‘When We Remembered Zion’: The New Budapest Orpheum Society Commemorates Yom HaShoah
Monday, April 24, 2017
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm by Dr. Philip V. Bohlman, Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, University of Chicago
Concert at 7 PM
Drawing from repertories of Jewish song from the Holocaust gathered from the cabarets, camps, ghettos, theaters, and films New Budapest Orpheum Society bears witness to those murdered, those who resisted, and those who must not be forgotten. In this concert commemorating Yom HaShoah, the New Budapest Orpheum Society honors composers Hermann Leopoldi, Friedrich Hollander, Imré Kálmán,
Hans Eisler/Bertolt Brecht, and Erich Korngold, whose musical contributions trace
a path to the European Jewish past resounded once again.
Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street | New York, NY 10011
This program is co-sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and the American Jewish Historical Society.
Tickets $15 / $10 Seniors and Students
The New Budapest Orpheum Society, 2016 Grammy nominee for Best Classical Compendium
The New Budapest Orpheum Society is an ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago. Dedicating itself to Jewish cabaret from the late nineteenth century to the present, the NBOS performs internationally in synagogues, cultural institutions, universities, and cabarets. Founded in 2000, the ensemble has recorded four CDs, the most recent of which, When Dreams Fall Apart: The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music, 1925–1955 (Cedille Records), was a 2016 Grammy Award nomination.
The New Budapest Orpheum Society is an ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago. Dedicating itself to Jewish cabaret from the late nineteenth century to the present, the NBOS performs internationally in synagogues, cultural institutions, universities, and cabarets. Founded in 2000, the ensemble has recorded four CDs, the most recent of which, When Dreams Fall Apart: The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music, 1925–1955 (Cedille Records), was a 2016 Grammy Award nomination.