Re: The Yiddish Radio Project LIVE! in California

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Any chance of doing this in Chicago?


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To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: The Yiddish Radio Project LIVE! in California


>
> The golden age of Yiddish radio is being celebrated in a series of live
shows
> touring the country to accompany the Yiddish Radio Project series from
NPR.
> Henry Sapoznik is the master of ceremonies for this multi-media
spectacular
> honoring the forgotten pioneers of Yiddish radio. With huge archival
photos
> projected behind him, Henry leads a tour through the most magical recesses
of
> his archival Yiddish radio collection and shares his choicest clips. For
the
> show, these precious audio remnants-not heard publicly in over half a
> century-are presented with simultaneous English translations projected on
a
> movie screen.
>
> Sharing the stage with Mr. Sapoznik is the Yiddish Radio All-Star
Orchestra,
> featuring the last of the living klezmer legends who inspired the recent
> revival of the old-world musical form including Ray Musiker, Paul Pincus,
> Howie Leess, Julie Epstien and orchestra leader/pianist Pete Sokolow.
Their
> repertoire ranges from traditional klezmer to the Yiddish-Swing style
popular
> on Yiddish radio in the 1930s and 40s.
>
> The show culminates with co-producer David Isay introducing the finale of
the
> Yiddish Radio Project radio series, a documentary about "Reunion" a
program
> that, in 1947, re-united Holocaust survivors live on the air.
>
> The next stop for the tour will be California:
>
> Los Angeles Monday, April 15, 2002, 8:00 pm Skirball Center Co-sponsored
by
> KCRW  For tickets, which are $25 ($21 for members of KCRW), call (323)
> 655-8587.
>
> San Francisco Tuesday April 16, 2002, 8:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theater
> Co-sponsored by KQED, the Magnes Museum For tickets, which are $25 ($19
for
> members of KQED or the Magnes Museum), call (415) 392-4400 or visit
> tickets.com.
>
>
> Henry Sapoznik
>
>
>

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