Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre (Leeds & York)
| Type | Festival |
|---|---|
| Date | 16th April 2016 - 23rd June 2016 |
Introduction
‘Out of the Shadows’ in Leeds and York featured cabaret, chamber music and songs from the Terezín ghetto, choral music by émigré composers, a powerful oratorio of Jewish suffering and redemption from the Helsinki Jewish archives, a rare opportunity to view drawings by children in the Terezín ghetto, and much more besides.
World and European premieres were presented - a recently-discovered piece for harp by Gideon Klein, and piano pieces by 12-year-old prodigy Josima Feldschuh; both these composer-performers perished during the Holocaust. The festival was framed by performances of ‘The Smoke of Home’
in York’s iconic Clifford’s Tower (16 & 17 April), and the world premieres of newly-composed opera scenes based on Jewish archival materials (23 June).
The festival featured several internationally-renowned ensembles: The Nash Ensemble of London, the New Budapest Orpheum Society from Chicago, and cello-piano duo Noreen and Phillip Silver from Maine, USA; and many more local performers: the Cassia String Quartet, The Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, Leeds University Union Chamber Choir, soprano Kate Rotheroe, and students of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Programme Summary
THE SMOKE OF HOME
Saturday 16 April, 8:00pm & 9:30pm; Sunday 17 April, 8:00pm & 9:30pmClifford’s Tower, York
GIDEON KLEIN: PORTRAIT OF A COMPOSER
Cassia String Quartet
Wednesday 1 June, 7:30pm
Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
HARLEQUIN IN THE GHETTO
Thursday 2 June - Sunday 5 June, 7:30pm
The Black Box, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York
MAKE ONCE MORE MY HEART THY HOME: THE CHORAL MUSIC OF HANS GÁL
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds directed by Bryan White
Sunday 5 June, 3:00pm, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds
Friday 10 June, 7:30pm, National Centre for Early Music, York
THE NASH ENSEMBLE: MUSIC IN THE TEREZÍN GHETTO
Wednesday 8 June, 7:15pm
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
MOTHER RACHEL AND HER CHILDREN: A REDISCOVERED ORATORIO
LUUMS Chamber Choir; United Hebrew Congregation (Leeds) Choir; Cantor Albert Chait
Thursday 9 June, 7:30pm
Left Bank, Leeds
FRACTURED LIVES: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST
Noreen Silver (cello), Phillip Silver (piano)
Tuesday 14 June, 7:30pm, Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
Wednesday 15 June, 1:00pm, All Saints Pavement, York
THE NEW BUDAPEST ORPHEUM SOCIETY: JEWISH CABARET TRADITION
Thursday 16 June, 7:30pm, National Centre for Early Music, York
Saturday 18 June, 7:30pm, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds
FATE AND FAIRYTALES: THE MUSIC OF WILHELM GROSZ AND ZIKMUND SCHUL
Kate Rotheroe (soprano), Rhian Hughes (flute), Ian Buckle (piano), Eleanor Hudson (harp), The Cassia String Quartet
Friday 17 June, 1:05pm
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds
A CHRONICLE OF LOVE AND DEATH
Philip V. Bohlman (narrator), Christine Wilkie Bohlman (piano)
Friday 17 June, 6:00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
LOOKING FORWARD THROUGH THE PAST: NEW OPERAS FROM THE JEWISH ARCHIVE
Thursday 23 June, 8:00pm
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds
ART EXHIBITION: CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS FROM THE TEREZÍN GHETTO
Wednesday 1 June - Monday 20 June
Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
