From: icravitz_at_hotmail_dot_com
Sent: 02 May 2013 16:44
Subject: Music in May
Dear friends
Read on for gigs, concerts, festivals,
workshops and more...
London Klezmer Quartet in the east:
11 May, LKQ _at_ Clare
Hall, Cambridge.
Concert at 7.30pm (free entry, tickets on the door).
Klezmer Workshop 3.30-5pm Tickets in advance only - book a place.
19 May, LKQ _at_ Norwich
Synagogue.
Concert at 4.30pm - book tickets.
Klezmer Workshop 11am-2pm: details from christianeguenther_at_talktalk_dot_net
Other LKQ concerts: The Lamb, Eastbourne on 19 June; the Brunel
Museum, Rotherhithe on 20 June; and a lunchtime foyer concert at the Southbank
Centre on Friday 5 July. Details at www.londonklezmerquartet.com/gigs.html.
Special
alert! Thursday 30 May, 7.30pm - Manchester Jewish Museum presents a
?Gathering of the Klezmorim'. Details
Come and play
This Sunday (5 May), 8-10.30pm in Kings
Cross, Klezmer Session. Join the
facebook page. The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, London WC1H
8JF.
This weekend (3-5 May): Fiddles on
Fire at The Sage,
Gateshead. Lots of workshops and a concert featuring myself, Carol Isaacs
and Francesca Ter-Berg on Sunday at 6.45pm. Info and booking
Tuesday 7 May, 8-10.30pm is the East
European session, also at The Harrison (address
above). First Tuesday of every month - email Christina if you'd like to be on the
mailing list or join the facebook
page for regular notification.
Classical stuff
Orchestra of the City is playing Beethoven and Mozart at St
James's Piccadilly on 16 May. The programme includes Beethoven's Piano
Concerto no. 4 with soloist Christopher White. Tickets
Handel's Susannah on bank holiday Monday 27 May at 6pm in Stoke
by Nayland, Suffolk, featuring Essex Baroque Orchestra, Psalmody and a
wonderful array of soloists. Directed by Peter Holman. Info &
tickets
More Handel in July - Israel
in Egypt on Saturday 6 July with Linden Baroque Orchestra and
Borough Chamber Choir. 7.30pm at St Alban the Martyr, Brooke Street, London
EC1N 7RD
Festival
Festival of Jim was set up in
memory of She'Koyokh founder and accordionist Jim Marcovitch by his family and
friends. It is a tiny and incomparably friendly festival of
music, comedy and lovely people set in a magical woodland in deepest East
Sussex. Find
out more.
Talking of She'koyokh, you
can find out about their tour in Ireland this weekend, and exciting
collaborations over the next few months, at www.shekoyokh.co.uk.
Klezmer courses
SOAS Summer Music School 24-28 June, 7-9pm each day. Info &
registration
LKQ Klezmer Residential at Benslow Music, Herts, 3-5 December. Info &
registration
Hope to see you very soon!
Ilana
x
0782 551 0881
Review of Butterfield Green, N16 in Songlines:
"A fantastic sound with inventive arrangements, virtuosity, exciting original
tunes and soulful playing." Listen to tracks and buy copies at www.londonklezmerquartet.com/cd.html
LKQ's latest
video is a compilation of highlights from our 2013 tour in Australia
(thanks Angie!) including a Yiddish dance workshop for 150 people!