Party: The London Klezmer Quartet - To the Tavern, 2018 tour

Party: The London Klezmer Quartet - To the Tavern, 2018 tour

The London Klezmer Quartet will be touring Australia again in February and March 2018. Book now for their concert at the Canberra Irish Club on Sunday 4 March at 7pm. Tickets are $27/$37 and available online ONLY. If tickets are still available they will be for sale at the door on the night from 6.30pm. https://www.trybooking.com/TRYN

The London Klezmer Quartet’s (LKQ) fourth album, 'To the Tavern', is a dawn-to-dawn story about a klezmer band’s arrival in a small town. With a wealth of traditional-style compositions by the band, the adventure also features the irresistibly sonorous vocals of Indra Buraczewska in traditional laments, a Warsaw Yiddish theatre hit with a hint of jazz (‘Goodbye New York’) and a song about beetroot soup.

A band arrives at dawn at the railway station outside a small middle-European country town for a 24-hour sojourn. The musicians find their way around, get to know the locals and lead a rowdy session at the local tavern, before exhaustion sets in as they see in the new day. The album was inspired by a short story by Peter Justin Newall entitled 'Konrad's Bukovina Khosidl', and the artwork inside the CD depicts scenes in a film-roll format.

Klezmer now has wide appeal in Australia, bolstered by LKQ’s virtuosic and enthusiastic approach to bringing not just the repertoire, but colourful anecdotes about its origins to audiences, helping to make the music accessible. This is the soulful and celebratory music of Jewish eastern Europe – and wider afield – at its most beguiling and seductive: LKQ combines the subtleties of the original tradition with a kick-the-chairs-over ability to party.

LKQ’s material reflects the sacred and secular experiences of klezmorim across centuries and continents, and their ‘old and new traditional’ tunes move audiences from toe-tapping to tears to in moments. Indra Buraczewska’s powerful voice, ‘Yarraville’ Yiddish and Latvian, add spice to the playing that showcases her musical dexterity and maturity on the double bass and that of Susi Evans (clarinet), Ilana Cravitz (violin), and Carol Isaacs (accordion).

LKQ’s performances are infused with klezmer history, both past and ongoing: Critics have hailed LKQ as having a confidence that few groups achieve even after years of playing together. Their tight ensemble work and collaborative approach draws in music devotees from across the board.

Full price $37
Students $27