Jewish Music Festival

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15th Annual Jewish Music Festival
March 4 - 12, 2000

The Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center presents the 15th annual
Jewish Music Festival, March 4 - 12, 2000, at various locations in the East
Bay, San Francisco, Marin and Palo Alto (a complete schedule follows).
Highlights of the Festival include Jacques Fromental Halevy's 19th century
opera, "La Juive" (The Jewess), the only Jewish-themed opera in standard
repertory; internationally acclaimed Klezmer group Brave Old World with
songs from the Lodz Ghetto; Hasidic nigunim (melodies) performed by Frank
London and Lorin Sklamberg of the world-renowned Klezmatics; seventy-nine
year old Arkady Gendler direct from Ukraine, an authentic voice of the
Jewish cultural revival in the former Soviet Union; Ben Goldberg's Twelve
Minor jazz sextet; "Sounds Like Peace", a lecture on Jewish-Arab musical
collaboration in Israel, with UC Berkeley ethnomusicologist Ben Brinner. For
Festival tickets and information: (510) 848-0237, X227 or www.brjcc.org.
Group sales available.


Calendar of Events

Halevy's 19th century opera La Juive, Saturday, March 4, 8:00pm, Hertz Hall,
UC Berkeley. $28 general admission, $25 seniors, students and JCC members.

La Juive, Sunday, March 5, 7:30pm, Hellman Hall, San Francisco Conservatory
of Music, 1201 Ortega Street, San Francisco. $28 and $25.

Ben Goldberg's Twelve Minor jazz sextet, Monday, March 6, Freight and
Salvage Coffeehouse, 1111 Addison Street in Berkeley at 7:30pm.  $14 general
admission, $12 seniors, students and JCC members.

Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics, Tuesday, March 7, BRJCC,
1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 7:30pm.  $16 and $14.

Sounds Like Peace, lecture with Ben Brinner on Jewish and Arab musical
collaboration in Israel, Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 pm, BRJCC, $10 and $8.

Arkady Gendler, an authentic voice of Jewish cultural revival in Ukraine,
Thursday, March 9. Two performances at the BRJCC:  2:00 matinee, $12 and
$10; 8:00pm performance $14 and $12.

Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) Kabbalat Shabbat service, Friday, March 10,
BRJCC, 7:30pm. No tickets required, limited seating.

Brave Old World Klezmer super-group, Saturday, March 11, 8:00pm, First
Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way.  $18 and $16.


Festival Previews & Additional Venues:
(Call locations for tickets and information about programs)

Tuesday, February 29, 6:00pm, Lecture on the opera, La Juive
Professor Michael Barclay, Opera Education International
San Francisco Public Library, (415) 557-4400 (Free)

Friday, March 3, 3:00pm, symposium on the opera, La Juive
Halévy Scholar Diana Hallman, University of Kentucky,  & UC Berkeley Faculty
UC Berkeley, Morrison Hall, Elkus Room, (510) 642-2678 (Free)

Friday, March 3, 12:00noon, Arkady Gendler
With Eli Katz, UC Berkeley Lecturer
Bernard Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael (415) 479-2000

Sunday, March 5, 2:00pm, Arkady Gendler
With Eli Katz, UC Berkeley Lecturer
Albert Schultz JCC, Palo Alto (650) 493-9400

Sunday, March 12, 5:00pm, BRAVE OLD WORLD
Highlight of "The Heart and Art of Grandparenting" Program
Bernard Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael (415) 479-2000





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