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Under the direction of three conductors-Zalmen Motek, Evan Harlan and Timothy Steele-the orchestra pulls off the true to their style Klezmer songs and wildly outrageous parodies of Yiddish familiars with grace and ease. Particularly spectacular is Composer Mlotek's "Geography Song," a parody of a 1947 folk song by Aaron Lebedeff. Here Mlotek and musical adapter Hankus Wetsky are successful where Brustein fails; they masterfully adapt the familiar melodies and lyrical stories which are so much a part of Yiddish culture into vibrant and enjoyable pieces which augment and respectfully recognize their source. The music of "Shlemiel...
This is all unfortunate for the obvious musical talent of Zalmen Mlotek and Harkus Netsky; who really do put together a rousing array of show tunes. Influences from some of Andrew Lloyd Weber's less schnaltzy tunes may have someone in the audience saying. "Hey, this is a Jewish Gilbert & Sullivan."And, infact, they would be close...
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