One of the absolute highlights of Yiddish New York’s 2018 festival was the special performance by the A Besere Velt Chorus, which is the resident chours of the Boston Workmen’s Circle. We were happy to see that the Yiddish Forverts newspaper has featured a video of the performance on their blog. You can watch by clicking here.
News
Wall Street Journal Preview of the YNY/YIVO Ruth Rubin Concert
In case you missed Charles Passy’s article in the Wall Street Journal previewing the Ruth Rubin Concert that was presented at YIVO Institute/Center for Jewish History (subscription required): https://www.wsj.com/articles/institute-gives-yiddish-songs-a-fresh-star-turn-11545355840
Podcasts of YNY from Our Voices Radio!
Mitch Mernick of Our Voices Radio has put a series of podcasts up on Soundcloud made live at Yiddish New York 2018!
Reviews by the Forward’s Seth Rogovoy of YNY 2018 Programs!
Seth Rogovoy of the Forward Newspaper has published wonderful reviews of two of YNY 2018’s evenings. The Night of Yiddish Song produced in partnership with the YIVO Institute featured the Ruth Rubin Legacy Concert and Michael Alpert’s Crossing the Border. Later in the week, Front to Back presented two contemporary takes on pioneering LPs of the mid-20th century– Michael Winograd’s contemporary take on Dave Tarras/Sam Muziker’s Tanz! album and Frank London’s tribute to Irving Fields’s Bagels and Bongos.
Review of The Night of Yiddish Song: https://forward.com/culture/416625/in-praise-of-ruth-rubin-patron-saint-of-yiddish-song/
Review of the Front to Back program: https://forward.com/culture/music/416671/klezmer-revivalists-hail-the-lords-of-the-tanz/
Interviews with Dovid Braun, Itzik Gottesman and Linda Gritz by the Yiddish Voice about Yiddish New York!
The Yiddish Voice’s wonderful Yiddish-language podcast series hosted by Mark David has interviews with YNY’s Dovid Braun, Itzik Gottesman and Linda Gritz talking about the festival. Listen here: https://media.zencast.fm/the-yiddish-voice-podcast/episodes/152