Lecture/Seminar/Recitals Given by Leonard J. Lehrman, as of Sept. 18, 2024
Click on hypertexted items to view videos.
[Programs in chronological order, most recent first]


MON. MAR. 4, 2024 7pm Dwight Peltzer & Leonard in Conversation at Oyster Bay Library
discussing Luening, Foss, Kraft, von Karajan, Bernstein, Ozawa, Martino,
Pleskow, Mellers, Boulez, Fiedler, Mitropoulos, Thorne
Reviewed by Lauren Feldman in Nassau Observer here.

OCT. 30, 2022 Launch on Zoom of edited, subtitled video of Sacco and Vanzetti
for an international audience, including the director of the new Sacco-Vanzetti Museum
in Torremaggiore, Italy. The video may be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/S-V2022CompleteSubtitled.
The entire launch may be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/S-V2022Playlist.
On Dec. 20, 2022, the work was officially nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
by multi-award-winning musicologist/critic/editor Ralph P. Locke.

SUN. JUN. 12, 2022 11:00 AM Community Church of Boston program on Sacco & Vanzetti
and the Rosenbergs, with Leonard Lehrman, Helene Williams & Chris Remus,
attended (on Zoom) by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, viewable on YouTube here.

WED. MAR. 30, 2022 5pm Lecture on Jewish Opera for Guild of Temple Musicians
including works by Barab, Blitzstein, Bock, Halevy/Bizet, Mandebaum, Spektor - and Lehrman
Click here for entire talk. Click here for playlist, including individual musical examples.

TUE. evening OCT. 19 & THU. evening OCT. 21, 2021
A "Retrospective Preview"
of the Blitzstein-Lehrman opera Sacco and Vanzetti presented on Zoom
as part of the Hofstra Italian American Experience Lecture Series
featuring composer Leonard Lehrman, director Ben Spierman,
Professors Stanislao Pugliese and Mary Anne Trasciatti,
and members of the cast from the first and the current productions.
Attendees Oct. 19 included two great-nieces of Marc Blitzstein: Carolyn Erskine and Sarah Davis.
Participants interviewed during act breaks include Hofstra faculty member Gregory Mercer;
his former (Hofstra) students Christopher Remkus, Jackie Bakewell and Brendan Rorke;
pianist Michael Pilafian; and cast members Helene Williams, Lars Woodul, Karen Jolicoeur,
Thomas Smith, Perri Sussman, Sarah Blaze, Kevin Courtemanche, Henry Yen, J. Eric Lindsey.
Also present though unfortunately unrecorded: Michael Niemann, Jack Anderson White.
For more info go to https://LeonardJLehrman.com/SaccoAndVanzetti.html.

The Walt Whitman Birthplaceproudly presents
Music Composed & Edited by Leonard Lehrman
on poems by Whitman & other Long Islanders
with Helene Williams, soprano, Michael Niemann, baritone
and Leonard Lehrman at the keyboard
October 2, 2020
Also accessible at tinyurl.com/2Oct2020

01 After the Dazzle of Day by Walt Whitman & Marc Blitzstein (1:19)
02 The Journey of Life (3:25) by William Cullen Bryant & Leonard Lehrman
03 As Adam by Walt Whitman & Marc Blitzstein (1:56)
04 Eve's Song by Sally Ann Drucker & Leonard Lehrman (1:40)
05 As If A Phantom Caressed Me by Walt Whitman & Marc Blitzstein (2:24)
06 As the Woodbine Twines by Irving Abram & Leonard Lehrman (1:56)
07 Ages and AgesÊ by Walt Whitman & Marc Blitzstein (2:03)
08 the girl with sea in her hairÊ by George Wallace & Leonard Lehrman (3:50)
09 I Am the Poet of the Body by Walt Whitman & Thomas Smith (2:47)
10 Thinking Outside the Box by George Wallace & Leonard Lehrman (4:08)
11 Quartet by Ivan Krylov & Leonard Lehrman (3:27)
12 Adventure (Aventura) by Zygmund Tauberg & Leonard Lehrman (3:52)
13 "next to of course god" by E.E. Cummings & Leonard Lehrman (2:32)
14 Listen by Walt Whitman & Leonard Lehrman (5:22)
15 Blow, Blow, Blow by Walt Whitman & Marc Blitzstein (1:22)
16 Where Is the Song of the Artists on Long Island? by George Wallace & Leonard Lehrman (2:28)

The Arts & Propaganda: Panel Discussion at Huntington Arts Council, Nov. 14, 2019.

