by

being made a member of the erman Academy f Art in 197 1.

Briti h audienc have had little exp ure t Tal ' w rk. Apart from

a h w br adca t rec rding f hi mu ic and a ingle performance of

hi ec nd ymphony at a pr menade con ert little el e has been

heard in the U K.

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The Performers

Dlane Atherton, soprano oming from and tudying in Yorkshire, Diane has a post-graduate

qualification from the uildhal l chool of Music and rama. A

keen Mozart singer, she has sung in several Mozart operas, as well as

in other peratic work. he has performed with the Bournemouth

infonietta and has also appeared at the Queen lizab th Hall.

Future plan include recitals in cocland and heffield, featuring

French mu ic.

Darren Fox, tenor A graduate from the uildhall chool of Mu ic and rama, arren

ha ung with the European hamber rche tra, and ha been

called ca natural Mozartian' (Opera Magazine). He has al 0 ung for

the Briti h Youth pera and the ngli h Touring pera and intend

to ing in more modern opera, uch as Trouble in Tahiti by

Bern t in and Blue Monday by ershwin.

Sophie TyrreU, designer ophie is delighted to be working with John Abulafia, whom she

first m t when hortli ted for the Linbury Prize in 1995 . ince then,


her opera designs have included rfeo at the Barber In titute, The Magic Flute for arden pera, Eugene Onegin at Birmingham

Conservatoire and Susannah at the Midland Arts Centre.

George Badacsonyi, conductor George was born in Budapest, and is Thameside pera' music

director. He began his musical studies in Hungary and then contin

ued in Vienna and London. Winning the Ricordi Prize for pera

Conducting in successive years led to hi appointment a pera

Director at University College, London. For over ten year he wa

involved in the presentation of little known works of major com

posers, such as Verdi' I Due Foscari and tiffelio, Mus or ky' oroshintzy Fair and Das Liebesverbot by Wagner. H conducted pro

duction for several opera companie uch a British pera

Company, Phoenix, pera Concerts Ltd a well as for the Camden

Festival. He has a long-standing association with the BB opera

productions, being involved in many studio recording and prome

nade concerts. He has conducted everal of the BB orche tras, and

worked with both the BBC inger and BBC Northern inger. In

addition he has been engaged with opera companie in Holland,

Hungary, Bulgaria and ermany.

John Abulafia, director John Abulafia, has achieved national recognition for hi production

of contemporary opera. Hi ptoduction credit include ngli h

National pera and Mecklenberg pera. He ha produced five

operas at The Queen Elizabeth Hall and a Ptomenade performance

at the Royal Albert Hall.

Thameside Opera Thameside pera is a profe ional chamber opera company estab

li hed in 1985 with the performance of luck' La Danza at

t John's, mith quare. It has con istendy been praised for the rar

ity of the works performed and the excellence of it production,

presenting operas in Festival in the City of London, Bracknell,

Cheltenham and Portsmouth. It has gained a notable reputation for

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the niche its imaginative repertoire fill in the world of music-the

atre. Thame ide pera e tabli hed a fruitfu l as ociation with th

Wilde T heatre in Bracknell , which led to acclaimed joint ptoduc

tion by Peter Maxwell avi , hea Musgrave and ir William

Walton. They also co-ptoduced Peter Brook' version of Bizet'

armen which played to capacity hou e . T he London Art Board

upported Tham side pera's Briti h Premiere production of

Rothchild's Violin by Flei hmannl ho takovich at the ueen

lizabeth Hall in November 1997.

Sunday 29 November, 8.oopm Queen Elizabeth Hall

Bustan Abraham Music from the Middle East Taiseer EUas, oud Miguel Herstein, classical guitar and banjo Amir Milstein . flute Avshalom Farjun, qanoun (oriental zither) Nassim Oakwar, violin Emmanuel Mann, bass Zohar Fresco, percussion: dubakkeh, daff, bandir, za rb, bodhran, congitas, bongos, tamtams, bass drum, cymbals, panderos, bells, shakers, effects Presented in association with Carmel Arts. upported by the Embassy of Israel, Visiting Arts, and El Al Israel Airlines.

Bustan Abraham h music of Bu tan Abraham i a rare example of a fu ion between

Middle astern and We tern tyle . even mu ician , from Jewi h


and Arabic backgrounds, have named themselves after Abraham's

garden, ('Bustan' a Hebrew and Arabic word meaning 'garden of

fruit and essence ') reflecting the reverence in which both religions

hold Abraham, father of Isaac and Ishmael. Their wide experience a

oloists and conductors have led to a truly skilled group of perform

ers playing varied musical styles, from Arabic and Turkish to

lamenco and American folk music. ver the last seven years,

Bustan Abraham has earned a reputation both in Israel and world

wide for its dedication to a very high art form in the performance

and original compositions of world music. Bustan Abraham made

their debut in this country in 1995, performing in the Queen

Elizabeth Hall, and at the World Music Festival WOMAD. Bu tan

Abraham' London concert is linked with performances at the

Munich and Amsterdam Jewish music festivals.

