Re: Judith Cohen concert

[Layne Negrin <Layne.Negrin...>]

Any concert schedule information available? Would love if Judith came to
Denver.

Layne

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Lerner <meydele (at) ix(dot)netcom(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Judith Cohen concert


>Judith Cohen was in LA last week for a conference at UCLA on Performing
>Ecstasies: Music, Dance and Ritual in the Mediterranean (fascinating but
>off list topic).  In addition to enjoying having Judith in town, I went to
>the concert of sephardic music that she gave along with her teen-age
>daughter Tamar at the Workmen's Circle this past Sunday that was
>co-sponsored by Iwri-Nasawi and was knocked out.  The concert was, to my
>mind, fairly perfect for its type.  Judith's manner is open and engaging,
>the musicianship and scholarship impeccable, the music enjoyable and the
>entire presentation and format accessible and informative.  She had the
>audience eating out of her hand, singing along to familiar tunes and
>learning new ones.  Several times, she traced a particular song from its
>Turkish or medieval roots through ladino, judeo-spanish, french, bosnian,
>french-canadian and/or klezmer variants,  providing translation and
>commentary before hand so that those of us unfamiliar with some or all of
>these languages could actually follow.  Her presentation was full of great
>learning, wit and warmth and perfectly suited to the intimate setting
>(attendance was perhaps 50-60 people).  Tamar is a lovely performer, with a
>clear engaging singing voice.  Both sing in a style learned from the
>singers among whom Judith has done field work in the Mediterranean, which
>is not an European art-song style but very pleasant.
>
>I was looking forward to Judith's up-coming cd before.  Now I can't wait!
>
>Shira Lerner

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