Featuring the full premiere of Derek’s clarinet quintet “Oh World, Goodnight”

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Yiddish Dreams & Futures

The Boston Festival for New Jewish Music presents Yiddish Dreams & Futures, a portrait concert of composer Derek David, featuring new vocal and chamber works that reflect upon Jewish identity and Yiddish culture in a contemporary landscape.

The concert, hosted by MIT Music & Theater Arts in Kresge Auditorium, will feature the full premiere of Derek’s Clarinet Quintet “Oh World, Goodnight” by Del Sol and Andrew Friedman, and the premiere of String Quartet No. 4 “Kaddish” with Verona Quartet.

Vocal works will include a performance of Four Yiddish Folksongs featuring Nat Seelen and Abigale Reisman of Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band, pianist Renena Gutman, and soprano Megan Jones, as well as choral works with A Besere Velt, the world’s largest Yiddish chorus.

This project is supported by a grant from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Arts & Culture Community Impact Grant Fund.

Performers

Del Sol Quartet
Andrew Friedman, clarinet
Verona Quartet
A Besere Velt choir
Megan Jones, soprano
Abigale Reisman, violin
Nat Seelen, clarinet
Renana Gutman, piano
Carduus Choir