Forgiveness and Mediterranean Romances | The Israeli Ladino Orchestra
50-110 ₪
New concert of the Israel Ladino Orchestra dedicated to traditional penitential hymns and romances of Mediterranean peoples. The program features new arrangements of Salonican prayers, Moroccan romances and Balkan songs performed by singer Shira Yifrah. A special place is occupied by the world premiere of an original composition in the Ladino language. The performance combines ancient musical traditions with contemporary arrangement.
New concert of the Israel Ladino Orchestra dedicated to traditional penitential hymns and romances of Mediterranean peoples. The program features new arrangements of Salonican prayers, Moroccan romances and Balkan songs performed by singer Shira Yifrah. A special place is occupied by the world premiere of an original composition in the Ladino language. The performance combines ancient musical traditions with contemporary arrangement.
Additional Details: Apologies and Mediterranean Romances
Israeli Ladino Orchestra
Musical Direction: Dr. Ariel Lazarus
Soloist: Singer Shir Yafrah
A new production by the Israeli Ladino Orchestra, centering on the Selihot tradition of Mediterranean communities and offering it a broad musical and cultural context.
The program opens with Selihot poems and prayers from the Salonican liturgy in new arrangements, and continues with romansas from the Bekta region in northern Morocco and life-cycle songs of Balkan Jewry, performed by Shir Yafrah.
The program seeks to expand the Selihot experience and place it in dialogue with life-cycle songs of Spanish and Eastern Jews, through the artistic vision of Dr. Ariel Lazarus, who sees these traditions as part of a unified Mediterranean musical heritage.
The performance will also feature the world premiere of an original new composition in Ladino by Lazarus.
The concert will be performed by an expanded ensemble of the Israeli Ladino Orchestra, including a string quintet, piano, double bass, percussion, and ney.
The orchestra creates an encounter between ancient musical traditions and contemporary artistic language, between synagogue, secular song, and the concert stage, offering a new perspective on the musical and cultural connections woven around the Mediterranean basin throughout the ages.
Supported by the Renannot Institute
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