The Performers

Amir Milstein, flute

Israeli by birth, Amir lived in South America during some of his

childhood, and has been influenced by that style of music. From

beginning on the recorder at the age of six, Amir has played the sax

ophone but is primarily a flautist. Amir has played and recorded

with some Israeli jazz-rock groups and has toured the Briti h Isles

with I raeli folklore groups.

Avshalom Farjun, qanoun, musical director

Born in I rael, Avshalom is a tenth gen ration Israeli. Avshalom has

pr moted various musician in Israel, including Ravi hankar. From

ptomoting mu icians, Avshalom has focused on playing and com

po ing. Av halom i a virtuo 0 on the qanoun, which originate

from Per ia, and has eventy-five tring. He formed the band in

1991, a fulfilment of a dream to create an original Israeli nsemble

of international calibre.

Emmanuel Mann, bass

Moving to I rael from France in 1982, Emmanuel play a very wide

variety of style, including blue and rock and oriental tyles. He has

adapted hi instrument to be a fretles bas which can play tones not

found in we tern mu ic. He has toured exten ively around the

world.

Miguel Herstein, guitar, banjo

riginally from olorado, U A, Miguel ame to Israel in 1976, and

has performed solo oncert all over the world. He combines east

and we t music tyle together, and ven manage to create new

und fr m his in truments. Miguel works with th Ministry of

ducation in I rael and ha compo ed film mu ic.

Taiseer Elias, oud

Tai e r come from the I raeli Arab village of hfaram, and is

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acknowledged as one of the best oud players in the whole Middle

Eastern region. He also has an MA in Ethnomusicology from the

Hebrew University in Jerusalem. With performances around the

world, both in groups and solo, Taiseer has played a very wide range

of styles, from traditional Arabic to Bach and Vivaldi on the violin.

The Israeli composer Menachem Wiesenberg composed a concerto

for oud and orchestra for him.

Nassim Dakwar, violin

From Tarshiha, an Israeli Arab village, Nassim began to learn the

violin at the age of seven, and is now a renowned violinist in the

Middle East. He studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, and

returned to start a musical conservatory in Tarshiha. Nassim's reper

toire includes both western classical and Arab classical music, and he

is the musical director of the Tarshiha Orchestra and Choir of

Classical Arab music. His appearances include television and duca

tional programmes.

Zohar Fresco, riqq (daff) and additional percussion

Born in Israel to Turkish parents, Zohar grew up within a strong

Turkish family tradition. He has played with the few remaining

elderly musicians who practise a distinctive style of riqq playing (a

riqq is a small oriental style tambourine). Zohar is proficient in

many other types of Middle Eastern percussion, and is conversant

with Arab, Indian and Persian playing tyles. Zohar's charismatic

and highly sensitive approach to all the instruments he plays makes

him a much sought after musician.

Monday 30 November, 7.30pm Sternberg Centre for Judaism

The Musical Life of Terezin The Andrusier Ensemble Tamar Andrusier, piano

David Routledge, violin

David Adams, viola

Alice Neary, cello

Presented by the Manor House Society.

The Andrusier Ensemble explores the extraordinary musical life of

Theresienstadt in the ~teroom to Hell' in Nazi-occupied

Czecho lovakia. They perform recently rediscovered music created

in the concentration camp and also masterpieces of the chamber

repertoire which were performed there.

Piano Quartet Movement Gustav Mahler (1860- 1911)

Piano Sonata ideon Klein (1919- 1945)


Sonatina Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Tanec (Dance) Hans Kd.sa (1899-1944)

Interval

Berceuse Berthold oldschmidt (1903- 1996)

Piano Quartet in G minor Wolfgang Amadeu Mozart (1756-1791)

Theresienstadt

Terezfn, or There ienstadt, wa s entially a tran it concentration

camp where Jew were sent in their thou and between 1941 and

1944 before being transported to an extermination camp. iruated

ixty kilometre north of Prague, it housed up to 60,000 men,

women and children in hou e and barrack builr to accommodate

4,000. In thi prison, where hunger, illne and cruelty urrounded

them, people fought to retain their dignity and to ustain their intel

lecruallife. Through accident or de ign, Terez(n came to hou e ome

of the mo t talented profe ional arti t and mu ician of 1940

Europe. Again t all the odd , they, and fellow pri oner who were

enthusia tic amateurs, found the trength and will to tage theatre

how, cabaret, orche tral concert, 010 and n mble recital, op ra

and jazz. The e performanc in the ghetto gave the community

immea urable plea ure, a they had been denied the right to perform

or attend performance in their hom town.

Lo t for many year, the manu cript were thought to have b n

destroyed during the war. It wa only in 1970 that works began to

come to light and r ceive their fir t performance out ide the erezfn

ghetto. ome large- cale works, uch a Viktor Ullmann' op ra The Emperor of Atlantis and Han Kri a' children' pera Brundibtir,

have received much public recognition in recent year, but many of

the chamber work have remained relatively unknown. It i through

this rarely-heard repertoire that we may gain an in ight into the tal

ent and per onalitie of a whole g neration of zech compo er

who e voice were tragically iJenced.

