Music

September 14, 2006, at 7 pm: The New Budapest Orpheum Society performs "Jewish Cabaret in Exile - Songs of Modernity" at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, NYC, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues).

Experience the musical tradition of the European Jewish cabaret which thrived from the 1880's through the mid-20th century; from Eastern to Central Europe; from the rural shtetl to the cosmopolitan ghetto. The New Budapest Orpheum Society (NBOS), an eight-member ensemble, revives songs from these troupes while also exploring the remarkable traditions created by composers and lyricists in exile. Hauntingly beautiful songs are transformed into a new and compelling history of the modern Jewish experience. The NBOS performances mix skits, comedy, and songs in German, Hebrew, Yiddish and English with scholarly commentary.

September 16, 8:30 pm: Pianist Christopher Kuo plays works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Khachaturian. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall.


September 30, 8:30 pm: Pianist Janine Knox de Nigris and guest artist Sarah Bonsignore, soprano, perform works by Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann/Liszt, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Porter. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall.