Re: Fiddler and After

[Fay Singer <sarafay...>]

Dear Miranda - My reply has nothing whatsoever to do with Fiddler and After, 
nor with the Rothschilds. It is merely an excuse to say hello again after a 
long break. We were celebrating the wedding of our elder son on Wed 3rd Jan 
2001. He married a beautiful girl from London, amidst great joy and happiness. 
Our other 'children' (now certainly adults!) who live in England, also came out 
for the wedding.

A few months ago I got a call from Pieter-Louis Van Dijk's wife Suzi in 
connection with vocal music, she was looking for songs either in Hebrew or 
Yiddish. She is preparing to do a Masters degree at U C T and needs a 
song/or/songs in 'another' language for recital purposes. I gave her a pile of 
stuff to look through. Her husband is of course an excellent pianist, so they 
whipped through all the material which seemed appealing to her. I somehow doubt 
she'll decide on anything special, but it is up to her to make the choice. I 
offered to help her with Yiddish or Hebrew pronunciation.

Fond regards from Cape Town.

Fay Singer
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CANTORMUM (at) aol(dot)com 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:08 PM
  Subject: Re: Fiddler and After


  I saw The Rothschilds in a small theatre in NYC in the past 10 years - sorry 
  to be so vague. It was done in an intimate setting, almost theatre in the 
  round and was very successful. 

  I think that part of its failure before was that it was really an intimate 
  musical done in too large a setting. 

  There is even a one man show based on the score. I think it is Cantor Bernie 
  Dienstag who performs this very successfully. 

  I too love the music. 

  Cantor Miranda Kark Beckenstein 
  Temple Beth Or, 
  Washington Township, 
  NJ