Celebrating Jewish Women in Song in Sighet
Romanian Debut Concert of Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
in English, Yiddish & Hebrew, with Romanian Interpretation by Peninah Zilberman
sponsored by the Tarbut Foundation, Oct. 17, 2019

01 Dorel Todea Intro
02 PZ Intro 1
03 Shalom
04 PZ & DT Intro 2
05 Ikh zing
06 Rozhinkes mit Mandlen
07 PZ Intro 3
08 4 Fiddler on the Roof! excerpts
09 PZ Intro 4
10 Di Mezinke
11 Vu bistu geven? & Oy Mama
12 Hanuka in Santa Monica & Goot Yuntif
13 Blessed Is the Match
14 ShtilÊDi Nakht
15 Zog nit keynmol
16 I'd Like to Go Away Alone
17 Dona Dona
18 Intro to E.G.
19 Where Do I Belong? & If I Can't Dance
20 PZ Final Intro
21 Hirsh & Shemer
22 Encore: In der Fremd

Emma Goldman Sesquicentennial Tributes, June 27-28, 2019
Playlist for June 27 at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Playlist for June 28 at First Unitarian Society in Madison, Wisconsin

June 27 Michigan Events:
Carillon performance of "Where Do I Belong?"
Introduction to Closing Presentation by Leonard Lehrman & Helene Williams
Feb. 1, 1934 NY Press Conference by Emma Goldman Video,
Audience Reaction to Film
Presentation:
Productive, Loose & Dead Ends, Researching Background for Performing Emma Goldman Onstage,
including Russian Scene and "Where Do I Belong?" (a cappella) +Q&A

June 28 Wisconsin Concert Excerpts (1st half unfortunately unfilmed):
01 Drew Collins' Intro to Pt 2
02 Intro +Blitzstein: Modest Maid (Helene)
03 Lehrman: Ev'ry Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother (Leonard)
04 Intro Berrymans
05 Berrymans: Uncle Dave's Grace (Helene)
06 Berrymans: I Don't Get It (Leonard +Helene)
07 Berrymans: After Life Goes By (Leonard & Helene)
08 Lehrman: The Hereafter (Leonard + Helene)
09 Berrymans: Acme Forgetting Service (Leonard & Helene)
10 Intro+Anne Feeney: Gene Debs (Leonard)
11 Intro+Bernstein-Comden-Green: CarriedAway (Leonard & Helene)
12 Q&A incl. Tom Lehrer

Dakule Trio Concert
June 23, 2019
Trinity Church, Roslyn
Music of Beethoven, Robertson, Blitzstein, Lehrman, and Schumann




Holocaust Remembrance Day Concerts, May 2 & 5, 2019

May 2 7:00 PM at Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn
Cantor Ofer Barnoy premieres Lehrman's setting of Zev Steinberg's "What's Your Name?"
and May 5 7:00 PM at Trinity Church, Roslyn
Sarah Blaze premieres Lehrman's "My Thoughts Will Not Rest"
and members of The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus perform other music
by Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, David Geppert & Leonard Lehrman

Boston Tributes to Solomon Michoels & Emily R. Lehrman
Playlist for Nov. 11 & 12, 2018

