Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)

Subject: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 02:01 PM

CORK FESTIVAL OF JEWISH CULTURE
October 18 – 19, 2008
University College Cork
Main Restaurant and Boole Lecture Theatre 1

Saturday,October 18th
7:00-7:15pm Opening of the Cork Festival of Jewish Culture
7:15-8:15pm Klezmer dance & Yiddish song workshop led by Vivi Lachs
(London), with the accompaniment by the Klezmer Klub (London)
8:30-9:45pm Concert by the Klezmer Klub (London)
10:00-11:30pm Concert by the Fireflies (klezmer band based in South
West Ireland)

Sunday,October 19
4:00-4:45pm Lecture by Professor Dermot Keogh from the UCC History
Department on the history of the Jewish community in Cork
5:00-6:00pm Screening of "Shalom Ireland" - a documentary film on the
history of the Jewish community in Ireland (esp Dublin)
6:00-6:30pm Break & refreshments
6:30-7:30pm Concert by the Festival Ensemble
8:00- 9:30pm Concert by the North Strand Klezmer Band (Dublin)
10:00-11:30pm Concert by Yurodny (Dublin)

The Festival will be held under the patronage of the Lord Mayor of
Cork, Brian Bermingham and the President of University College Cork,
Dr. Michael Murphy.
Concert tickets: €10/ €15.
For further information contact: [phone]

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Paul Burke
Date: 10 Sep 08 - 03:18 AM

Excellent. I hope someone plays Baym Reb'n in Kilfenora. Make sure every priest in Limerick comes along.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 10 Sep 08 - 01:22 PM

the slanders against the Limerick Jews happened a long long time ago.
though there has been antisemitism in Ireland it hasn't been on any large scale, but I think minority groups have been marginalised here and it's only recently that I notice a real interest in multiculturalism

the conference organiser came to Ireland from Poland. there has been a large annual Jewish cultural festival in Krakow for some years (I attended it in 1995) Would you make a similar snide comment regarding that celebration?

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Paul Burke
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 03:22 AM

Of course I would- antisemitism is still rife in Poland today. But not universal- and read Primo Levy's "The Truce". And the Limerick events need remembering at a time when racism is rearing its head in Ireland.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Gulliver
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 10:42 PM

Thanks Philippa for the heads-up. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make it, though may have to leave early if I can't find someone to take my place in Dublin on Sunday evening.

And I've no intention of bringing up religion or politics--that's a sure way of spoiling what promises to be an entertaining weekend! I still live in "Little Jerusalem" here...

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 07:54 AM

a reminder to anyone interested. The event starts this Sat. evening. Attendance contribution are very low, 15 Euro covers all events!

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 08:16 AM

Maybe we could have had a *bit* more advance warning for this? Next time?

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 01:10 PM

I don't know whether there will be next time, but this notice first went on screen a month ago. No, I don't look at the site every day either (though I do often scroll to have a look at what's been posted in the past 3 or 7 days)

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 19 Oct 08 - 09:27 AM

a rainy Sunday here in Cork
it was like a céilidh last night; most of the crowd danced while the bands played. Vivi and Klezmer Klub are away home to London today but the Fireflies band (which also has a singer of Yiddish songs)is based in Killarney, co Kerry!
I didn't see Gulliver in the crowd last night.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 19 Oct 08 - 09:29 AM

forgot to say, this is plenty of warning, Klezmer Keilidh at Cecil Sharp House in London 25 Jan 2009. That's plenty of warning (but it's not in Ireland). though really on that date it should be a Robbie Burns Night.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Gulliver
Date: 19 Oct 08 - 01:55 PM

Sorry Philippa, have been laid up with a tummy bug all weekend. Sorry I couldn't get there!   Don

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Jack Campin
Date: 19 Oct 08 - 06:30 PM

The Edinburgh University Jewish Society used to run a regular "Rabbi Burns Night".

