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Pro Musica Hebraica

January 01, 1970

Pro Musica Hebraica (PMH) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is "to present Jewish classical music – much of it lost or forgotten – in a concert hall setting." Since April 2008, Pro Musica Hebraica has presented 13 concerts, typically two per year at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The concert series featured performances by Itzhak Perlman, the ARC Ensemble of Canada, the Apollo Ensemble of Amsterdam, Jascha Nemtsov, and Marc-André Hamelin, among others. The concert recordings are not sold, but are available on the website for free.[1] PMH concerts are occasionally broadcast on WETA (FM).[2]

Pro Musica Hebraica
Formation2004
TypeNot-for-profit organization
PurposeBringing Jewish music to the concert hall
Location
Chairman of the Board/Co-Founder
Charles Krauthammer
Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder
Robyn Krauthammer
Executive Director
Hillel Ofek
Board of Advisers
James Conlon, James Loeffler, Simon Wynberg
Websitewww.promusicahebraica.org

History edit

Founded in 2004, Pro Musica Hebraica was the idea of lawyer-turned-artist Robyn Krauthammer, who recognized that there was a tradition of Jewish music that was neglected within the Jewish community and that deserved to be recovered and appreciated by the general public as great music worthy of the concert hall.[3] As her husband (and PMH co-founder), Charles Krauthammer, put it, "when people hear ‘Jewish music,’ they think Israeli folk-dancing -- ‘Hava Nagila’—they think of liturgical music, they think of Kol Nidre, they might think of klezmer and that's it. It turns out there's a great, rich tradition of classical Jewish music people just don't know about.”[4] The idea is to bring Jewish experience, feeling, and history – 'Jewish soul,' if you like – as expressed through classical music.[5] They presented the idea of twice yearly concerts of these neglected masterpieces to Kennedy Center Director Michael Kaiser, who offered his encouragement and support.[6] In December 2012, Kaiser said that the Kennedy Center "is enjoying a wonderful collaborative relationship with Pro Musica Hebraica. Their concerts here are always well received, and it's been great to see the company grow.”[7] Pro Musica Hebraica was formed and made its debut in the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center on April 10, 2008 with a concert featuring Itzhak Perlman and the Juilliard players honoring the 100th anniversary of the St. Petersburg school of Jewish composers.[8]

Mission edit

Pro Musica Hebraica defines its mission as aspiring “to expose our audience to the magnificent range of Jewish music and to present Jewish composers not as cultural curiosities or ethnic heroes, but as passionate modern artists who embrace the challenge of expressing their Jewishness through the creative medium of music.”[9] As the founders emphasize, this mission is flexible, not focusing on a single region or style, and less on DNA than sensibility—an attachment, feeling, or concern with Jewish experience Jewish destiny.[4] One of Pro Musica Hebraica’s primary goals is education – training a new generation of musicians to learn the works while leading new audiences to appreciate the Jewish tradition and Jewish music. "If only a few of these compositions end up in the canon," Charles Krauthammer says, "it will be a great achievement."[10]

Inaugural concert edit

Pro Musica Hebraica’s first concert (on April 10, 2008) featured musicians from the Juilliard School and Itzhak Perlman as a special guest. It celebrated the centenary of the 1908 Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg, a group of self-defined Jewish composers from Russia and the first association devoted to Jewish musical traditions. Responding to the challenge of European nationalism, the St. Petersburg Society “gave rise to what would become known as Jewish art music—music that deliberately melded Western and Russian classical music with Hasidic melodies, Yiddish folk songs and synagogue chants, capturing the sounds of the towns and villages of the Pale of Settlement.”[3] As Charles Krauthammer explained, “It's music that's either consciously or unconsciously drawn from the folk, the klezmer, the liturgical, the shtetl,” and reinterpreted in the spirit of “modern classical sensibility.”[4] The concert presented the forgotten works of composers Joel Engel, Solomon Rosowsky, and Alexander Krein. The embrace of Jewish music by these composers influenced the likes of Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Reception edit

