Night Songs From A Neighboring Village February 12, 2010

The Ukrainian Museum, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) and New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura Downtown present 'Night Songs From a Neighboring Village,' an evening of East European Jewish and Ukrainian music and song, presented comparatively by two of the finest performers in both traditions: internationally acclaimed Yiddish singer and klezmer multi-instrumentalist/composer Michael Alpert and internationally renowned singer/composer/master of the Ukrainian bandura, Julian Kytasty. The program draws from the rich legacy of Ukrainian folk and liturgical song, the virtuosic art of the bandura (Ukrainian harp-lute), klezmer music, Yiddish folk song, and the music of the Hasidim.