Nov. 11, 2018 Excerpt at Temple Reyim, Newton

Nov. 12, 2018 at Center Makor, Brookline:
Vladimir Foygelman introduces Sasha Zaretsky
Sasha Zaretsky introduces Leonard & Helene
Bernstein: My New Friends
Leonard Lehrman Intro
Blitzstein: GoloopchikÊ
Lehrman: Ev'ry Boy Should Have A Jewish Mother
Lehrman: Russia - America from E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman
Bernstein: Victory Jive
Bernstein: I Am Easily Assimilated from CandideÊ
Introduction to Rusalki
Pavlova: Rusalochka
Dargomyzhsky: Natasha's Lament from Rusalka
Lehrer: Lobachevsky
Intro Sergei Slonimsky
Slonimsky: Cordelia's Aria from King Lear
Lehrer/Lehrman: Hanukka in Santa MonicaÊ+ Goot Yuntif
Intro 5 Russian Songs by Lehrman
Blok-Lehrman: Benediction
Krylov-Lehrman: Quartet
Leybovich-Lehrman: Untitled
Mayakovsky-Lehrman: My University
Pushkin-Lehrman Winter Morning
Mandelbaum: Prelude & Finale to The Dybbuk
Aizman-Lehrman: Manya's Lullaby from Sima
Ê Intro 3 Yiddish Songs
Glik-Pokras: Zog nit keynmol
Glik: Shtil di Nakht
Tum Balalaika
Encore - Ellstein: Oy Mama, bin ikh farlibt

Memories & Music of Leonard Bernstein
Helene Williams, Caryn Hartglass, and Leonard Lehrman at the piano
Port Washington Library, Oct. 5, 2018
Click here for playlist. Individual excerpts:
01 Intro
02 My New Friends
03 L's Welcome
04 I Hate Music
05 Ev'ry Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother
06 A Little Bit in Love from Wonderful Town
07 IntroÊ+ Victory Jive
from Candide:
08 I Am Easily Assimilated
09 Dear Boy
10 Glitter & Be Gay
11 We Are Women
12 Quiet
13 Intro to A Quiet Place 14 A Quiet Place from Trouble in Tahini
15 Intro-Grandfather Song-Outro from Idiots First
16 IntroÊ+ Dream with Me from Peter Pan
17 Intro to Sean Song
18 Sean Song
from West Side Story:
19 IntroÊ+ Tonight
20 I Feel Pretty
21 Saga of Lenny
22 Intro - Harvard - Sheep
23 Take Care of This House from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
24 Intro, I Go On (from Mass, Nachspiel
from On the Town:
25 IntroÊ+ Carried Away
26 Some Other Time

University of Vermont Summer Music Session (1958-1980) Reunion
Aug. 11, 2018 Southwick Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, VT
Videos by Helene Williams Spierman Lehrman & Amy Strauss Glass:
Oral History (morning), Concert (evening)

Excerpts from Concert
(hypertexted items are Public; others viewable on request):
Leonard Lehrman Intro
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Mvt 1, Judi Benjamin & Bob Linden, vns; Amy Arutt, va; Jane Rufino, vc
Intro then Lehrman: Sonatina for Flute & Piano (2 Mvts) Nathaniel Fossner, flute; Lehrman, pno
Intro then Feldman: tangled lynes (world premiere), David Feldman, fl.
Reicha: Sinfonico, Mvt 3 for 4 Flutes; Amy Maurer Goldstein, Nathaniel Fossner, Joanne Hilbert Irwin, David Feldman
Barber-Agee: Sure on This Shining Night, Philip Tummarello, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, pno
Lehrman: Duet, op. 17 Janet Hopkins, vn; Steve Zimmerman, cl. (world premiere)
Intro then Hirsch: Thoughts Before Kaddish
Intro then Bernstein: Victory Jive, Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
Intro then Read: Brahms Fantasy Thomas Larry Read, vn; Leonard Lehrman, pno
Intro then Lehrman: "Brahms' Clarinet Trio #2" Mvt 1, Vincent & Jane Rufino, Leonard Lehrman
Brahms: Clarinet Trio Mvts 3 & 4, Vincent & Jane Rufino, Leonard Lehrman
Diemer: Toccata for Marimba Stanley Hecht
Thompson: Alleluia introduced & conducted by Neal Hamlin
Foltz-Byron: She Walks in Beauty Leonard Lehrman, cond.
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, tr. Robert Shaw; pianists Frank Whitcomb & Roy Kelley
#1 cond. by Leonard Lehrman
#2 & 9 cond. by Stephen Goldstein
#11 cond. by Neal Hamlin
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? arr. Robert Shaw, cond. by Neal Hamlin, Leonard Lehrman, pno
Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont cond. by Stephen Goldstein, Leonard Lehrman, pno
Thompson-Frost: Choose Something Like A Star introduced & cond. by Stephen Goldstein, Leonard Lehrman, pno

