This Friday, you’re invited to the National Library for a look into the colorful musical traditions of the Jewish people. Songs and dances from the rich Jewish heritage of Sephardic, Ashkenazi, Yemenite and Israeli cultures. Close to 100 children and young adults from all over Israel will take part in the performance, which will open “Children’s Month” at the National Library.
The highlight of the program will be the world premiere of a work by Karel Salmon (1897-1974), a composer, singer, and conductor who also founded what is now called the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. The manuscript of the work was discovered in the archives of the National Library’s music department, by director Dr. Gila Flam.
The concert is a part of “Jewish Music Now”, now in its third year. Directed by cellist Dr. Rachel Galay, the project aims to revive the works of both popular and lesser-known Israeli and Jewish composers.
Also on the program are works for choir and orchestra based on Yiddish and Ladino texts, performed by Ashdod’s “Zmirei Hayam” Choir, conducted by Natalia Fudim Kodel, and the Jerusalem Academy of Music Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Michael Klinghoffer. The works were arranged by Raymond Goldstein, Daniel Galay and Boaz Shchori, who all took part in the project.
Admission to the concert is free of charge – come to the National Library, Edmund Safra Campus, Jerusalem on Friday, June 6th at 13:00.
