ISLE OF KLEZBOS: Yiddish Cinema Revisited
Thu, Aug 10
|Epsilon Spires
The NYC-based Klezmer quartet approaches tradition with playful irreverence and deepest respect to create genre-bending soundtracks for Yiddish films both celebrated and obscure. An exuberantly original fusion of neo-folk dance, Yiddish swing, retro tango and late Soviet-era Jewish drinking songs!
Time & Location
Aug 10, 2023, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Yiddish Cinema Soundtracks Revisited
Isle of Klezbos quartet specialize in cine-concerts with re-imagined vintage music scores played in new Klezmer arrangements, juxtaposed with Yiddish film clips both celebrated and obscure. This captivating "tour" is led by drummer/cinema scholar Eve Sicular, with live movie music adaptations as well as original sound footage from famous celluloid such as Der Dybbuk and Molly Picon hits Mamele and Yidl Mitn Fidl, plus lesser-known movie masterpieces from early sound feature Uncle Moses to operatic screen cantor Moishe Oysher’s tour de force Overture to Glory [Der Vilner Shtot Khazn], as well as Edgar Ulmer’s screwball comedy American Matchmaker, early Soviet Yiddish theater newsreels, and more. Performed by Debra Kreisberg /clarinet & alto saxophone; Pam Fleming /trumpet & flugelhorn; Shoko Nagai /accordion, piano, and Epsilon Spires organ; and bandleader Eve Sicular /drums, whose archival research background is based on her curatorial roles at YIVO Institute Film Archives…
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ISLE OF KLEZBOS
Admission for one ISLE OF KLEZBOS: Yiddish Cinema Revisited. Tickets include Popcorn. Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements.
$20.00
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