Re: Yiddish in the Park - Wednesday, July 12th, New York City (Seton Park)

[wiener <wiener...>]

Here it's billed as:

The Russian Klezmer All-Stars
Seton Park, Riverdale [really Spuyten Duyvil, in the Bronx] (231st St.
& Independence Ave.)
Wednesday, July 12th, 7:00 PM
with Adrienne Cooper and Zalmen Mlotek
Free Admission!
For information call (212)889.6800 x220/215

If someone needs directions and can't get it from the above telephone
#, they can write to me.  (The park is a few blocks from where we live
and we'll be there.)

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 7:48 AM
Subject: Yiddish in the Park - Cleveland


>Marvelous event!  The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Orchestra played for
an
>hour before the main concert.  Then came the wonderful musicians from
St
>Petersburg, Russia, coordinated by the always amazing Adrienne
Cooper.
>Leonid Sonts, violin; Maria Yakubovich, Marina Lebenson, Anzhela
Pikhut
>and Yefim Chorny, vocals; a woman, also from Russia, on piano, whose
>name I, sadly, cannot remember, the former drummer from Maxwell
Street,
>whose name also escapes me (I'm sorry); and Eugeny Khazdan, piano;
Steve
>Ostrow, of our own Yiddishe Cup, played trombone admirably; and
Margot
>Leverett played soulfully on clarinet.   The Russian woman pianist,
>Steve, Margot, and the drummer were called on last minute because the
>American embassy refused to issue visas to 5 of the original 10
>musicians scheduled to play.  You never would have known it.  They
>played as if they had been part of the original group.  It was an
>exciting and varied show with musicianship of the highest caliber.
>There is so much more to say, but I have not the energy to go on and
>need to go to work.  If anyone saw their performance in Detroit last
>night or are planning to go to the one in New York, please post some
>more details.  I have to say, though, not only were they exquisite
>performers, but lovely and generous people.  I hope to be able to go
to
>the St. Petersburg Klezfest next summer.
>
>Lorele
>
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