A tribute concert to Righteous Among the Nations Irena Sendler – a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw.
At the concert, under the baton of Mark Wolloch and with singers Ayelet Cohen (soprano) and Karin Schifrin (mezzo soprano): Irena, A Ray of Light in the Darkness by Kobi Oshrat, Kol Nidrei, for Cello and Orchestra, by Bruch, “Psalm” from Symphony No. 1 by Ben-Haim and Yiddish and Hebrew songs.
Free admission upon reservation (up to four reservations per person)
Heqdesh of the late Yaakov and Vladislava Moshkovitz
Artists
Mark Wolloch, conductor
Ayelet Cohen, soprano
Karin Schifrin, mezzo soprano
Talia Erdal, cello
Programme
Bruch – Kol Nidrei, for Cello and Orchestra
Itzik Manger/? – Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym (By the Road Stands a Tree)
Mark Warshawsky – Oyfn Pripetshik (On the Hearth)
Herman Yablokoff – Papirosn (Cigarettes)
Abraham Goldfaden – Rozinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and Almonds)
Ben-Haim – “Psalm” from Symphony No. 1
Aharon Zeitlin/Sholom Secunda – Dona Dona
Kobi Oshrat – Irena, A Ray of Light in the Darkness
Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father Our King)
Rachel Shapira/Kobi Oshrat – Helek Ba’olam
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