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Festival Of Music
New releases in Jewish music
are the perfect Chanukah gifi.
DECEMBER 12 & 13, 1998
Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday I I a.m.-5 p.m.
HERSCHEL FINMAN
Special to The Jewish News
At Oakland Community College, Building H
Orchard Lake Road at 1-696
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Klezmer Nutcracker; Shirim; Newport
Classic Ltd.
$4.w Adults
Conservatory graduates and accom-
plished jazz musicians. This one will be
easy listening 365 days a year, not just
on December 25. 0
1/2 stars.
Children under 12 free
Festival of Light; Island Records
Free Parking
This unique Chanukah CD is an
anthology of many traditional
melodies performed in a not-from-
Hebrew-school way. Festival of Light
captures the spirit of the holiday long
overlooked by the music industry.
This CD can be enjoyed by all. Festiv,i1
of Light is an accessible blend of the
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Proceeds to benefit the Guild's exhibitions and educational programs.
For more information call
The Guild
734-662-3382
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This one is for real. Klezmer music
seems like just the perfect medium for
Petr Tchaikovsky's classic holiday bal-
let. Shirim has been performing tradi-
tional and klezmer music since 1982.
Their December 25 concerts have
become a tradition of the Boston
Jewish community. Last year they
wanted to incorporate some of the
music that bombards people in malls
and doctors' offices at that time of
year into their repertoire. Carols were
nixed. Tchaikovsky was a natural.
Many of the underlying musical pro-
gressions from the Nutcracker share
common roots with klezmer.
Half of the CD is devoted exclusive-
ly to the Nutcracker Featured are
"Kozatsky Until You Dropsky"
(Trepak), "Dance of the Latke
Queens," "Araber Tants" and "Waltz of
the Rucrcr
bb elah." Also featured are
works from Mahler, Satie and Enesco.
Shirim has done extensive touring of
North America and their performing
was featured in Woody Allen's
Deconstructing Harry. The members of
the group include New England
contemporary and the traditional, the
unexpected and the familiar.
Frank London of new age klezmer
fame, arranges "Mdoz Tzur' brilliant-
ly. The performer, Marc Cohn, por-
trays a Dvlanesk style that makes this
track flow. "Dybbuk Shers" is a
haunting traditional klezmer tune per-
formed by the world renowned
Klezmatics. Peter Himmelman and
David Bronza cap off this disk with an
original number called "Light Up The
World," which can ecumenically be
enjoyed by all. If you're having a
Chanukah party and need some left of
center background music, choose
Light Up the World. *0 x:x