Celebrating Menuhin, 8 Sep 2016
JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music
Opening night of the September JAM: JMI Festival of Jewish Arts and Music – September 2016
Celebrating Menuhin
Thu, 8th September, 2016, 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Kings Place
Hall One
London, UK
Cost: £24.50
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The Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra
Enescu Intermezzi, Op. 12
Malcolm Singer Chagall’s Violin (commissioned by the Trustees of The Yehudi Menuhin School to commemorate the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin’s birth)
Vivaldi Winter and Summer from The Four Seasons
A special evening of music in Yehudi Menuhin’s centenary year featuring an all-star line up to celebrate the glorious diversity of Lord Menuhin’s extraordinary legacy. From his inspirational collaborations with Ravi Shankar and Stephane Grappelli to his pedagogical philosophy, Menuhin was not just one of finest classical violinists of all time, he was one of a kind.
More info: www.jmi.org.uk/event/celebrating-menuhin/
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the JMI’s www.jmi.org.uk/jam/JAM Festival—the UK’s unique festival dedicated to Jewish Arts and Music. Details and booking links for all of our events are listed below.
For a week in September, we’ll bring London to life with some of the world’s most stellar exponents of Jewish music and culture – from an all-star line-up at Klezmer in the Park to Celebrating Menuhin at Kings Place, an exclusive launch event for Sophie Solomon’s new album at the Jazz Café and Jewkbox Live, an intimate audience with Lorin Sklamberg (Klezmatics) and Merlin & Polina Shepherd at the Jewish Museum.