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Shir has also had the pleasure and privilege of accompanying many fine singers including Chaim Topol (the original Fiddler On The Roof), and many fine Chazanim including Moshe Haschel, Shimon Kremer, Avrumi Freilach, Stephen Leas, Steven Robbins and
The
band performed at the wedding of TV personality Esther
Rantzen and the late Desmond
Wilcox, and also
at the engagement party of the daughter of the Chief
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks. Shir’s music was also featured on Carlton Television’s Star Lives and our performance in Trafalgar Square was featured on BBC London News (pics)
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Review of
Concert
at Moving easily between contemporary Israeli
popular music and much loved Klezmer and Ladino music, and not forgetting
traditional melodies familiar to us all, in and out of synagogue,
“Shir” energetically shook us out of our customary winter torpor on
Sunday 19 December. Led by Maurice
Chernick on clarinet, Ivor Goldberg (guitar), Piotr Jordan (violin) and
Steve Rose (bass), transported us “im wasser un’ feuer “ to the
shtetls of Central and Eastern Europe and urged us to “Lech LaMidbar”,
Go to the Desert! Whilst Laoise Davidson accompanied us on our visit
to the shtetl, it was our own Debbie Rosenberg who sinuously took us on
our journey to the burning south. Listening to
“Bei Mir bist du Shein”, one couldn’t help but be struck by the
close relationship between Klezmer and Jazz, helped undoubtedly by the
Django Rheinhardt accents of Ivor Goldberg’s guitar and the Stephane
Grapelli accents of Piotr Jordan’s violin. Some of
Klezmer’s roots lie in the gypsy musical culture of South East Europe
and Django Rheinhardt’s jazz playing was always strongly marked by his
own gypsy background. For those erstwhile fans of the “Hot Club de
France”, this was a most enjoyable bonus. As Maurice Chernick points out in his notes
to “Shir”’s CD, “From the Heart”, Klezmer music is about joy and
this “Shir” provided generously and richly, prompting members of the
audience to leave their seats and dance in the aisles. Sweet vocals, too,
from Laosia Davidson, Maurice Chernick and Ivor Goldberg. As the Israel Committee went through a
period of doubt in its efforts to bring “SHIR” to FPS, it was
most gratifying to be able to issue a cheque to ORT for £127, from the
proceeds, to be used for Israeli projects, more particularly Ethiopian
children in need. As I wrote this, Shirs Ivor Goldberg passed
on their thanks for our hospitality and the very warm reception we gave
them. They look forward to playing for us again some time. John Norman |
