Hanukkah with an eastern
flavour - Sunday 17 December 2017
This concert is dedicated to
a great and inspirational lady, Mrs Rachel Manasseh, 'a``h.
To book phone:
0207 794 4655 or online: www.spiroark.org
Monday, Nov. 20, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. (Please scroll down for details)
Ecodus of Jewish Refugees
Monday
30th November 2015 at 6.30pm
We are proud to be associated with this prestigious event,on Monday 30 November, starting with a
Cocktail Reception at 6.30pm.
The evening ends at 9pm.
An instrumental ensemble from Rivers of Babylon
will play at the Remembrance Event of the
Exodus of Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran
(please see poster above).
Entrance to the event is free, but
pre-registration is essential, and if you would like to
attend, please RSVP to:
info@harif.org
by 15 November
Please forward
this email to family and friends.
Hoping to see
you at the event
Rivers of Babylon at the Remembrance
Event:
Sara Manasseh (director, dumbuk), David
Burman (keyboard), Keith Clouston ('oud),
Barry Solomon (oboe, cor anglais)
Thursday, 7 March, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. (Please scroll down for details)
An
Evening of Iraqi Jewish Food, Music and Culture
Thursday
7
March 2013 at 6.30pm
Speakers
and performers include:
Sara Manasseh:
ethnomusicologist, performer and author of
the new book with CD:
Shbahoth -- Songs of Praise in the Babylonian Jewish
Tradition: From Baghdad to Bombay and London
(Ashgate, 2012),
with her ensemble Rivers
of Babylon
Linda
Dangoor: designer,
painter, potter and author
of the cookbook Flavours of Babylon
Tickets,
to include food, £25/person and
£12/student. Proceeds will go to the synagogue.
Tickets/Information: golda@chelseasynagogue.co.uk 020 8203 9061; 07980 965171
Copies of books and CDs will be on sale.
Location:
Chelsea Synagogue, Smith Terrace,
Smith Street, Chelsea, London SW3 4DL
Food
by Saffron Catering
Rivers
of Babylon
Sara
Manasseh (leader, vocals, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard, piano),
Keith Clouston ('oud, guitar, mandolin), Saeed
Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes, sba’ten, vocals),
Raphael Rasooly (vocals, violin), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor
anglais, sba’ten),
Pamela
Solomon (vocals, tambourine), Solly Solomon (vocals)
Previous
Performances
TWO Hanukkah
concerts
this year
A
musical feast of Iraqi Jewish, Arabic and Vintage Bollywood Songs and
Instrumentals,
Sing-along Hanukkah songs
and delicious seasonal refreshments
1
Sunday 9 December, at 7.30pm (doors open at 7.10pm),
hosted by the Spiro Ark at a new venue:
The
Red Hedgehog, 255-257 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5BS
Tickets: £12 (+£1 online booking fee), £10
concessions. www.spiroark.org.
Nearest Underground: Highgate Station (Northern Line)
**All tickets include £1 BAR TOKEN when you travel "green" by Public
Transport, Electric Car, Bicycle, Walking.
The Spiro Ark Tel 020 7723 9991,
02072896321
2
Sunday 16 December, at 4pm (doors open at
3.30pm) , at
Ohel David Eastern Synagogue,
4–14 Broadwalk Lane, off Golders Green Road, London NW11 8HD
Tel: 020 8455 3491
A special Family Concert and Fun For
Everyone!
Tickets £12 in advance, £15 on the door. Under 16s £6
(refreshments included).
Book online: riversofbabylon.ticketsource.co.uk
Telephone
bookings: 0844 8700 887
(All advance bookings subject to £1 booking fee per
ticket; telephone bookings subject to additional £1-50 fee, but include
printing and postage)
Please
keep these dates free and bring your family and friends
Looking forward to seeing you
Sara
Rivers
of Babylon
Sara Manasseh (leader, vocals, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard, piano),
Keith Clouston ('oud, guitar, mandolin),
Saeed Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes, sba’ten, vocals), Raphael Rasooly
(vocals, violin), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor anglais, sba’ten),
Pamela Solomon (vocals, tambourine), Solly Solomon (vocals)
Get into the festive
HANUKKAH spirit early this year with
RIVERS OF BABYLON
@ THE SPIRO ARK
CONCERT
Sunday 11
December 2011, 7:30pm (doors open at 7:10 pm)
A
musical feast of
Iraqi
Jewish, Vintage Bollywood and Arabic Songs and Instrumentals
And
many Hanukkah songs – join in and sing them with us.
