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The Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series at YIVO
27 May 2010
| YUVAL WALDMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR |
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This is the second in a new series of concerts devoted to rarely heard masterworks from the Sidney Krum Jewish Music and Yiddish Theater Memorial Collections at YIVO, performed by gifted young artists from The Juilliard School, The Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College, and the Lucy Moses School. This concert featured works by Aaron Copland, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Joseph Achron and others. Special guest appearances by singer Juliana Yaffé and pianist John Yaffé. Series Music Director: Yuval Waldman Advisory Committee: (YIVO) Chana Mlotek, Lyudmila Sholokhova, Lorin Sklamberg; Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University) The Spring Concert Program Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990) VITEBSK, STUDY ON A JEWISH THEME Elina Akselrud (piano), Oliver Kot (violin), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello) Joseph Achron (1886-1943) HEBREW MELODY Madeleine Vaillancourt (violin), Robert Buxton (piano) Michael Gnessin (1883-1957) SONG OF A WANDERING KNIGHT Jennie Brent (cello), Robert Buxton (piano) Vladimir Heifetz (1893-1970) TWO MORCEAUX FOR PIANO: GAVOTTE AND BIBLICAL DANCE Robert Buxton (piano) Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953) arr. by Simeon Bellison (1883-1953) TO THE WEDDING: MUSIC PICTURE Chris Pell (clarinet), Robert Buxton (piano) Leo Zeitlin (1884-1930) ELI ZION Valeriya Sholokhova (cello), Elina Akselrud (piano) Two Yiddish Songs (arr. by Robert DeCormier) A Dudele (by Rabbi Leyvi Yitskhok of Berdichev) and Tayere Malke (by Mark Varshavsky) Guest artists: Juliana Yaffé (soprano); John Yaffé (piano) Solomon Rosowsky (1878-1962) FANTASTIC DANCE Robert Buxton (piano), Caeli Smith (violin), Jennie Brent (cello) ABOUT SIDNEY KRUM The Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series and the Sidney Krum Jewish Music and Yiddish Theater Collections at YIVO are made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of Mr. Krum, who came to the United States as a child from the Polish town of Anatolia and learned Yiddish folk songs from his mother. He was a lawyer but spent the bulk of his career as a teacher in the New York City public schools. Throughout his life, he remained dedicated to his Jewish heritage, particularly its music, and to the education of the young people of New York.
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