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America, Amerike |
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Jewish Music throughout America’s History |
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May 12 & 19, 2008 |
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| The Yavneh Ensemble will present music of the Jewish experience in America, including: • Sephardic chants from colonial synagogues • The 1897 Union Hymnal and its role in the formation of Jewish Americans • The great wave of Eastern European immigration in its varied musical manifestations: Yiddish theater, Yiddish radio and the clash of the old country with the new in a special choral presentation of Sholom Secunda's Chazonim Oyf Probe. • The American synagogue finds its distinctive voice in the 20th century and beyond. |
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Previous Events |
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| November 17, 2007 November 18, 2007 From Light to Light: Music for Shabbat
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Music for Shabbat, from the light of Friday night candles until the light of the Havdalah candle was presented, including: • The original choral versions of well-known synagogue tunes by 19th century composers Solomon Sulzer, (Torah service music) Louis Lewandowski (Tov L’Hodot/Tzadik Katamar) and Eliezer Gerovitsch (Adon Olam). • Contemporary settings of the liturgy and z’mirot by Robert Applebaum, Yehezkel Braun, Meir Finkelstein, Ben Steinberg, Tzipora Jochsberger, and others. •Imaginative settings of Yiddish songs for Mincha and Havdalah by Artistic Director Robert A.M. Ross. • The spectacular Zavel Zilberts Havdalah. |
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June 3, 2007
The 49 Days |
The Yavneh Ensemble presented music associated with the holy days and observances before, during, and after counting of the Omer, including music for Passover, Yom HaShoah, Yom HaAzma-ut, Lag ba'Omer, Yom Yerushalayim, and Shavuot. Featured composers included Charles Davidson, Yehezkel Braun, Gerald Cohen, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Soloists were Hazzan Howard Glantz of Adath Jeshurun, soprano Ilana Davidson, and Rachel Levine. Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom of Adath Jeshurun narrated. A highlight was Naomi and Ruth, a lovely cantata for women’s voices, by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, which is rarely heard and deserves wider circulation. |
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| November 19, 2006 | The Yavneh Ensemble appeared in a concert at Temple Sinai, Dresher, PA, with cantors Stephen Freedman and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, marking Hazzan Stephen Freedman's 25th year in the cantorate. This program, a fundraiser for Temple Sinai and the Cantors Assembly, included favorites for cantors with choir and the world premiere of the award-winning Three Psalms for cantor and choir by Stephen Freedman, in choral arrangements by The Yavneh Ensemble’s Artistic Director Robert Ross. To hear selections from this concert click on the titles: (QuickTime Player is required to play these examples. Click here to download QuickTime for Windows or here for Macintosh.) |
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| June 4, 2006 | The Yavneh Ensemble presented its inaugural program Bareich et Medinat Yisrael: Voices of Israel Today at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Elkins Park, PA Works of Paul Ben-Haim, Tzvi Avni, Moshe Wilensky, Naomi Shemer and others were performed. Hazzan Howard Glantz of Adath Jeshurun was our featured soloist. This concert was funded in part by a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Center for Israel and Overseas: Task Force on Israel Engagement. |
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