The Zemel Choir’s Past Performances
Israel Concert Tour, 15th to 22nd March 2009 -Ra’anana, Karmiel, Rishon-le-Tzion
Under our Musical Director Benjamin Wolf and with cantor Robert Brody, we sang synagogue music by 19th century composers Lewandowski and Sulzer, works by Israeli composers such as Gil Aldema and Yehezkel Braun, American music by Copland and Tom Lehrer, liturgical and folk music by British composers, and lighter numbers by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Burt Bacharach. To see the media coverage generated around the Tour click here.
Sunday 9 November, 2008 - ENTENTE CORDIALE with the Polyphonies Hébraïques de Strasbourg
Belsize Square Synagogue, London
Sunday 6 July 2008 Charity Concert in aid of the Gidon Posner Memorial Fund
West London Synagogue-Special performances by The Zemel Choir and the Galron choir from Kfar Saba, Israel.
Sunday 15th June 2008 ‘Celebrate With Song’-10 Centuries of Jewish Choral Music
St. John’s Smith Square-A mass celebration of mixed-voice Jewish choral music, For media coverage click here
Wednesday 7 May 2008-A Selection of Israeli and Liturgical Music’
Celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut at Edgware and District Reform Synagogue
25th November 2007-Concert in Bournemouth.
Sunday 11th November 2007 -‘Liturgy to Latkes, A Choral Extravaganza’
Belsize Square Synagogue
Sunday 21st October 2007-‘Jewish Songs of Harmony and Reflection’
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sunday, 17th June 2007’ Celebrate with Song’
St John’s, Smith Square-for media coverage click here
Tuesday 17th April Concert In Strasbourg, France
Sunday 18th March, 2007 ‘Celebrating Forty Fabulous Years by Ann Sadan’
Edgware and District Reform Synagogue
Sunday 26th November, 2006 ‘A concert featuring music for Chanukah, sung in Hebrew, Ladino and English’
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sunday 26 November 2006 ‘A new shofar fanfare to celebrate 350 years of British Jewish music’
Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room-Special performance of “King Ahaz” by Alman
Sunday 12th November, 2006 ‘Cantors and Choristers’
Belsize Square Synagogue
Sunday July 2, 2006 ‘An Evening of Jewish Music’
Belsize Square Synagogue
Sunday June 18, 2006, Sternberg Centre, Finchley
Sunday March 5, 2006
Kenton Synagogue
Sunday 27th November, 2005
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Sunday 20th November, 2005 ‘50th Anniversary Concert’
St John’s, Smith Square
Sunday 10th July, 2005 ‘Festival of Jewish Choirs’
South Bank Centre
Sunday 5th June, 7.30pm, 2005 ‘A concert for Yom Yerushalayim’
Wimbledon & District Synagogue
Sunday 27th February, 2005
Nottingham Hebrew Congregation
Sunday 23rd January, 2005 BBC Songs of Praise
Special broadcast as part of the annual Holocaust Day commemorations.
2004-Norma Roth Memorial Concert Sunday 13th June at EDRS
2004 Royal Festival Hall 2003 Brighton Jewish Festival. 2003 Limmud, Nottingham 2003 Brighton Jewish Festival 2001 “Sunday Worship” for Holocaust Memorial Day - BBC Radio 4 1996 Zimriyah Opening Concert broadcast - Israel National Radio 1993 East European Tour broadcast on BBC World Service 1990 “Expressions of Reconciliation & Hope” broadcast on TV from York Minster 1987 “Home on Sunday” with Yehudi Menuhin - BBC TV 1987 “Music of a People” with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black - BBC Radio 2 1986 Kaddish for Terezin (World premiere) broadcast on TV & radio from Canterbury Cathedral 1981 Canadian Radio broadcast 1980 “Come Sunday” - Southern Television 1969 “Let The People Sing” Songs of Praise - BBC TV 1965 International Llangollen Eisteddfod - BBC TV us 1965 Music for the film “Cast a Giant Shadow” starring Kirk Douglas 1965 “Hallelujah” - ABC Television 1962 International Llangollen Eisteddfod Celebration Concert br OVERSEAS TOURS 2007 15th-17th April, - Radio Judaica, Brussels, Aula Hall, Strasbourg University, The Great Synagogue, Luxembourg 2001 Prague, Decin, Uhrineves and Budapest 1996 Israel - Zimriyah in Jerusalem 1993 Eastern Europe - Warsaw, Cracow, Vilnius, Minsk 1988 Israel - Arad, Givat Brenner, G’derot, Zimriyah in Jerusalem 1987 North America - White Plains NY, Rochester NY, Toronto, New York, Springfield MA, Pittsfield MA 1984 Europe - Amsterdam, The Hague, Luxembourg, Geneva, Zurich 1981 North America - New York, Montreal, Toronto, Catskills 1977 Israel - Zimriyah in Jerusalem 1967 Israel - Zimriyah in Jerusalem 1961 Israel - Zimriyah in Jerusalem 1958 Israel - Zimriyah in Jerusalem