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Voices That Wander
Ladino originated in Spain and was carried to Israel, North Africa, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans throughout the Middle Ages by Jews who were expelled or fled persecution. This fascinating historic language has long been used in music and is being spotlighted in this joyful evening of music and language. Jewish composer Lydia Samuels has brought together traditional Ladino songs with four new compositions she has written, following extensive research. Performing these pieces are The Wing-It Singers, led by Sally Davies, and soloists including Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish and non-Jewish singers.
Silback and Silvera will perform pieces from their project Songs We Carry, and an arrangement of the Arabic song Lamma Bada Yatathanna with The Wing-It Singers Choir. Silback and Silvera’s work unites Jewish and Arabic songs, celebrating the similarities that tie these regions of the world together in music. With similarities between Mizrahi and Sephardic music and Arabic music, the shared roots of Sephardic and Arabic diasporas can be clearly heard.
The four new songs by Samuels incorporate four traditional life cycle songs: a love song, two wedding songs, and a lullaby. As part of creating Voices That Wander, Samuels and Silback went to two London primary schools for Year 3 and 4 children, introducing them to Ladino, the culture of Mizrahi Jews and the expulsion from Spain, and linking that with present day displacement. Together the workshop facilitators and the Year 3 and 4 children wrote songs inspired by their thoughts on these themes. A medley of these songs will be performed by Samuels, the children, soloists and The Wing-It Singers Choir.
Silback and Silvera will perform pieces from their project Songs We Carry, and an arrangement of the Arabic song Lamma Bada Yatathanna with The Wing-It Singers Choir. Silback and Silvera’s work unites Jewish and Arabic songs, celebrating the similarities that tie these regions of the world together in music. With similarities between Mizrahi and Sephardic music and Arabic music, the shared roots of Sephardic and Arabic diasporas can be clearly heard.
The four new songs by Samuels incorporate four traditional life cycle songs: a love song, two wedding songs, and a lullaby. As part of creating Voices That Wander, Samuels and Silback went to two London primary schools for Year 3 and 4 children, introducing them to Ladino, the culture of Mizrahi Jews and the expulsion from Spain, and linking that with present day displacement. Together the workshop facilitators and the Year 3 and 4 children wrote songs inspired by their thoughts on these themes. A medley of these songs will be performed by Samuels, the children, soloists and The Wing-It Singers Choir.
Time: door opens: 3:15 PM; concert: 3:30 PM - 5 PM
Price: £15
Price: £15
1 Glenarm Road, Lower Clapton, London E5 0LY
Sun 7 July