May 5, 2024 | 3:00PM
Logan Center Penthouse
Drawing from repertories of Jewish song from the Shoah and its aftermath, gathered from the cabarets, concentration camps, ghettos, and paths of migration, the New Budapest Orpheum Society bears witness to those who perished, those who resisted, and those whose lives must not be forgotten. The songs on the May 5th program seek again to give voice to the victims and survivors, spanning a repertory in Hebrew, French, German, Yiddish, Czech, Polish, and Russian. With this concert commemorating Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—the NBOS honors works by Paul Dessau, Mordechai Gebirtig, Darius Milhaud, and Stefan Wolpe, with new compositions by Ilya Levinson. As an act of commemoration, the program follows a path to the European Jewish past so that it may resound again.
THE NEW BUDAPEST ORPHEUM SOCIETY :
Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano
Philip V. Bohlman, artistic director and commentary
Jim Cox, bass violin
Stewart Figa, baritone
Danny Howard, percussion
Sam Hyson, accordion
Iordanka Kissiova, violin
Ilya Levinson, arrangements, piano, and musical director
Anne Dora Slovin, soprano
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies.
Free admission