PBS Klezmer Special with Itzhak Perlman!

[Meyshke <meyshke...>]

Hello, friends far and wide --  

Just a quick note to mention that the PBS Great Performances special "In
the Fiddler's House," featuring violinist Itzhak Perlman in an exploration
of klezmer music with Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, the Klezmer
Conservatory Band, Kapelye and other leading klezmer performers will be
broadcast on PBS nationwide starting this Monday, Nov 27 and continuing
through at least Dec 4.   Check with your local PBS affiliate or TV guide
for the exact date and time in your area.  The program will be also be
commercially available in a home video format. 

A tie-in CD of the same title ("Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House"),
featuring Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, The Klezmer Conservatory Band,
and the Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra, was released Nov 21 on the
Angel/EMI label and is available wherever fine recordings are sold, and
probably other places as well. 

For those of you in Europe, the film will also be broadcast on ARD/Arte
(as well as BBC, I believe), but I don't believe a date has been set. 

Finally, for ye of the documentarian persuasion, an article on the film
and CD will appear in an upcoming issue of "Billboard."  

Best wishes for a bright and happy Chanuka, and zol zayn sholem af der
velt!

-- Michael Alpert