Tag: Jewish Music
Gustav Mahler: Jewish Identity and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6:00 PM
A Pre-Concert Lecture
with Dr. Daniel Jütte (NYU)
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To be followed at 7:00 PM by
Cantata Profana performing
Gustav Mahler's
"Das Lied von der Erde"
and works by Strauss, Meyerbeer, Schoenberg, and Lewandowski that place Mahler's...
Russian-Jewish pianist dies during performance
The celebrated pianist Mikhail Klein collapsed and died on stage at the age of 72 while performing his own composition in his hometown of Irkutsk.
Klein, who in 1987 was awarded the prestigious title of...
Windsor symphony orchestra to feature jewish composers
In what seems a rare event for any orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra will be performing a special concert on Oct. 3, solely featuring the music of Jewish composers.
“There’s a rich repertoire of music...
Sonoma Jewish music series includes ‘the whole kitchen sink’
Polish dance music from Veretski Pass. Middle Eastern guitar riffs from RebbeSoul. Jewish songs with a feminist perspective. A setting of “Avinu Malkeinu” for cantor, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion.
The free Jewish Music Series that starts...
Rebecca Schoffer returns home to lead families in a musical celebration of Judaism
Families, mark your calendars: You don’t want to miss “Boker Tov at the Shore” at the JCC on Sunday, July 23, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Led by locallyborn artist and musician Rebecca Schoffer, the PJ...
Lest we forget
The Museum of Fine Arts presented “Memory Unearthed: Music from the Lodz Ghetto” Sunday in conjunction with the stunning exhibition of photographs by Henryk Ross. Confined to the Lodz Ghetto during World War II,...
Jewish music for any soul
For the 8th season, clarinetist Paul Green will bring Jewish music to the Berkshires with an international mix of chamber works and song.
His "Summer Celebration of Jewish Music" brings together an ensemble that includes...
Leonard Cohen song is anthem of Jewish exclusivists
On May 21, Israeli Jews celebrated 50 years of Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem with a light show on the Old City walls, and the highlight was a rendition of the late Leonard Cohen’s most...
Experiencing the horrors of war through music
A new arrangement of a powerful composition conveying the horrors of war, written by a Toronto musician while he was interned in a displaced persons’ camp in 1946, will premiere at the Jewish Music...
A Life In Music
Friends and family intertwine within the music career of clarinetist Franklin Cohen. A local audience will get to experience the friendship during the final concert of the 2016-2017 season of the Chamber Music Society...