Memories & Music of Leonard Bernstein
Helene Williams, Caryn Hartlass, and Leonard Lehrman at the piano
Great Neck Library, April 29, 2018
Click here for playlist. Individual excerpts:
01 Debbie Feldman
02 My New Friends from The Madwoman of Central Park West
03 LJL Intro & ES CD Presentation
04 I Hate Music
05 Intro + Ev'ry Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother
06 A Little Bit in Love from Wonderful Town
07 Intro + Victory Jive
08 Intro Candide
09 I Am Easily Assimilated - from Candide
10 Dear Boy - from Candide
11 Glitter & Be Gay - from Candide
12 We Are Women - from Candide
13 Intro + Quiet - from Candide
14 Intro A Quiet Place
15 A Quiet Place [from 2/18/18 concert] - from Trouble in Tahiti
16 Grandfather Song +Intro&Outro - from Idiots First
17 Intro + Dream With Me - from Peter Pan
18 Intro + Sean Song
19 Intro - Lullaby (from No for an Answer)- Tonight - I Feel Pretty - from West Side Story
20 Intro + Saga of Lenny
21 Intro + Lonely Men of Harvard - Sheep Song
22 Intro + Take Care of This House - from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
23 Intro + I Go On (from Mass) - Nachspiel (from Arias & Barcarolles)
24 Intro + Carried Away - from On the Town
25 Some Other Time - from On the Town

Marc Blitzstein Plaque Ceremony & Reception, June 12, 2017
at 219 Pine Street, Philadelphia, with reception afterwards
at Society Hill Synagogue, 218 Spruce Street.
Leonard spoke on Blitzstein's Social & Political Legacy,
accompanied Liz Filios in "The Nickel Under the Foot,"
and conducted his arrangement of the finale from The Cradle Will Rock.
Speeches and performances at ceremony and reception are viewable at
http://tinyurl.com/MBmarkerPlaylist

3 Moscow Concerts:
Nov. 1, 2016 Lecture/Recital in English at The American Center, U.S. Embassy,
Nov. 2, 2016 Voice & Piano Recital, introduced in Russian, at Skryabin Museum, Moscow
co-sponsored by The Long Island Composers Alliance
including works by Blitzstein, Lehrman, Siegmeister, Pavlova, Dargomyzhsky, Mandelbaum, Slonimsky, Scriabin, Siniakova, and Medvedovskaya
Nov. 3, 2016 Lecture/Recital in Russian at Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow

3 Russian-American Friendship Concerts in Belarus:
--1) at Muzey Golubka, Minsk, June 11, 2016
--2) at Music School, Bobruisk, June 13, 2016
--3) at Music Hall, Vitebsk, June 16, 2016

Mozart Piano-Voice Lecture Recital at Bethpage Public Library, Apr. 19, 2016
Celestial Steam Concert at Cradle of Aviation, Oct. 3, 2015
Brahms Piano-Voice Lecture Recital at Bethpage Library, Aug. 13, 2015
5 Jewish Opera Lectures at Community Church, Jan.-May 2015
Khanike Kabaret Lecture/Recital @Institute for Adult Jewish Studies, Dec. 15, 2014
2 Jewish Opera Classes at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, NYC, Aug.-Sep. 2014

2 Morris Schappes Centennial Celebrations at Queens College & at NYU, May 6 & 10, 2007



3 Russian-American Friendship Concerts with soprano Helene Williams in Belarus:
1) at Muzey Golubka, Minsk, June 11, 2016
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Tatyana Gorshkova Intro
Intro to Marc Blitzstein's Goloopchik
Blitzstein: Russian Language & Mamasha Goose
Intro to John Reed
--Lehrman: Letter to Louise [Bryant]
--Meeropol-Siegmeister: John Reed
Intro to E.G.
Russia-America - from E.G.
Intro to Tom Lehrer
Lehrer: Lobachevsky
Natasha's Lament from Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka
2 settings of Lermontov poem
--1) Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Clouds
--2) Sergei Slonimsky: Tuchi
Intro to 7 Russian Songs by Lehrman:
--1) Alexander Blok: Benediction
--2) Galina Leybovich: Untitled
--3) Afanasy Fet: Greeting
--4) Ivan Krylov: Quartet
--5) Gavril Derzhavin: Nightingale in a Dream
--6) Alexander Pushkin: Winter Morning
--7) Vladimir Mayakovsky: My University
Intro to Medvedovskiy/aya
Medvedovskaya : Leningrad Siege Song
Intro+Nina Siniakova: Falling in Love
Koloda Duda & WhereHaveAllTheFlowersGone?
Prokofiev: Xenia's Lament from Boris Godunov
Joel Mandelbaum: Overture & Finale from The Dybbuk
Intro to Sima
Manya's Lullaby from Sima
Intro + Bruce Adolphe: Mikhoels Scene
Zog Nit Keynmol, Tum Balalaika
Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart (in Russian)

