Tag: Jewish Music
Conductor Yoav Talmi a classical composer
Following his successful guest conducting engagement with China’s Beijing Symphony Orchestra last month, Israeli Conductor, Yoav Talmi, was immediately reengaged for another season.
The manager wrote, “Those who attended the concert could testify to the...
Day Two: STM Presents “Hanukke Oy Hanukke a Yom Tev a Sheiner”
Kippalive - Al HaNisim כיפה-לייב על הניסים
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MXDlPg_LI
Jack Black, Flaming Lips and Haim among those to join Hanukkah album
A holiday-inspired music album titled “Hanukkah+” will be released on Nov. 22 and feature a collection of Jewish classics and originals from artists, including Haim, the Flaming Lips, Jack Black and Yo La Tengo, The Rolling Stone reported.
The album, produced...
SaveTheMusic presents: A very original song for Rosh Hashone in Yiddish
An original song for Rosh Hashanah in Yiddish by Chana Mlotek, Z ”L , music archivist at YIVO (Yiddish Research Institute in New York City) sings songs in Yiddish that she wrote for Rosh...
Cantorial Jewels, by Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker was unquestionably America’s greatest tenor. As with many of his contemporaries, the Second World War gave him the opportunity to establish himself in this country, and for the next quarter of a...
TICO features works of Dvorak, Alfven, Stern
David Amos did unusual programming at TICO’s recent concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue by opening with the longest work of the evening, Dvorak’s New World Symphony. However, the orchestra musicians seemed warmed up enough...
In memory of Danny Ben-Israel
On March 11, the world lost someone who was very special, who made a mark and touched people with his voice, as a singer, a humorist and writer. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944,...
Tapping into the ‘Golden Age’ of cantorial music for the 21st century
Aryeh Leib Hurwitz is attuned to all things musical. A chazzan (“cantor”) and ordained Chabad rabbi born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied at yeshivahs around the world while honing his voice and performing...
Ada & Allison “In Droyzn is Finster” (It’s dark outside)
בלומינגטאָנער טאַלאַנטן
אַדה־רבקה העטקאָ און אַליסאָן פּאָזנער
זינגען דאָס פאָלקסליד
“אין דרויסן איז פינצטער”
בלומינגטאָן, אינדיאַנאַדעם 14טן אַפּריל 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=1S0VtsoknEA
Gale Kissin sings “Mame Loshn”
Few recordings so well selected, so clearly interpreted, and so significative as this one:
Gale Kissin sings Mama Loshn
15 songs that illustrate Jewish life and struggles through the last 300 years!
I was afraid that America...