Sunday, November 12, 1:30 P.M.
Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
Jewish Composers: Jerusalem to Broadway
With featured artists Guy Mannheim, tenor, and Shirit-Lee Weiss, soprano
Join Israeli soprano Shirit-Lee Weiss and Israeli tenor Guy Mannheim, a
soloist with the New Israeli Opera, for an exciting musical journey from
the streets of Jerusalem, through the shtetls of Eastern Europe and the
cities of Western Europe after WWII, to the sparkling lights of
Broadway. In a true celebration of the Jewish spirit, the program will
include the music and lyrics of world-renowned artists such as
Bernstein, Sondheim, and Weill, along with Israeli music by Naomi
Shemer, Zohar Argov, and others.
Tenor Guy Mannheim has performed with the New Israeli Opera, the New
York Chamber Opera, and in concerts and recitals in Israel, Germany, and
New York.
Soprano Shirit-Lee Weiss appears regularly in the contemporary music
group Musica Nova in addition to performing in works by young composers,
and in musical and children’s theater productions.
$15 adults, $12 seniors, $10 students/members
Tickets
are available online through www.mjhnyc.org or by calling 646 437-4202.
Sunday, December 3, 2:30 P.M.
Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
Brave Old World – Song of the Lodz Ghetto
With Alan Bern, Michael Alpert, Kurt Bjorling, and Stuart Brotman
“..nothing less than brilliant, a recreation that is not merely
respectful but stunningly inventive.”
Jewish Week
The world-renowned music ensemble Brave Old World will perform Song of
the Lodz Ghetto, a unique musical theatrical work featuring rare Jewish
street and folk music created between 1940 and 1944 in the Nazi ghetto
of Lodz, Poland. Combining the soulfulness of Yiddish tradition, the
finesse of classical music, and the vitality of jazz, the music of Brave
Old World is unique and unforgettable.
Brave Old World has been creating, performing, and teaching klezmer and
New Jewish Music throughout the world since 1989. They have performed
and recorded with such notable performers as Itzhak Perlman and at
venues as prestigious as Lincoln Center and Radio City Music Hall.
$20 adults, $18 seniors, $15 students/members
Tickets
are available online through www.mjhnyc.org or by calling 646 437-4202.
Co-sponsored by the National Yiddish Book Center
Wednesday, December 20, 7 P.M.
Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
Women of Tzadik Celebrate Hanukkah
Basya Schechter, Jewlia Eisenberg, and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
An eclectic line-up of innovative, female performers will highlight the
diversity of the Sephardic community and its musical traditions. In
addition to sharing a home at the Tzadik record label, these artists
share a vision for presenting rich Jewish music in a way that embraces
and revives traditional styles while creating a new, modern sound.
Basya Schechter leads the popular ensemble Pharaoh’s Daughter which
combines Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk-rock, and spiritual
stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings, and electronica.
Pharaoh’s Daughter has toured extensively throughout America, Europe,
Greece, and the U.K.
Jewlia Eisenberg is the founder, bandleader, and performer behind
Charming Hostess a “klezmer-funk/girly-punk” ensemble. Their music
incorporates doo-wop, Balkan harmony, and Andalusian melody.
Jerusalem native Ayelet Rose Gottlieb performs music that combines free
improvisation with elaborate composition, spicy Middle Eastern scales,
and adventurous texts. Gottlieb’s newest album, Mayim Rabim, is a
reinterpretation of biblical love poetry from the Song of Songs.
Presented with Sephardic Music Festival, Modular Moods, and
Barzilai
$20 adults, $18 seniors, $15 student/members
Monday, December 25
Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
Challah-lujah
Starring Joshua Nelson & His Kosher Gospel Choir
Performances at 1 P.M. & 3:30 P.M.
“I have never heard a voice like (Joshua Nelson’s). He literally brings
the house down.”
Oprah Winfrey
If you missed last year’s sold-out performance, Joshua Nelson is back
again this year with two shows. Melding Hebrew tunes with Joshua
Nelson’s unique spirit, the Kosher Gospel Choir has sparked a revolution
in Jewish Music.
Joshua Nelson, an African-American Jew known as the Prince of Gospel
Music, has been hailed by critics across the world for his unique voice,
which bears a strong resemblance to the legendary singer Mahalia
Jackson’s passionate vocal stylings. He has performed at major venues
across the United States and internationally, and was the subject of the
documentary Keep on Walking.
$35 adults, $25 seniors, $20 students/members
Tickets
are available online through www.mjhnyc.org or by calling 646 437-4202.