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NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2008
Sunday 30 November 2008 11am – 10pm British-Israeli Music
Day on the South Bank A non stop programme with four concerts and
foyer events featuring works by Performed by Taiseer Elias, oud (Jerusalem), Rivka Golani, viola (London), Ilan Schul, clarinet (Jerusalem) with the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Singer and ensembles from the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire and the Jerusalem Academy plus winners of The Spiro Ark Israeli Music Competition. The evening orchestral concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall will include the world premiere of a version for oud and harp, (as originally intended) of Paul Ben-Haim's 'Sweet Psalmist of Israel'. Professor Taiseer Elias, Head of Arabic music at the Jerusalem Academy will be the oud soloist and a London soloist will play the harp. Other works in this concert will include Michael Tippett's Symphony no 2 and a work by Tzvi Avni. Artistic Director Michael Wolpe Purcell Room £12.50 concessions £8 |
