They were joined by our klezmer band and soloists from Syria and Ukraine in an absolutely magical performance that took place in Krasnagruda's outdoor amphitheater. The piece was developed during an intensive rehearsal period at Krasnagruda in a collaborative process that incorporated contributions from the composers, the klezmer orchestra of the Sejny Theater under the direction of Wojciech Szroeder and special guests: Shadi Al Maghrabi (oud, Syria-Germany Jehad Jazbeh (violin, Syria-Germany), Youssef Nassif (kanun, Syria-Germany), Mykhaylo "Manu" Balogh (saxophone, Ukraine-Poland).
In continuing the message of The Keepers of the Flame" (i.e. building bridges and fighting the insanity in the world today), David and Kathleen will be presenting a concert at Symphony Space on Sunday September 24th as a benefit for the American Civil Liberties Union/NY Civil Liberties Union. We really hope you can attend this concert to help support the ACLU/NYCLU in their very important work of defending the US constitution and American civil liberties in today's frightening global political climate. (Please see below for more information).
SAVE THE DATE: April 5, 2018
David and Kathleen will also be doing a concert on the Salon Series at The Thalia/Symphony Space titled "Musical Meetings at the Borderlands" where they will give a presentation about their experience putting "The Keepers of the Flame" together at Krasnogruda. There will be a discussion hosted by Symphony Space director Andrew Byrne and joined by the Borderland Foundation's president Krzysztof Czyżewski, the screening of a short film about the making of the project and a performance by David and Kathy of excerpts from the work. We are all very excited to have this opportunity to be able to share with you the thrilling experience we all had together in creating "The Mysterium of the Bridge" at Krasnogruda.
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ACLU/NYCLU BENEFIT CONCERT
Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 7pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at SYMPHONY SPACE
with
ABRAHAM INC. (featuring David Krakauer, Fred Wesley and Socalled) & FRIENDS:
MEMBERS of the SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
MARC RIBOT: SONGS OF RESISTANCE,
OPENING ACT
TAGG-PETERSEN DUO: WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE
and special guest FRANK LONDON of the Klezmatics
plus speaker DONNA LIEBERMAN, head of the NYCLU
Co-sponsored by JFREJ (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice)
Table Pounding Music is proud to present a benefit concert for the New York Civil Liberties Union/American Civil Liberties Union, produced by Grammy-nominated clarinetist David Krakauer, pianist-composer Kathleen Tagg and Table Pounding Music on Sunday, September 24th at 7pm.
Abraham Inc is co-led by David Krakauer, Fred Wesley (of James Brown/Parliament Funkadelic fa
This is the second ALCU benefit concert Table Pounding Music has produced. In April, the highly attended concert raised a significant amount of money and created a tremendous presence online. Selection of tracks will be available to download for purchase and these revenues will also benefit the ACLU.
CONCERT LINEUP: ABRAHAM INC. & FRIENDS
Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 7pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
ABRAHAM INC.
featuring
David Krakauer, clarinet Fred Wesley, trombone & vocals Socalled, keyboards, sampler, vox rap and vocals
with
Sheryl Bailey, guitar Brandon Wright, saxophone Eddie Allen, trumpet Jerome Harris, bass Michael Sarin, drums Allen Watsky, guitar Taron Benson vox rap Alicia Krakauer, vocals
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MEMBERS OF THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Final Musician Lineup TBA
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MARC RIBOT: SONGS OF RESISTANCE
Marc Ribot, guitar and vocals
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Opening Act: TAGG-PETERSEN "WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE"
Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen, pianos
With special guest Frank London of the Klezmatics, and other surprise performers TBA