music
Jewish Music out of the Shadows: Hidden Archives, Lost Worlds
Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, RedlandThe catastrophes of the twentieth century, most significantly the Shoah, led to the near destruction of the rich musical heritage of Eastern European and Russian Jews. Composers, performers and their art were either lost forever, or else became dispersed and fragmented, leaving only shadowy echoes of a lost world. Stephen Muir will talk about … Continue reading Jewish Music out of the Shadows: Hidden Archives, Lost Worlds
Klezmer Music: History and Contemporary Practice Around the World
Virtual streamedKlezmer – the instrumental music of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews – has survived assimilation, suppression and eradication and is now a recognisable ‘world music’ commodity, as well as an object of serious musicological study. But what relationship does today’s klezmer bear to its 19th and early 20th century roots, and what happens to traditional music when its … Continue reading Klezmer Music: History and Contemporary Practice Around the World
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomMax Lewkowicz’s richly detailed documentary celebrates the illustrious Broadway show Fiddler on the Roof, the evergreen shtetl-set musical first staged in 1964 with choreography and direction by Jerome Robbins and starring Zero Mostel as Teyve, the milkman. Contributions from a range of interviewees – including people attached to the original production, such as producer Hal … Continue reading Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Ernest Bloch: more than a Jewish composer
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomYoav Ben-Shlomo • Bristol Ernest Bloch, though not a religious Jew, is probably the most famous Jewish composer of the twentieth century. Born in Geneva in 1880, he studied in Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris before creating his “Jewish cycle” and ended his life in the USA. However, he also composed other important musical works including … Continue reading Ernest Bloch: more than a Jewish composer
Jews and Jazz: a melting pot of identities
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomWhat has Charlie Parker’s classic bebop tune ‘Anthropology’ got to do with George Gershwin? What was the role of Jewish composers in establishing the great American Song Book and how did this establish mainstream jazz standards? How does the Freygish scale found in klezmer music relate to the Phyrgian dominant mode used in minor 2-5-1 … Continue reading Jews and Jazz: a melting pot of identities
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