I think they used vegetarian haggis, and I'm not sure if anybody even now makes a kosher non-veggie one.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 21 Oct 08 - 12:46 PM

yes, I've seen a photo of dancers with their kilts and kippahs

there is to be a klezfest in Dublin end of Nov and apparently it's not the first. All I presently know about this is Yurodny performing at Projects Arts Theatre 27 Nov (
w.myspace.com/yurodny

great band. I got their CD, includes two tunes - a Hora and a olonez - by band member Oleg Ponomarev (formerly of the wonderful Loyko), and tunes cited as beting trad. Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, klezmer, Serbian and Hebrew

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Gulliver
Date: 22 Oct 08 - 12:54 AM

Maybe I'll make it to that one--will you be there Phil?

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: GUEST,Nick Roth (yurodny)
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 03:53 PM

DUBLIN KLEZFEST! '08



@ST. ANDREW'S LANE THEATRE
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

WORKSHOPS 4-6PM
PERFORMANCES 7.30 – LATE

TICKETS €19.50/17.50


Following on from its massive success in April '07, Dublin Klezfest! returns with an even bigger and better programme, featuring a variety of educational workshops, presentations and live performances from some of the world's leading exponents of klezmer music.

The Klezfest has taken place in many other cities around the world, including New York, London and St. Petersburg, Kiev and Toronto. It celebrates the instrumental music of the Jewish people of Eastern Europe; a form that has had a major worldwide revival at several points in the last two centuries, with the present decade no exception.



At the heart of the Irish extravaganza is the clarinettist Merlin Shepherd and singer Polina Shepherd. Long-standing collaborators with most of the music world's most important klezmer ensembles and individuals, the pair have an immense knowledge of the music and will be giving two free workshops to the public at 4pm and 5pm, in 'niggunim' (wordless sung prayer melodies) and 'make your instrument sing in yiddish' examining the connections between the voice and the instrument. They will also perform as the 'Sound and Light Cinematic Duo' where they will debut their soundtrack to a collection of rare silent film footage of the Jewish community's ritual life in the Ukraine at the turn of the century, performing the songs that would have accompanied such scenes at that time.


Augmented by several of London's foremost klezmorim (members of Shekoyokh and Bucimis) Dublin-based Yurodny will be a full 13-piece orchestra for the event, before the North Strand Kontra band return to some of their early klezmer roots material and also perform new pieces for the occasion.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 03:58 PM

Shouldn't you start a new thread for this? Otherwise people won't know that it's a new, upcoming event (or that it's in Dublin and not Cork). You could then put a link to it in this thread.

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2008)
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 03:59 PM

Ah, that's right, Guests can't start threads. Clones... ?

Subject: RE: Klezmer in Cork (Oct 2009)
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 22 Sep 09 - 10:04 AM

forwarding message from Janusz Flakus;

I am writing to invite you most warmly to the 2nd Festival of Jewish Culture which will be held in Cork on
October 15,17 and 18 and which I am having the pleasure to coordinate
for the second time.

The following is the programme of the Festival which I hope you will
find interesting:

Thursday,October 15th
Venue: The Old College Bar, UCC Campus

- 7:00-7:45pm Klezmer Dance Workshop
- 8:00-9:00pm Concert by Belz
- 9:15-10:15pm Concert by the Polskadots
- 10:30-11:30pm Concert by the Fireflies

Saturday,October 17th
Venue: An Spailpin Fanach, 28 South Main St

- 7:00-8:00pm Klezmer Dance Workshop
- 8:15-9:15pm Concert by Belz
- 9:30-11:00pm Concert by the Fireflies
- 11:30-1:00am Concert by Lazik

Sunday, October 18th
Venue: The Lewis Glucksman Gallery

- 3:00-4:30pm Screening of the docu-drama by Luis Lentin:
"Grandpa Speak To Me In Russian"
- 5:00-6:00pm Concert of Jewish Folk Songs and Songs of Yiddish
Theatre by Carl Nelkin

The admission to all events is free.

You may also like to visit the Festival's website at
http://www.corkjewishfestival.com/
where you can find some photos from the last year's Festival.

I am looking forward to meeting you at the Festival.

Kind regards,

Janusz Flakus