In this programm the Andru ier n emble will perform exciting

works by ideon Klein and Han Kri a, comp ed in Terezln,

along ide works by Mozart and Dvorak. which were p rform d in

the camp. They al 0 include a piano quartet movement by the ix

teen-year-old Mahler and Berceuse by Berthold old chmidt, wh

had a clo ea ociation with the Man r Hou e ociety.

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The Performers

The Andrusier Ensemble

The Andru ier n emble, formed in 1995, i a Manche ter-ba ed

chamber mu ic group with an unu ual focu : th mu ic of Terez(n,

the wartime concentration camp in zecho lovakia. As fir t prize

winner in the 1996 Anglo- zecho- lovak Tru t ompetition mem

bers of the en mble have given performance in Prague and Bmo,

upported by the Briti h ounci!. Th n emble wa recently

awarded a grant by the Art ouncil through the Art For veryone

Lottery ch m and th n emble' ducati n Project ha been up

ported by such notable mu ician a Yi hudi Menuhin and Roger

Norrington. Recent engagem nt have included performance in

la gow, dinburgh, Manche ter, Bri tol and at the Warwick

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Exhibitions

21 October- 4 January 1999 Sternberg Centre for Judaism Imro Weiner Kral (1901- 1978) Painting, prints and watercolour of Brati lava.

Open Mon- Thu 10.00am-5.00pm, Fri 10.00am- l.oopm,

Sun 2-4.00pm

In6 rmation from Julia Weiner,

Manor Hou e ociety: 0181 349 473 1

21 October-1o November Sternberg Centre for Judaism The Jews of Slovakia Phot graph of ynagogue and other place of Jewi h intere t.

Open Mon- Thu 10.00am-5 .00pm, Fri 10.00am- l.oopm,

Sun 2-4.00pm

Informati n from Julia Weiner,

Manor Hou e oci ty: 0181 349473 1

Until 17 January 1999 The Jewish Museum (Camden Town) Exhibition: Coats of Many Colours Print, drawing and original costume illustrating the variety of

clothing worn by Jew around the world ov r th la t 200 year from

Moro co, urkey, Algeria, India, Poland and Pale tin . Profe or

L u Tayl r will give a talk n 0 wme and Prejudice n unday 22

Nov mb r, 2.30pm.

Open Sunday- Thursday 10.00am- 4.00pm, closed Friday,

Saturday, public holidays and Jewish festivals.

Admission £3.00, senior citizens £2.00,

children/students/d isabled £1.50

he Jewi h Mu um ( amden Town) : 0171 284 1997

2-14 November Swiss Cottage Central library Exhibition: Shalom from Far and Near Painting and culpture by hildren and youth from I rael and the

UK in pir d by ource, tradition and theme from th hi tory of

the pe pie of I rael. urator: Bruria Pa ternak, I rael.

Reception: Wednesday 4 November, 5.30- 7.30pm. featuring

the Jewish Heritage Youth Choir, musical director, Vivienne

Bellos (see page 68)

Entrance free. Open Mon and Thursday 10.00am- 7.00pm,

Tuesday and Friday 10.00am- 7.00pm,

Saturday 10.00am- 5.00pm, closed Wednesday

Presented in association with Camden Arts & Tourism. upported by the Israeli Ministry of Education, Culture and .port and The Embassy of Israel.

Sunday 6 December, 7.30pm Hendon Synagogue Heritage Centre Exhibition: Jewish Music and Musicians

pening and talk by Alexander Knapp: The Musical Heritage of the

Jew. xhibition continue until April 1999.

Entrance free (includes refreshments):

donations appreciated

Information: Helen Mas 0181 203 1013

Synagogue Services

Friday 13 November, 6.45pm Belsize Square Synagogue Sabbath Eve Synagogue Service

ervice to commemorate the 60th anniver ary of 'Kristallnacht'.

Mini ter: Rabbi Rodney Mariner, Cantor: Lawrence Fine

hoirmaster: Ronald Rappoport.

Saturday 14 November, 9.ooam St John's Wood United Synagogue Sabbath Morning Synagogue Service

pecial choral ervice for habbat Mevarchin ( abbath of the bless

ing of the New Moon). Mini ter: Dayan I. Binstock, antor: Rev

Moshe Haschel, hoirmaster: Marc Temerlie with th Neimah

inger.

Friday 27 November, 6.30pm North Western Reform Synagogue Sabbath Eve Synagogue Service

eaturing the Kid hoir. Mini ter: Rabbi Charle Emanuel,

Musical irector: Vivienne Bello .

Guided Walks: organised by the Jewish Museum

Sunday 1 November, 10.15am meet outside Aldgate Tube The Jewish East End Tickets £5

Booking, Jewish Museum (Finchley): 0181 349 1143

Sunday 15 November, 1o.15am meet in Guildhall Yard The Jewish City of London Tickets £5

Booking, Jewish Museum (Finchley): 0181 349 1143


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