The Boston Festival for New Jewish Music presents Yiddish Dreams & Futures, a portrait concert of composer Derek David, featuring new vocal and chamber works that reflect upon Jewish identity and Yiddish culture in a contemporary landscape.
The concert, hosted by MIT Music & Theater Arts in Kresge Auditorium, will feature the full premiere of Derek’s Clarinet Quintet “Oh World, Goodnight” by Del Sol and Andrew Friedman, and the premiere of String Quartet No. 4 “Kaddish” with Verona Quartet. Vocal works will include a performance of Four Yiddish Folksongs featuring members of Nat Seelen and Abigale Reisman Ezekiel’s Wheels, pianist Renena Gutman, and soprano Megan Jones and choral works with A Besere Velt, the world’s largest Yiddish chorus.
PROGRAM
Opening Remarks in Yiddish (English supertitles)
Derek David
Four Yiddish Folksongs for soprano, clarinet, violin, and piano
Megan Jones, Abigale Reisman, Nathaniel Seelen, Renana Gutman
String Quartet No. 4 “Kaddish” *World Premiere
Verona Quartet
“Di arbuzn” (The Watermelons) for chorus
“Kum aroys tsu mir mayn libster" (Come to me, my beloved), a madrigal for chorus *World Premiere
“Yugnt Himn” (Youth hymn) for chorus
A Besere Velt Chorus of the Boston Workers' Circle
Derek David, Music Director
Intermission
“Di Firedike Lib” for solo voice
Derek David, voice
Clarinet Quintet “Oh World, Goodnight” *World Premiere
Andrew Friedman, clarinets
Del Sol Quartet
(Co-Commissioned by the Rossini Club and the Del Sol Performing Arts Organization for the Del Sol Quartet and Nicholas Davies)
Free General Admission ($10 suggested donation). All proceeds from the concert will go directly to The Boston Festival for New Jewish Music.
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Post-concert reception with composer Derek David, concert sponsors, and guest artists will follow in the Kresge Lobby.
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/18
MIT's Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139