2) at Music School, Bobruisk, June 13, 2016
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Maya Kazakevich Intro
Leonard Lehrman Intro
Tum Balalaika
Lazar Weiner: Yiddish
Intro to Zisl Slepovich
Slepovich: Chashniki
Intro to Ivan Krylov
Krylov-Lehrman: Quartet
Pushkin-Lehrman: Winter Morning
Intro to Solomon Mikhoels, Pete Seeger
KolodaDuda/WhereHaveAllTheFlowersGone?
Gifts

3) at Music Hall, Vitebsk, June 16, 2016
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Arkady Shulman Intro
Leonard Lehrman Intro
Weiner: Yiddish
Slepovich: Chashniki
Grine Kuzine
A Yiddishe Momme
Lehrer/Lehrman: Hanukka in SantaMonica,GootYuntif
Intro to E.G.
Russia-America
Intro to Lobachevsky
Lehrer: Lobachevsky
Intro to Marc Blitzstein's Goloopchik
Blitzstein: Russian Language-Mamasha Goose
Natasha's Lament Sergei Slonimsky: from Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka
Sergei Slonimsky: Tuchi
Intro to Nina Siniakova
Siniakova: Falling in Love
Intro to 7 Russian Songs by Lehrman
--1) Alexander Blok: Benediction
--2) Galina Leybovich: Untitled
--3) Afanasy Fet: Greeting
--4) Ivan Krylov: Quartet
--5) Gavril Derzhavin: Nightingale in a Dream
--6) Alexander Pushkin: Winter Morning
--7) Vladimir Mayakovsky: MyUniversity
Medvedovskaya: Leningrad Siege Song
KolodaDuda/WhereHaveAllTheFlowersGone
Joel Mandelbaum: Dybbuk Overture & Finale
Intro +Manya's Lullaby from Sima
Intro to 3 Yiddish Songs
--1) Zog Nit Keynmol
--2) Oy Momme, bin ikh farlibt (Ellstein)
--3) Tum Balalaika
Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart (in Russian)
Presentation

Mozart Piano-Voice Lecture Recital
with soprano Helene Williams
at Bethpage Library, Apr. 19, 2016
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Introduction to 4 Songs
--1) Das Veilchen
--2) Oiseaux, si tous les ans
--3) Abendempfindung
--4) Als Luise die Briefe
Intro & Menuetto, K. 1a
Ilia's Aria from Idomeneo
Letter to Dean
Intro Marriage of Figaro
-- Susanna's Aria from Act IV
-- Countess's Aria from Act III
Intro Piano Sonata #13, K. 333
Piano Sonata #13, K. 333 (3 movtemens)
Intro Cosi fan tutte
-- Despina's Aria
-- Fiordiligi's Aria
Piano Fantasy #3, K. 397
Auden Metalogue to The Magic Flute (1956)
Pamina's Aria
Don Giovanni Duet

Celestial Steam Concert at Cradle of Aviation, Oct. 3, 2015 by Long Island Composers Alliance
2 Excerpts performed by Woodwind Quintet, with Introductions:

Playlist
Moon Intro
Leonard Lehrman: The Waning Moon (conducted by the composer)
Star Clusters Intro
Julie Mandel: Star Clusters

