Picks and Clicks for Mar. 6-12, 2010

By Ryan Torok

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/picks_clicks/article/picks_and_clicks_for_mar_6-12_2010_20100304/

Hila Plittman, a Grammy-winning Israeli soprano, sings composer Andrea Clearfield’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated cantata, “The Long Bright,” a one-night only West Coast premiere.The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and women’s choir Kol Isha accompany Plitmann for this multimovement piece, which contains lyrics from the poetry of author/playwright David Wolman. Paying tribute to Wolman’s late wife, who died of breast cancer, the performance illustrates “the transformative process from grief and loss to transcendence,” said Noreen Green, L.A. Jewish Symphony conductor and artistic director.

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from The Jewish Journal... Picks and Clicks for Mar. 6-12, 2010 Hila Plittman, a Grammy-winning Israeli soprano, sings composer Andrea Clearfield’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated cantata, “The Long Bright,” a one-night only West Coast premiere.The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and women’s choir Kol Isha accompany Plitmann for this multimovement piece, which contains lyrics from the poetry of author/playwright David Wolman. Paying tribute to Wolman’s late wife, who died of breast cancer, the performance illustrates “the transformative process from grief and loss to transcendence,” said Noreen Green, L.A. Jewish Symphony conductor and artistic director. http://www.jewishjournal.com/picks_clicks/article/picks_and_clicks_for_mar_6-12_2010_20100304/ Sign up for our free email news alerts at http://www.jewishjournal.com/email.

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