Fwd: Concert of The New Yiddish Chorale in NYC

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:37:37 -0500
>From: Zalmen Mlotek <102734(dot)2445 (at) compuserve(dot)com>
>PRESS RELEASE
>
>contact: Lisa Kirsch, (212) 210-0515
>
>PERFORMANCE OF RARE YIDDISH CHORAL MUSIC
>BY THE NEW YIDDISH CHORALE 
>
>The New Yiddish Chorale under the direction of Zalmen Mlotek 
>will present a concert of rarely performed Yiddish Choral music on
>Saturday night, February 6th at 8PM at the West End Synagogue,
>190 Amsterdam Avenue at 68th Street.
>
>West End Synagogue's cantor, Dan Rous, will be the featured soloist; 
>Mr. Rous is also cantor for the High Holiday services at the 92nd Street
>Y.
>
>Repertoire will include early 20th century arrangements of traditional
>Yiddish standards as well as revolutionary labor songs from the early
>part of this century.  
>The Chorale will also present excerpts from a Yiddish version of Gilbert
>and Sullivan's PIRATES OF PENZANCE.
>
>The New Yiddish Chorale is a vocal ensemble established in 1996 to
>explore sophisticated Yiddish choral repertoire.  This group's
>performances at the North American Jewish Choral Festival in 1997 and
>1998, and its premiere CD, We're Here to Sing!, have been received with
>critical acclaim in the Jewish music community.  The Chorale was
>featured on Mandy Patinkin's Yiddish album MAMALOSHEN, which Patinkin
>also presented on Broadway.
>
>Zalmen Mlotek, one of the world's foremost authorities on Yiddish folk
>and theater music, is a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert
>worlds.  Raised in a prominent Yiddish-speaking family renowned for
>their Jewish songbook collections, he has been an innovative force in
>bringing contemporary musical theater pieces about the Jewish-American
>experience to Broadway and to communities nationwide.
>
>Mr. Mlotek has recently taken over the co-artistic directorship of the
>Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York; the longest continuously
>operating Yiddish Theater Company in the world. 
>
>Mlotek served as co-creator, music director, and conductor of THOSE WERE
>THE DAYS, which received two Tony nominations and a Drama Desk award,
>and THE GOLDEN LAND, an Off-Broadway hit which toured nationally and was
>brought to Italy under the sponsorship of Leonard Bernstein. He was also
>music director for Isaac Bashevis Singer's SHLEMIEL THE FIRST, which
>played to standing ovations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston,
>in 1996-97, as well as at the Serious Fun Festival at Lincoln Center in
>1995.
>
>TICKET INFO:  Limited seats available.  To reserve, please call West End
>Synagogue at 
>(212) 579-0777 extension #5.  Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for
>senior citizens.
>

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