Johannes Brahms Piano-Voice Lecture Recital
with soprano Helene Williams
at Bethpage Library, Aug. 13, 2015
in memory of Emily Lehrman (Mar. 1, 1923-Jan. 13, 2015)
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Carol Shapiro Intro
Leonard Lehrman Intro to Brahms & 4 Songs
--Staendchen, op.106#1
--O wuesst' ich doch den Weg zurueck, op.63#8
--Botschaft, op.47#1
--Der Tod, das ist die kuehle Nacht, op.96#1
Intro to 3 Piano Pieces
--Intermezzo, op.119#1
--Intermezzo, op.118#2
--Ballade, op.118#3
Intro to "Wie Melodien" +3 songs
--Wie Melodien, op.105#1
--Sapphische Ode, op.94#4
--Verzagen, op.72#4
--Mainacht, op.43#2
Intro to 2 final songs
--Sommerabend, op.85#1
--Von ewiger Liebe, op.43#1
Intro to 2 Encores
--Am 15 Mai 1896 - Joel Mandelbaum's setting of a Brahms letter (world premiere)
--Vergebliches Staendchen op.84#4

Lecture/Seminars Given by Leonard Lehrman on Jewish Opera
in memory of Emily Lehrman (Mar. 1, 1923-Jan. 13, 2015)
hosted by Joel Mandelbaum at Community Church of New York, sponsored by The Maldeb Foundation
Videotaped by Helene Williams, Jan. 20, 2015-May 13,2015

Lecture #1 Jan. 20, 2015: Social Consciousness

Lecture #2 Feb. 25, 2015: Musical Dybbuks
with composers Joel Mandelbaum & Jerrold Morgulas and sopranos Helene Williams & Anastasiya Roytman

Lecture #3 Mar. 18, 2015: Biblical Women
with soprano Helene Williams, guest mezzo Galit Dadoun Cohen and guest composer Elizabeth Hoffman

Lecture #4 Apr. 22, 2015: Holocaust Operas
with composers David Amram, Dan Burwasser, Joel Mandelbaum and Mira J. Spektor;
conductor Mira J. Spektor; librettist Susan Fox and her husband Stephen Orenstein
and sopranos Helene Williams & Kathryn Wieckhorst

Lecture #5 May 13, 2015: Emma Goldman
with composer Elaine Fine, Karen Avrich, Margie Barab, Carol Jochnowitz,
Pamela Sanabria, Sheila Dean Wormer and Douglas Kiddie
and Helene & Leonard singing Fine, Kulesha & Lehrman

Khanike Kabaret at North Shore Synagogue, Syosset
sponsored by Institute for Adult Jewish Studies, Dec. 15, 2014
with Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman at the piano.
Click here for Playlist, or click on individual excerpts:

Shalom from Milk & Honey by Jerry Herman
Introduction by Leonard Lehrman
Yerushalayim Shel Zachav by Naomi Shemer
Hanukka in Santa Monica - Goot Yuntif by Tom Lehrer (2d verse by Leonard Lehrman)
12 Jewish Haikus by Leonard Lehrman
A Yiddishe Momme
Ev'ry Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother by Leonard Lehrman & Joshua Vogel
Dona Dona from Esterke
Grandfather Song from Idiots First by Marc Blitzstein & Leonard Lehrman
from Fiddler on the Roof!
-- Far from the Home I Love
-- Any Day Now
-- When Messiah Comes
-- The Richest Man in Town
-- Matchmaker
-- Do You Love Me?
Franchise from Jewish Humor from Oy to Vey by Seymour Barab
The Rabbi & the Rich Man from Lehrman's Suppose A Wedding
Miracle Song [cut] from Reuben Reuben by Marc Blitzstein, arr. L.Lehrman
Encore: Simon's Prophecy from Leonard Lehrman's Hannah

Two Classes Taught by Leonard Lehrman on Jewish Opera
at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Videotaped by Helene Williams, Aug. 28 & Sep. 2, 2014

Class #1 Aug. 28, 2014: MLKing, Siegmeister, Blitzstein, Malamud

Pt 1 Introduction to I Have A Dream by Elie Siegmeister
----I Have A Dream Part 3 Manhattan premiere, Jan. 15, 1989, Harlem School of the Arts
Pt 2 Introduction to "Then" by Marc Blitzstein
----"Then" as performed in Halifax, 2012
Pt 3"How I Met My New Grandfather" introduced & conducted by Leonard Bernstein
----"Grandfather Song" as performed in Halifax, 2012
Pt 4 Introduction to Idiots First
----Scenes 1-2 (of 13) as performed at NYU by Center for Contemporary Opera
Pt5 CD excerpt from Siegmeister's Lady of the Lake
& Introduction to Lehrman's Suppose A Wedding
----Part 1 (of 4) as performed at HUC-JIR by Long Island Composers Alliance
Pt6 Introduction + "The Rabbi & the Rich Man"

