KlezCalendar

"Chronicle of the Love and Death of the Standard Bearer Christoph Rilke" (Theresienstadt, 1944)
Viktor Ullmann’s setting of Rainer Maria Rilke’s prose poem
LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE
Philip V. Bohlman, Werkman Professor of the Humanities and Music,
University of Chicago
Christine Wilkie Bohlman, lecturer in piano and music theory, University of
Illinois at Chicago
OLIN HUMANITIES BUILDING, ROOM 104, 12:30 p.m.

Between East and West, Past and Present: Jews and Their Musical Cultures
PANEL DISCUSSION
Leon Botstein, President of Bard College
Philip V. Bohlman, Werkman Professor of the Humanities and Music,
University of Chicago
Mark Slobin, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
OLIN HALL, 2:30 p.m.

A Personal Journey through Klezmer Music
David Krakauer, clarinetist and faculty member, The Bard College
Conservatory of Music
OLIN HUMANITIES BUILDING, ROOM 102, 5:00 p.m.

Shake My Heart: Yiddish Song in Two Worlds
Adrienne Cooper, Frank London, Marilyn Lerner, with special guest David Krakauer
These internationally renowned artists bring jazz, classical music, and creative improvisation to material ranging from folk songs to contemporary poetry.
OLIN HALL, 8:00 p.m.

BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
For more information, call 845-758-7543 or visit inside.bard.edu/jewish/events

ALL EVENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PRESENTED BY THE JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
Made possible with support from the Center for Cultural Judaism, Bertha Effron Fund of the Community Foundation of Dutchess County, Wassermann-Streit Y’DIYAH Memorial Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and Jazz at Bard.