Seasonal
refreshments include scrumptious Samboosak-b-tawa
(traditional
Iraqi savoury chick pea turnovers for Hanukkah)
supplied
by Sophie Levy (020 8922 3549)
Spiro
Ark Centre
25
– 26 Enford St
London
W1 1DW
Tel:
020 7723 9991
Tickets
£10 (£8 for full-time students and children up to the age of 13)
(+£1
booking fee)
Refreshments
included
Nearest
Underground: Marylebone Station
education@spiroark.org
<www.spiroark.org>
info@riversofbabylon.com
www.riversofbabylon.com
Please
bring your family and friends, and join us at the Spiro Ark.
Looking
forward to seeing you,
Sara
Rivers of
Babylon @ Spiro Ark
Sara Manasseh (leader,
vocals, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard, piano),
Keith Clouston ('oud,
guitar, mandolin), Saeed Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes, sba’ten,
vocals), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor anglais, sba’ten),
Pamela Solomon
(vocals, tambourine), Solly Solomon (vocals)
Tuesday 22
February 2011
Rivers of Babylon, with special
guest, Sohaib Al-Rajab (joza),
at
the JMI Dining and Music Club Event.
Jewish
Museum London
129 -131 Albert Street
London NW1 7NB
Full details of the event and
timings are below.
The JMI Dining and Music Club
cordially invites you to the launch of the new cookery book Flavours
of Babylon by Linda Dangoor
followed by an evening of fine dining and music.
The evening is generously hosted and sponsored by Mr and
Mrs David Dangoor,
with Iraqi Jewish cuisine chosen by the author,
introduced
by esteemed food writer Claudia Roden,
and music performed by Rivers of Babylon with
special guest Sohaib Al-Rajab (joza)
The programme:
6.00pm Book Launch and Private View of Jewish Museum
7.15pm Dining and Music Club Event with dinner and music.
Tickets:
Book Launch and Private View only: £15 per person
Book Launch plus Dinner for Members of the Dining and Music Club and
their guests: £85 per person
for Non-Members: £120 per person
The Membership fee of £65 covers this Event and the French Lunch on
Sunday 3 July 2011.
Members may bring a number of guests at £85 per person.
If you are interested in attending, the dinner tickets are selling fast so please commit early to be assured a place.
To
book a place, please contact:
Dining@jmi.org.uk
Tel 020 8909 2445
Rivers of Babylon @ the JMI Dining
and Music Event
Special Guest: Sohaib Al-Rajab (joza)
Sara Manasseh (leader, voice, dumbuk), David
Burman (keyboard), Solomon Elias (mandolin), Saeed Nathan (Druze and
Indian pipes, sba'ten), Barry Solomon (voice,
oboe, cor anglais, sba'ten), Pamela Solomon
(voice, tambourine), Solly Solomon (voice).
(doors open at 7pm)
A musical feast
of Iraqi Jewish Song, Arabic Song, Instrumentals
and Compositions
by the celebrated composers,
Sâleh al-Kuwaity
and Riyâd Al-Sambâti from Baghdad and Egypt.
And of course,
many of your favourite Hanukkah songs –
join in and sing them with us!
Seasonal
refreshments of Samosas and Sufganiyot
(doughnuts).
@
Spiro
Ark Centre
25 – 26 Enford St
London W1 1DW
Tel: 020 7723
9991
Tickets £10
(concessions £8, for full-time students and children up to the age of
13) (+£1 booking fee)
Nearest
Underground: Marylebone Station
education@spiroark.org
<www.spiroark.org>
info@riversofbabylon.com
www.riversofbabylon.com
Please bring
your family and friends
Rivers
of Babylon @ Spiro Ark
Sara
Manasseh (leader, vocals, dumbuk), David
Burman (keyboard, piano), Keith Clouston
(Egyptian and Iraqi 'ouds, mandolin), Saeed Nathan
(Druze and Indian pipes, sba’ten, vocals), Barry Solomon
(vocals, oboe, cor anglais, sba’ten), Pamela Solomon
(vocals, tambourine), Solly Solomon
(vocals)
Thursday 18
March 2010
Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series 2009/2010
at the University of Manchester.