Class #2 Sep. 2, 2014: Operas Based on Yiddish Sources - Guests: Sheldon Harnick & Joel Mandelbaum

Pt 1 Arnold Rosner: Bontsche Schweig Finale (on CD)
Pt 2 Sheldon Harnick on Arnold Perl et al
Pt 3 Sheldon Harnick on Fiddler on the Roof! vs. Opera
Pt 4 "Far from the Home I Love" sung by Lauren Levy
Pt 5 modes, Joel Mandelbaum, "Tradition"
Pt 6 "The Richest Man in Town" into "Miracle of Miracles"
Pt 7 on "Any Day Now"
Pt 8 on "When Messiah Comes"
Pt 9 on "Get Thee Out
Pt 10 Duet: "When Messiah Comes" sung by Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
Pt 11 on "Dear Sweet Sewing Machine"
Pt 12 on Tevyes (Zero Mostel et al) +Danny Kaye
Pt 13 on Jerome Robbins
Pt 14 on opera, "Why do you do this?" & Joel Mandelbaum--on Fiddler as Opera(!)
Pt 15 Q&A +Yiddish Skat
Pt 16 Other Projects

Two Morris Schappes Centennial Celebrations

May 6, 2007 at Queens College, including:


Introduction by Jonathan Irving
Leo Hershkowitz
 Steve Leberstein
Leonard Lehrman on Centennials at Queens
Henry Foner speaks & sings
IJ Merenini sings "Chalk Marks on the Sidewalk" by Langston Hugues & Elie Siegmeister
Leonard Lehrman on Heine, Lazarus, Hammond
Helene Williams sings "Ballad of the Children"
Carol Jochnowitz reads from Schappes' "Doing Time"
Helene Williams sings "Where Do I Belong?"
Helene Williams sings "If I Can't Dance" (& dances with Leo Hershkowitz)
Nina & Samantha Gordon sing "Die Gedanken Sind Frei"
Nina & Samantha Gordon sing "Tum Balalaika"
Nina & Samantha Gordon sing "Dona Dona"
Nina & Samantha Gordon sing "If I Had a Hammer"
Helene Williams & Susan Blake sing the Zipporah-Hannah Duet from the opera Hannah
Susan Blake sings Joel Mandelbaum's & Lea Fichandler's "The Causes Are Waiting For You"
Helene Williams sings Lawrence Bush's & Leonard Lehrman's "When Moshiach Comes"
Final Q&A

and May 10, 2007 at Tamiment Library, NYU, including:


Helene Williams & Carol Jochnowitz Setting Up
Introduction by Michael Nash
Steve Leberstein
Steve Strum re Sidney Hook
Leonard Lehrman on Jewish Currents & Morris Schappes
Henry Foner
Elie Siegmeister's Rapp-Coudert Round sung by Henry Foner, Helene Willliams & Leonard Lehrman
Leonard Lehrman on Heine, Lazarus, Hammond
Helene Williams sings "Ballad of the Children"
Carol Jochnowitz reads from Schappes' "Doing Time"
Intro to 2 excerpts from E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman:
Helene Williams sings "Where Do I Belong?"
Helene Williams sings "If I Can't Dance" & dances with Nat Lehrman
Larry Bush asks Q re Rudoff
Nina Gordon sings "Die Gedanken Sind Frei"
Nina Gordon sings "Tum Balalaika"
Nina Gordon sings "Dona Dona"
Nina Gordon sings "If I Had A Hammer"
Helene Williams & Susan Blake sing Zipporah-Hannah Duet from Hannah
Helene Williams sings Larry Bush's & Leonard Lehrman's "When Moshiach Comes"
Irwin (& Richard) Corey
on Barry Cohen, New Music Connoisseur, Bob Sherman
on the Schappes' childlessness
Susan Blake Q Larry Bush A
on biography of Schappes