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A World Within Worlds: Tsvey Brider in Concert
Presented by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

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A diverse group of cultural influences are woven into the music that Tsvey Brider (“Two Brothers”) has composed, arranged and performed: Yiddish art and folksong, African American spirituals, field calls and work songs, wordless melodies from the Chassidic tradition, French chanson and Ashkenazi Jewish cantorial music—just to name a few! Join vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and multi-instrumentalist Dmitri Gaskin as they perform and unpack the sounds, idioms and histories behind the music they’ve created as the Yiddish songwriting duo, Tsvey Brider.

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Diverse idioms, styles and periods contrast and combine in Tsvey Brider, creating contemporary and unique interpretations of music in the Yiddish language. Winners of Mexico City’s Concurso Internacional de Canciones en Idish (Der Yidisher Idol), the members of Tsvey Brider have performed and recorded with such noted artists as Anthony Coleman, Daniel Kahn, Michael Winograd, Michael Alpert, Alan Bern, Yale Strom & Hot Pastromi and Veretski Pass.

Anthony Russell is a vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in Yiddish art and folk song. His work in Jewish music has brought him to Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, New York, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow and London. He lives in Massachusetts.

Dmitri Gaskin is an accomplished accordionist, pianist, composer and arranger specializing in klezmer and Romanian folk music. Winner of the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for a contemporary classical composition, Dmitri also formed Harmonikos, a performing collective of young composers and musicians. He lives in California with three accordions.

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First ever in-person Wisconsin screening
Trailer: https://youtu.be/TRiH-lMwsqU
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This 27-minute film is an abstract ghost story inspired by the life and work of Lafcadio Hearn, an overlooked 19th-century writer and cultural preservationist. Hearn’s examinations of race, marginalized spiritual communities, and the beautiful strangeness of humankind remain resonant today, 150 years later. Riddled with Hearn references, the film weaves thematic materials, quotes, and metamorphic vignettes from his haunted life and morbid imagination. It highlights his fascination with Buddhist inflected eastern ghost stories and symbols.

Jean Laurenz, a Hearn descendant, plays the journeyer and encounters what could be her heritage, her past, her karma, or her infinity. Maria Finkelmeier’s music forms a narrative engine as the artists highlight Hearn’s philosophies on eternal memory, infinite wisdom, and supernatural interference.

Executive Producer: Jean Laurenz
Co-Director:Jean Laurenz
Co-Director: Four/Ten Media
Co-Music Director/Composer: Maria Finkelmeier
Co-Music Director/Lead Actress: Jean Laurenz
Wardrobe and Set Design: Danie Harris

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Awards and Film Festival Selections

 Wisconsin Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection

Macabre Faire Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection

London Music Video Festival, 2021
Official Selection

International Music Video Awards, 2021
AWARD: Best Musical Film, February edition

Music Video Underground, International Music Video Competition, 2021
AWARD: Best Short Film, February edition

Toronto Film Channel Awards, 2021
AWARD: Best Art Film, monthly
AWARD: Best Directing of the month

Toronto International Women Film Festival, Award Winner, 2021
AWARD: Best Female Composer, February Edition

International Short Film Awards, 2021
AWARD: Best Experimental Music Video

Munich Music Video Awards, 2021
Official Selection

Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 2021
Official Selection

Kosice International Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection

Rome Music Video Awards, 2021
AWARD: Best Musical Film (Feature)

High Tatras Film & Video Festival, 2021
AWARD: Best Musical Film Short

Music Video Awards, 2021
Official Selection

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Also streaming live at https://youtu.be/h5uuRKOKGzQ

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Alexandra Flint masters piano recital

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Program

French Suite III in B Minor, BWV 814        Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I.             Allemande
II.            Courante
III.           Sarabande
IV.           Angloise
V.            Menuet
VI.          Trio
VII.         Gigue

Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 537        Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Allegretto quasi Andantino
III. Allegro vivace

Le tombeau de Couperin      Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I.             Prélude
II.            Fugue
III.           Forlane
IV.           Rigaudon
V.            Menuet
VI.          Toccata

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Alexandra Flint began her study of the piano at age five while living in Anchorage, Alaska.  She studied with Mrs. Rumi Smith for nine years before moving to South Texas with her family where she began studying with Dr. David Sutanto at Del Mar College.  After graduating from Del Mar with her associate degree in Applied Music/ Music Education, she transferred to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi where she completed her bachelor’s in Piano Performance while studying with Dr. Dino Mulic.

Currently, Alexandra is earning her master’s degree in Piano Performance in the studio of Christopher Taylor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Her goals upon graduation include pursing her doctoral degree in piano performance and pedagogy and a career in performance and teaching at the pre-college and collegiate level.  When she is not practicing or teaching, Alexandra enjoys reading novels, spending time outdoors, traveling, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Salvador Flores, soprano saxophone
Walt Puyear, alto saxophone
Matthew Koester, tenor saxophone
Brian Kachur, baritone saxophone

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Program

Summer’s Eve and Chase from Short Stories (1996)       Jennifer Higdon (b.1962)

Danzón No. 5: Portales de Madrugada (1997)      Arturo Marquez (b. 1950)

A Schumann Bouquet (2016)   Robert Schumann (1810-1856)/arr. William Bolcom (b.1938)
I. Lieber Mai
II. Knecht Ruprecht
III. Sheherazade
IV. Laendler
V. Sehr Langsam
VI. Lied italienischer Marinari

Intermission

Alaric I or II (1989)    Gavin Bryars (b. 1943)

Shifting Gears (2010)     Corey Dundee (b. 1991)

Cape Cod Chips     Hiromi Uehara (b.1979)/arr. Dundee