Joyful Voices, Stomping Feet: Song & Dance in the Jewish Tradition
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Lazar Weiner — A nign (arr. Alice Parker)
George Rochberg — Three Psalms ("Psalm 150")
Sylke Zimpel — Play me a tango in Yiddish
Alexis Alrich — Psalm 104 (world premiere)
Timothy Kramer — Tik’u Chaf ("Clap your hands") (world premiere)
San Francisco Choral Artists (SFCA), in collaboration with the acclaimed Klezmer trio Veretski Pass, apply their trademark imaginative and diverse programming to Jewish music of many styles and periods in Joyful Voices, Stomping Feet: Song and Dance in the Jewish Tradition.
With a wide variety of sacred and secular music, the program showcases festive songs of praise, including Israeli composer Aharon Harlap’s uplifting Shiru L'adonai (from Psalm 96), and Alice Parker's irresistible arrangement of Lazar Weiner’s A nign, in which a poor man makes wine and sweetness flow with his song.
The varied program also includes riveting works, from 20th-century American composer George Rochberg’s "Psalm 150", to German composer Sylke Zimpel’s Play me a tango in Yiddish, celebrating liberation from concentration camps in a blend of klezmer and tango styles.
In keeping with SFCA’s continued support for living composers, the concerts feature two world premieres: Composer-in-Residence Alexis Alrich’s lush Psalm 104; and Composer-Not-in-Residence Timothy Kramer’s energetic Tik’u Chaf ("Clap your hands"), accompanied by clapping and stomping.
The program is rounded out with a variety of Eastern European Jewish instrumental music by the internationally known Klezmer trio Veretski Pass.
This virtual concert will be professionally videotaped in the spectacular and historic Sherith Israel synagogue in San Francisco for presentation online from March 26 through April 10, 2022.
Information: info@sfca.org or (415) 494-8149.
About San Francisco Choral Artists
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Magen Solomon, 2020 American Prize winner in choral performance San Francisco Choral Artists (SFCA) are a Bay Area chamber choir with a mission to foster new American choral music and to present eclectic, imaginative programs consisting of both new works and repertoire spanning 600 years in performances of uncompromisingly high quality.
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