Reviews of the concert series have been quite positive. For example, in a review of the inaugural concert, the Washington Post wrote that PMH’s inaugural concert was “an auspicious start” to an organization that is “breathing new life into lost Jewish music.”[11] PMH’s Fall 2008 concert—which featured the performance of the ARC Ensemble of Toronto and the music of “last century’s least-known Jewish geniuses,” Mieczsław Weinberg—was called a “powerful performance.”[12] PMH’s Fall 2010 concert—which focused on the work of Karel Berman, Paul Ben-Haim, and Walter Braunfels—was lauded as “enthralling mix” that “riveted the audience's attention.”[13] Its Fall 2011 concert, which included works by Alexander Krein, was described as reflecting “romantic longing and peasant energy, the imperatives of both dance and religion and a reverence for history, all couched in the modality and the emphatic rhythms that characterize so much of what we recognize as a Jewish musical tradition.”[14] Its most recent, Spring 2012 concert, featuring Marc-Andre Hamelin, was praised by Anne Midgette, chief media critic for the Washington Post, as “an intimate and engaging concert” with a “refreshingly intriguing program.”[15] She wrote: “Hamelin did an outstanding job bringing across a lot of unfamiliar music to the audience,” adding: “Hamelin proceeded to play [the second encore] so engagingly that the audience was laughing along with some of the more extreme variations…and jumped to its feet when he was done.”[16] Music critic Stephen Brooke called the Fall 2012 concert "a blazing, larger-than-life performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit, even from the depths of chaos."[17] Reviewing PMH's first ever winter-time concert featuring Cantor Netanel Hershtik, Joan Reinthaler "A superstar cantor opens Pro Musica Hebraica with strength and agility.... The program ranged from music for the liturgy to music for the theater, but all of it embodied that potent combination of sinuous, Eastern modality and heart-on-the-sleeve 19th-century romantic operatic drama that can convey both sorrow and exultation with so much dramatic juice."[18]

Composers edit

Musicians edit

  • Amernet Quartet
  • Apollo Ensemble of Amsterdam
  • Ariel Quartet
  • ARC Ensemble of Toronto
  • Julian Arp
  • Biava Quartet
  • Rachel Calloway
  • Michael Caterisano
  • Tibi Cziger
  • Alexander Fiterstein
  • Mark Glanville
  • Hampton Synagogue Choir
  • Netanel Hershtik
  • Alexander Knapp
  • Alexander Lipowski
  • Alan Mason
  • Margaret Mezzacappa
  • Jascha Nemtsov
  • N-E-W Trio
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Robert Pomakov
  • Frank Reinecke
  • Andrew Roitstein
  • Rohan De Silva
  • Konstantin Soukhovetski
  • Alexander Tall
  • Orion Weiss

References edit

  1. ^ Viola Da Voce (September 14, 2010). "Pro Musica Hebraica Brings Classical Music by Jewish Composers out of Obscurity and into the Concert Hall". The Contrapuntist.
  2. ^ "Public Television and Classical Music for Greater Washington". WETA. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Jewish Enterprise (January–February 2009). . Moment Magazine. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b c Hilary Leilea Krieger (June 10, 2009). "The unfashionable Charles Krauthammer". The Jerusalem Post.
  5. ^ Elliot Resnick (November 21, 2012). "A Famed Political Pundit's Musical Side: An Interview with Charles Krauthammer". The Jewish Press.
  6. ^ Ellyn Wexler (March 11, 2009). "Pulse: Reviving virtually unknown Jewish music is couple's labor of love". Gazette.Net (Maryland Community Newspapers).
  7. ^ Barbara Trainin Blank (November 2012). "The Sound of Classical Jewish Music Preserved". Hadassah Magazine.
  8. ^ "Pro Musica Hebraica Inaugural Concert". Pro Musica Hebraica. April 10, 2008.
  9. ^ "Mission Statement". Pro Musica Hebraica.
  10. ^ Midgette, Anne (April 9, 2008). "Exploring a World Of 'Jewish Music'". The Washington Post.
  11. ^ Ginsburg, Daniel (April 12, 2008). "Breathing New Life Into Lost Jewish Music". The Washington Post.
  12. ^ "ARC Ensemble at Kennedy Center". The Washington Post. November 20, 2008.
  13. ^ Banno, Joe (November 20, 2010). "Pro Musica Hebraica recital at the Terrace Theater". The Washington Post.
  14. ^ Reinthaler, Joan (November 4, 2011). "Style". The Washington Post.
  15. ^ Midgette, Anne (April 5, 2012). "Links: Hamelin, "Pierrot," and the KenCen Players". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ Midgette, Anne (April 5, 2012). "Music". The Washington Post.
  17. ^ Brookes, Stephen (November 12, 2012). "Style". The Washington Post.
  18. ^ Reinthaler, Joan (December 7, 2012). "Music". The Washington Post.

External links edit

  • Midgette, Anne (April 9, 2008). "Exploring a World Of 'Jewish Music'". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. C.5. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  • Glinter, Ezra (March 20, 2008). "Post Columnist Starts Jewish Music Project". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved May 25, 2012.

