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A day of Yiddish song in Cambridge, Sunday 28th Feb 2010 - places still available for morning workshop - just turn up.
Thu, 18/02/2010 - 18:16 — Anonymous
Yiddish is the Eastern European Jewish language; closely related to German, but with a flavour all of its own. Jewish Music Institute Director Geraldine Auerbach MBE explains:
"A palace with many rooms, the rich Yiddish song repertoire starts with songs for babes in arms and travels through childhood, love, work and hope. The history of the Jewish people is in these songs: the towns they lived in, the joys and terrors that befell them. The Jewish Music Institute is pleased to be a vehicle to encourage the transfer of these songs from generation to generation - from the mind
to the soul of everyone who sings and hears them."
Moving Tone Director Anne L Ryan's musical journey has taken her from Irish traditional song to experimental vocal theatre. She is drawn to Yiddish song because "the lively rhythm and theatricality provide the vocalist with considerable expressive scope in performing the song".
In 2002 Peterhouse hosted Klezmer-on-the-Cam, a long weekend of Eastern European Jewish music, dance and song. Today, Jewish music features increasingly often in performances and workshops at numerous venues around the town. It is even possible to study it as part of the University of Cambridge's music degrees. All of this cultural activity has found a ready audience among Cambridge's many folk and world music enthusiasts, and, of course, the Jewish locals and students.
Hilda Bronstein (www.chiribim.com) is one of Europe's leading interpreters of Yiddish song. She was the winner of the 2008 Mira Rafalowicz Prize for the Best Yiddish Song Interpretation at the Amsterdam International Jewish Music Festival. She has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Spiro Ark cultural centre in London. In 2007 she released her first solo CD to critical acclaim, and her second is due for release in Summer 2010. A lover of Yiddish song since childhood, she trained in voice at the Royal College of Music, London. Hilda will be joined in both sessions by accompanist Yair Schleider, an experienced performer of Yiddish and Klezmer music.
Places are available for the morning song workshop which takes place between 10am-12pm, Sunday 28th February 2010 at West Road Recital Room, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP. £15/£10 concessions; complete beginners welcome - no previous knowledge of Yiddish, or singing, required!
Booking: 01223-262519 or infomovingtone.com@googlemail.com or just turn up at 9.45am on the day.