Klezmer from the Kugels – AOTNZ tour Oct 2016

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Klezmer from the Kugels – AOTNZ tour Oct 2016

It’s music that makes you want to dance - spirited, wild and haunting.

Now four top musicians have joined together to form the band of their dreams, The Kugels.

Each musician is celebrated in his/her own right, but it is a shared passion for klezmer music that has brought them together.

The folk idiom of the Jewish people, klezmer was originally played at weddings and other celebrations in Eastern and Central Europe. The music gained popularity in America with the arrival of Yiddish speaking immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, assimilating jazz elements into the mix.

The Kugels play klezmer, but it is the ‘original’ pre-jazz klezmer, influenced by revivalists this century, as well as repertoire Soviet and Israeli immigrants brought to the US in the 1980s.

“Traditional and original tunes played with sensitivity and passion”

The Kugels:
• Ross Harris, eminent composer and New Zealand Arts Laureate, plays the accordion

• Debbie Rawson, leader of saxophone ensemble Saxcess and Head of Woodwind at Victoria University’s NZ School of Music, on clarinet, xaphoon and saxophone

• Violinist Robin Perkins, recently retired from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, now devoting himself to the art of klezmer/gypsy fiddle

• Bass player Jaqueline Nordon, an eclectic orchestral player/street band leader and all round klezmer music enthusiast helping to drive the ensemble with character and style

Itinerary

Saturday 1 October 7.30pm Balcairn
Mike Greer Concert Series
Balcairn Public Hall $25
Book: Sally Mac’s Amberley; Sefton Garage; Stan’s 7 Day Pharmacy Rangiora

Sunday 2 October 6pm Blenheim
Whitehaven Wine Room, ASB Theatre Marlborough
$30+service fees
Book: Box office and www.ticketdirect.co.nz

Wednesday 5 October 8pm Reefton
Reefton Club, Bridge St
Adults $20; Students $10; Family $50

Thursday 6 October 7pm Hokitika
Old Lodge Theatre, 11 Revell St
$20 Book: Hokitika Regent Theatre

Friday 7 October 7.30pm Okarito
Donovan’s
$20 Book: Debbie 03 753 4017 or Gemma 03 753 4014

Saturday 8 October 7.30pm Albert Town
Albert Town Tavern
Members $30; non-members $35, schoolchildren free
Book: Gifted 19 Helwick St Wanaka

Tuesday 11 October 7.30pm Geraldine
Geraldine Town & Country Club
$20 Book: LOUK Clothing, The Old Post Office (cash sales)

Wednesday 12 October 7.30pm Christchurch
Orange Studio, Ferrymead
$25 Book: Cosmic ticketing and Eventfinda

Friday 14 October 7.30pm Motueka
Chanel Arts Centre, High St
Adults $20, children $5 Book: Floral Affaire

Saturday 15 October 8.30pm Onekaka
The Mussel Inn
$15 Book: The Mussel Inn

Tuesday 18 October 7.30pm New Plymouth
4th Wall Theatre
$25 Book: www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz

Thursday 20 October 7.30pm Coromandel
The Club, Woollams Ave
$25/$20 Gold card concession
Book: Coromandel Information Centre

Friday 21 October 7.30pm Kauaeranga
Kauaeranga Hall
$20 door $18 pre-book
Book: Lotus Realm 714 Pollen St Thames or 021 912 993

Saturday 22 October 7.30pm Whangarei
The Riverbank Centre, Reyburn House Lane
$25 Book: www.whangareitheatrecompany.org.nz

Sunday 23 October 5.30pm Kerikeri
The Turner Centre Cobham Rd
Adults $25, 18 and under free Book: The Turner Centre www.turnercentre.co.nz

Tuesday 25 October 7.30pm Whakatane
Gateway Theatre
Adults $25; Members $20; children $5
Book: The Good Life The Strand Whakatane

Arts On Tour New Zealand (AOTNZ) organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand. The trust receives funding from Creative New Zealand, support from Interislander, and liaises with local arts councils, repertory theatres and community groups to bring the best of musical and theatrical talent to country districts. The AOTNZ programme is environmentally sustainable – artists travel to their audiences rather than the other way around.

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