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Pro Musica Hebraica PMH is a not for profit organization whose mission is to present Jewish classical music much of it lost or forgotten in a concert hall setting Since April 2008 Pro Musica Hebraica has presented 13 concerts typically two per year at Washington D C s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The concert series featured performances by Itzhak Perlman the ARC Ensemble of Canada the Apollo Ensemble of Amsterdam Jascha Nemtsov and Marc Andre Hamelin among others The concert recordings are not sold but are available on the website for free 1 PMH concerts are occasionally broadcast on WETA FM 2 Pro Musica HebraicaFormation2004TypeNot for profit organizationPurposeBringing Jewish music to the concert hallLocationWashington DCChairman of the Board Co FounderCharles KrauthammerChief Executive Officer Co FounderRobyn KrauthammerExecutive DirectorHillel OfekBoard of AdvisersJames Conlon James Loeffler Simon WynbergWebsitewww promusicahebraica org Contents 1 History 2 Mission 3 Inaugural concert 4 Reception 5 Composers 6 Musicians 7 References 8 External linksHistory editFounded in 2004 Pro Musica Hebraica was the idea of lawyer turned artist Robyn Krauthammer who recognized that there was a tradition of Jewish music that was neglected within the Jewish community and that deserved to be recovered and appreciated by the general public as great music worthy of the concert hall 3 As her husband and PMH co founder Charles Krauthammer put it when people hear Jewish music they think Israeli folk dancing Hava Nagila they think of liturgical music they think of Kol Nidre they might think of klezmer and that s it It turns out there s a great rich tradition of classical Jewish music people just don t know about 4 The idea is to bring Jewish experience feeling and history Jewish soul if you like as expressed through classical music 5 They presented the idea of twice yearly concerts of these neglected masterpieces to Kennedy Center Director Michael Kaiser who offered his encouragement and support 6 In December 2012 Kaiser said that the Kennedy Center is enjoying a wonderful collaborative relationship with Pro Musica Hebraica Their concerts here are always well received and it s been great to see the company grow 7 Pro Musica Hebraica was formed and made its debut in the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center on April 10 2008 with a concert featuring Itzhak Perlman and the Juilliard players honoring the 100th anniversary of the St Petersburg school of Jewish composers 8 Mission editPro Musica Hebraica defines its mission as aspiring to expose our audience to the magnificent range of Jewish music and to present Jewish composers not as cultural curiosities or ethnic heroes but as passionate modern artists who embrace the challenge of expressing their Jewishness through the creative medium of music 9 As the founders emphasize this mission is flexible not focusing on a single region or style and less on DNA than sensibility an attachment feeling or concern with Jewish experience Jewish destiny 4 One of Pro Musica Hebraica s primary goals is education training a new generation of musicians to learn the works while leading new audiences to appreciate the Jewish tradition and Jewish music If only a few of these compositions end up in the canon Charles Krauthammer says it will be a great achievement 10 Inaugural concert editPro Musica Hebraica s first concert on April 10 2008 featured musicians from the Juilliard School and Itzhak Perlman as a special guest It celebrated the centenary of the 1908 Society for Jewish Folk Music in St Petersburg a group of self defined Jewish composers from Russia and the first association devoted to Jewish musical traditions Responding to the challenge of European nationalism the St Petersburg Society gave rise to what would become known as Jewish art music music that deliberately melded Western and Russian classical music with Hasidic melodies Yiddish folk songs and synagogue chants capturing the sounds of the towns and villages of the Pale of Settlement 3 As Charles Krauthammer explained It s music that s either consciously or unconsciously drawn from the folk the klezmer the liturgical the shtetl and reinterpreted in the spirit of modern classical sensibility 4 The concert presented the forgotten works of composers Joel Engel Solomon Rosowsky and Alexander Krein The embrace of Jewish music by these composers influenced the likes of Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich Reception editReviews of the concert series have been quite positive For example in a review of the inaugural concert the Washington Post wrote that PMH s inaugural concert was an auspicious start to an organization that is breathing new life into lost Jewish music 11 PMH s Fall 2008 concert which featured the performance of the ARC Ensemble of Toronto and the music of last century s least known Jewish geniuses Mieczslaw Weinberg was called a powerful performance 12 PMH s Fall 2010 concert