Metropolitan Klezmer Mother’s Day Brunch - 5/13 (Kids Tickets Also Available)
Sunday, May 13 2018 10:00am Doors / 11:00am StartTickets
Metropolitan Klezmer Mother’s Day Brunch - 5/13 (Kids Tickets Also Available)
at City Winery New York City
- Doors:
- 10:00am
- Starts:
- 11:00am
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About:
$18 TICKETS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12
Metropolitan Klezmer performs an exhilarating range of musical treasure with
astonishing agility and refreshing depth. Formed in 1994, this collaborative
adventure of exceptional New York musicians combines the best of downtown,
classical and World Music scenes to create inspired neo-traditional interpretations
and compositions around a panoply of eclectic Yiddish repertoire: ethereal trance,
rollicking dance, imaginatively-arranged Yiddish swing and tango, plus genre-
expanding originals such as klezmer cumbia.
Metropolitan Klezmer bandmates bring together stylistic backgrounds from Latin
jazz to funk and folk, zydeco and reggae to baroque, complete with panoramic
instrumental array and multi-lingual vocals. Led by drummer-archivist Eve Sicular,
the ensemble also explores such lesser-known gems as Soviet Yiddish theater
melodies and drinking songs, gorgeous overlooked soundtrack tunes from vintage
films set in Eastern Europe and the Lower East Side, and unexpected musical angles
which transform familiar favorites from the inside out. Time Out New York extols
the group: “Metropolitan Klezmer takes a scholarly approach to the genre’s history,
yet never skimps on the exuberance at its core.”