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Klezmerworkshop for Wind Instruments by Georg Brinkmann
May 1–May 4, 2014, 10am
Tresoar
Boterhoek 1
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
This workshop is intended for beginning and advanced wind players.
The workshop is taught in German, and upon request in English.
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Klezmerworkshop for Strings by Madelien Verheij
May 1–May 4, 2014, 10am
Tresoar
Boterhoek 1
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
This workshop is intended for beginning and advanced violin players.
The workshop is taught in Dutch, and upon request in English.
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Yiddish language workshop by Proffesor Hanan Bordin
May 1–May 4, 2014, 10am
Tresoar
Boterhoek 1
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
The Yiddish language workshop is intended for beginning and advanced speakers of Yiddish. Before the workshop starts, you will receive material sent home to you, so as to give you some basic knowledge.
The workshop is taught in Yiddish and English.
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"Lilith, the Night Demon, in One Lewd Act"
Thur May 1, 7:30pm
Kanbar Center, Osher Marin JCC,
200 N. San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94903
World premiere of a composition. The trio plays in this performance with San Francisco Choral Artists, a 24-voice chamber ensemble specializing in innovative programming and performance excellence. SFCA has premiered more than 190 works and won the 2012 ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming.
The work is a choral mystery drama by Joshua Horowitz of the internationally renowned Bay Area ensemble Veretski Pass. It is based on Jewish superstitions that makes wild use of multilingual texts, and ancient sources, and combines homemade instruments with poly-choral avant-garde gestures to create a fantastic, hysterical, bizarre and often moving musical extravaganza, complete with the trio's improvisations.
Lilith, the adult, alternate Jewish story of creation is transformed into a magical folk opera by Veretski Pass in collaboration with the San Francisco Choral Artists. A group of virtuosic multi-instrumentalists, Veretski Pass brings together Jewish and non-Jewish sounds from across Europe.
The extraordinary and often bizarre score to Lilith, composed by award-winning composer, Josh Horowitz, features both choral and instrumental ensembles as well as Heather Klein (Lilith), Anthony Russell (Adam), and Michael Wex (narrator).
The edgy and humorous libretto draws on texts gleaned from Jewish superstitions, omens, dreams, and curses. San Francisco Choral Artists, a chamber ensemble of 24 singers, is widely recognized as one of the finest choral ensembles on the West Coast. The production is directed by Magen Solomon, artistic director of the Choral Artists.
Thursday, May 1, 7:00pm
Temple Shir Tikva
141 Boston Post Rd
Wayland, MA
We perform a concert entitled "The Russians Are Coming!" We have some newly discovered klezmer compositions by some of the great Russian composers: Tchaikovsky, Borodin and others as well as some traditional klezmer music from the Russian Empire. We will play a special tribute to Ukraine and the Jews of Crimea which we have not performed out since the Orange Revolution 10 years ago. So, come celebrate May Day with us! Tickets are $18. See www.shirtikva.org/event/2743 for tickets and information.
