New Budapest Orpheum Society

“WHEN WE REMEMBERED ZION”: THE NEW BUDAPEST ORPHEUM SOCIETY COMMEMORATES YOM HASHOAH Drawing from repertories of Jewish song from the Shoah, gathered from the cabarets, concentration camps, ghettos, theaters, and lms, the 2016 Grammy-nominated New Budapest Orpheum Society bears witness to those murdered, those who resisted, and those who must not be forgotten. e songs on this program seek again to give voice to the victims and the survivors, capturing their songs in Czech, English, German, Russian, and Yiddish. In this concert commemorating Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — the NBOS honors composers Abe Ellstein, Hermann Leopoldi, Friedrich Holländer, Imré Kálmán, and Viktor Ullmann, and premieres new works by Ilya Levinson, all to trace a path to the European Jewish past and resound it again. Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano Philip V. Bohlman, artistic director & commentary Stewart Figa, baritone Iordanka Kissiova, violin Ilya Levinson, piano and musical director Mark Sonksen, bass violin Don Stille, accordion