Veretski Pass, in collaboration with Joel Rubin are proud to present The Magid Chronicles, an instrumental collection based on pieces collected by Sofia Magid, the Jewish ethnographer who worked intensively to document Jewish music in Belarus and Ukraine during Stalin’s regime in the 1920s and 30s. Magid’s 600 recordings contain rare examples of women’s songs and instrumental pieces from these regions. Next to the instrumentals and songs collected by Magid, we include music collected by Magid’s Kiev counterpart, Moyshe Beregovski, among others, and music from Turkey, Greece and Rumania. And as always, we combine the archival with the creative impulse to achieve something new, with new compositions, arrangements and improvisations by the members of the trio and Joel Rubin. Sometimes raucous, sometimes meditative, this new program is a true melding of past, present and future.
Klezmer workshop participants will join our guests for a few numbers on the concert. For info on attending the workshops contact Rima Grunes at rgrunes@gmail.com.
Sponsors for this concert include:
CUKE (SAFC)
Cornell Jewish Studies Program
Mann Professorship in Modern Jewish Studies Research Fund
Cornell Rose House and Keeton House
Race Orchestral Strings
Cornell Music Department
Cornell History Department
Cornell Department of Near Eastern Studies
Cornell Department of Anthropology
