The 2005 JMI Jewish Culture Day at the South Bank Centre. A Celebration of Jewish Songwriters
modified 29 October 2005

Sunday 27 November, 2005
4 Events 4.15pm—10pm

Herbert Kretzmer

A Celebration of Jewish Songwriters
JMI Jewish Culture Day on the South Bank 2005
Herbert Kretzmer, Patron of the Day

Presented by Jewish Music Central
A collaboration between JMI and Central Synagogue
Supported by the Jewish Chronicle

Smoked Salmon Bagels on sale in the foyer from 3.00pm
The Jewish Youth Choir , conductor Vivienne Bellos perform in the Foyer at 7.00pm

‘I Write the Songs - That Make the Whole World Sing …’
Queen Elizabeth Hall 7.45pm
Introduced by Herbert Kretzmer, English Lyricist of Les Miserables, She and other famous songs
Outstanding young singers Loren Geeting, Steven Leas, Melinda Hughes and Shona White Children of the Sylvia Young Theatre School and two Steinway Grands played by Dominic Barlow and
Musical Director Tansy Aked
Production Director Jude Alderson
take you on a journey through some of the 20 th Century’s most unforgettable music and lyrics from Broadway, the West End , Tin Pan Alley, the Yiddish Theatre and the worlds of folk and pop. Songs by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, to Billy Joel, Paul Simon and Barry Manilow (who made the title song famous).
Queen Elizabeth Hall £25, £20, £15
(£2 off each ticket if attending more than one event and for groups of 10 or more)
T: 08703 800 400
www.rfh.org.uk

Herbert Kretzmer - A Man of Words
Purcell Room 4.15—5.15pm
journalist, critic and lyricistwho wrote the English words to Les Misèrables; Goodness Gracious Me for Sophia Loren and She, made famous by Charles Aznavour.
Audio-visual biography devised and presented by Ruth and John Hill.
Purcell Room £7.50 for each show
(£2 off each ticket if attending more than one event and for groups of 10 or more)
T: 08703 800 400
www.rfh.org.uk

Tribute to Lionel Bart
Purcell Room 6.00—7.00pm

Herbert Kretzmer

Acclaimed as ‘the father of the modern British musical’, Bart wrote such classic hits as Oliver, Blitz and Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’be.
Audio-visual biography devised and presented by Ruth and John Hill.
Purcell Room £7.50 for each show
(£2 off each ticket if attending more than one event and for groups of 10 or more)
T: 08703 800 400
www.rfh.org.uk

Presented in association with Jewish East End Celebration Society

Miracle in Cracow
Purcell Room 8.00pm
Award winning 2004 feature film introduced by the young Hungarian director Diana Groó, and the star Eszter Biro, shot in beautiful old Jewish quarters of Budapest and Crakow. A mystical young love story of Hungarian art historian, and a Polish man. With English, Hungarian, Yiddish and Polish languages.
Purcell Room £7.50 for each show
(£2 off each ticket if attending more than one event and for groups of 10 or more)
T: 08703 800 400
www.rfh.org.uk

Presented in association with the Hungarian Cultural Centre

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