which focused on the work of Karel Berman Paul Ben Haim and Walter Braunfels was lauded as enthralling mix that riveted the audience s attention 13 Its Fall 2011 concert which included works by Alexander Krein was described as reflecting romantic longing and peasant energy the imperatives of both dance and religion and a reverence for history all couched in the modality and the emphatic rhythms that characterize so much of what we recognize as a Jewish musical tradition 14 Its most recent Spring 2012 concert featuring Marc Andre Hamelin was praised by Anne Midgette chief media critic for the Washington Post as an intimate and engaging concert with a refreshingly intriguing program 15 She wrote Hamelin did an outstanding job bringing across a lot of unfamiliar music to the audience adding Hamelin proceeded to play the second encore so engagingly that the audience was laughing along with some of the more extreme variations and jumped to its feet when he was done 16 Music critic Stephen Brooke called the Fall 2012 concert a blazing larger than life performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit even from the depths of chaos 17 Reviewing PMH s first ever winter time concert featuring Cantor Netanel Hershtik Joan Reinthaler A superstar cantor opens Pro Musica Hebraica with strength and agility The program ranged from music for the liturgy to music for the theater but all of it embodied that potent combination of sinuous Eastern modality and heart on the sleeve 19th century romantic operatic drama that can convey both sorrow and exultation with so much dramatic juice 18 Composers editJoseph Achron 1886 1943 Charles Valentin Alkan 1780 1855 Anonymous Dio Clemenza e Rigore Hoshana Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1733 Paul Ben Haim 1897 1984 Karel Berman 1919 1995 Ernest Bloch 1880 1959 Walter Braunfels 1882 1954 Abraham Caceres fl 1740 Julius Chajes 1910 1985 Frederic Chopin 1810 1849 Joel Engel 1868 1927 Meir Finkelstein born 1951 Osvaldo Golijov born 1960 Mikhail Gnesin 1883 1957 Yossi Green born 1955 Erich Korngold 1897 1957 Alexander Krein 1883 1951 Louis Lewandowski 1821 1894 Benedetto Giacomo Marcello 1686 1739 Michel Michelet 1894 1995 Darius Milhaud 1892 1974 Julius Oscar 1903 1986 Moishe Oysher 1906 1958c Sergei Prokofiev 1891 1953 Maurice Ravel 1875 1937 Solomon Rosowsky 1878 1962 Salamone Rossi c 1570 1630 Franz Schubert 1797 1828 Jacob Schoenberg 1900 1956 Arnold Schoenberg 1874 1951 Yisroel Schorr 1886 1935 Yehuda Sharet 1901 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich 1906 1975 Erwin Schulhoff 1894 1942 Joachim Stutschewsky 1891 1982 Alexandre Tansman 1897 1986 Alexander Veprik 1889 1958 Jacob Weinberg 1879 1956 Mieczslaw Weinberg 1919 1996 Juliusz Wolfsohn 1880 1944 Mordechai Yardeni 1908 1992 Leo Zeitlin 1884 1930 Aleksandr Zhitomirskii 1881 1937 Musicians editAmernet Quartet Apollo Ensemble of Amsterdam Ariel Quartet ARC Ensemble of Toronto Julian Arp Biava Quartet Rachel Calloway Michael Caterisano Tibi Cziger Alexander Fiterstein Mark Glanville Hampton Synagogue Choir Netanel Hershtik Alexander Knapp Alexander Lipowski Alan Mason Margaret Mezzacappa Jascha Nemtsov N E W Trio Itzhak Perlman Robert Pomakov Frank Reinecke Andrew Roitstein Rohan De Silva Konstantin Soukhovetski Alexander Tall Orion WeissReferences edit Viola Da Voce September 14 2010 Pro Musica Hebraica Brings Classical Music by Jewish Composers out of Obscurity and into the Concert Hall The Contrapuntist Public Television and Classical Music for Greater Washington WETA Retrieved September 22 2014 a b Jewish Enterprise January February 2009 New Life for Lost Jewish Music Moment Magazine Archived from the original on September 20 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b c Hilary Leilea Krieger June 10 2009 The unfashionable Charles Krauthammer The Jerusalem Post Elliot Resnick November 21 2012 A Famed Political Pundit s Musical Side An Interview with Charles Krauthammer The Jewish Press Ellyn Wexler March 11 2009 Pulse Reviving virtually unknown Jewish music is couple s labor of love Gazette Net Maryland Community Newspapers Barbara Trainin Blank November 2012 The Sound of Classical Jewish Music Preserved Hadassah Magazine Pro Musica Hebraica Inaugural Concert Pro Musica Hebraica April 10 2008 Mission Statement Pro Musica Hebraica Midgette Anne April 9 2008 Exploring a World Of Jewish Music The Washington Post Ginsburg Daniel April 12 2008 Breathing New Life Into Lost Jewish Music The Washington Post ARC Ensemble at Kennedy Center The Washington Post November 20 2008 Banno Joe November 20 2010 Pro Musica Hebraica recital at the Terrace Theater The Washington Post Reinthaler Joan November 4 2011 Style The Washington Post Midgette Anne April 5 2012 Links Hamelin Pierrot and the KenCen Players The Washington Post Midgette Anne April 5 2012 Music The Washington Post Brookes Stephen November 12 2012 Style The Washington Post Reinthaler Joan December 7 2012 Music The Washington Post External links 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