Iraq:
Jewish-Arab Musical Encounters
with Rivers of Babylon
Songs in the Babylonian Jewish tradition in
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic,
Arabic songs and Instrumentals from Iraq.
All
welcome. Free entrance. 1.10pm-2pm.
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
University of Manchester
Bridgeford Street
(off Oxford Road, behind Manchester Museum)
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
Box office: 0161 275 8951 (though there is no need to reserve a seat,
as it is a free event!)
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=788
Thursday
17 December 2009
Tzavta, Spiro
Ark’s Israeli Cultural Department, presents
A HANUKKAH CELEBRATION WITH
RIVERS OF BABYLON
Come and
celebrate Hanukkah with Rivers of Babylon in a musical feast of Songs
and Instrumentals
from Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and India.
Join
us in singing your favourite Hanukkah songs.
Seasonal
refreshments of Samosas and Sufganiyot
(doughnuts) provided! 7.30pm (doors open at
7pm)
Spiro Ark Centre
25 – 26 Enford St
London W1 1DW
Tel: 020 7723
9991
Tickets £10
(concessions £8, for full-time students and children up to the age of
13) (+£1 booking fee)
Nearest
Underground: Marylebone Station
education@spiroark.org
<www.spiroark.org>
Rivers
of Babylon @ Tzavta-Spiro Ark
Sara Manasseh
(leader, vocals, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard), Keith Clouston
('oud),
Camille Maalawy (vocals), Saeed Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes,
sba’ten, vocals),
Raphael Rasooly (vocals, violin), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor
anglais, sba’ten),
Pamela Solomon (vocals, tambourine), Solly Solomon (vocals), Susan
Verney (violin)
Sunday
17 May 2009
Rivers
of Babylon, in partnership with the Spiro Ark, in
An Evening of
Eastern Promise – From Baghdad
to Bollywood
with special guest, Sohaib Al-Rajab (joza: spike
fiddle)
at
the Harrow Arts Centre, Travellers Studio
An exciting programme of music in the Babylonian (Iraqi) and Bene
Israel (Indian) Jewish traditions, sung in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic and
Marathi. Arabic folk songs, Middle Eastern instrumentals and Vintage
Bollywood songs.
7:30 pm
£10 (concessions £8)
Group Bookings: Buy 10 tickets, get 1 FREE; Family tickets £30
Harrow Arts
Centre, Travellers Studio
Uxbridge Road, Hatch End
Middlesex, HA5 4EA
Tel. 020 8416 8989
www.harrowarts.com
To buy tickets in advance:
http://www.harrowarts.com/events_music_The-Rivers-of-Babylon_46.html
Rivers of Babylon @ Harrow Arts Centre
Sara Manasseh (leader, vocals, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard),
Solomon
Elias (mandolin), Keith Clouston ('oud), Saeed Nathan (Druze and
Indian pipes, sba’ten), Raphael Rasooly
(vocals), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor anglais, sba’ten), Pamela
Solomon (vocals), Solly Solomon (vocals)
Wednesday
11th February 2009
Tune
into
Rivers
of Babylon
on Resonance FM (104.4 FM)
on
the London: Diaspora Live! programme
6pm - 7 pm
Rivers
of Babylon is happy to share this
programme with Igbo Voices
on Cultural Cooperation's weekly live broadcast
featuring live music from around the world and discussion from network
members
http://www.culturalco-operation.org
http://resonancefm.com/schedule
Sunday 21
December 2008
Celebrate
Hanukkah!
with
Rivers of Babylon @ the Spiro Ark
Join us in songs
for Hanukkah from Israel and Iraq.
Jewish &
Arabic songs and instrumentals from Iraq & the Middle East.
Songs from
Jewish India.
7:30 pm
£10 (concessions
£8, for full-time students and children up to the age of 13)
Presented by
Tzavta at The Spiro Ark
The Spiro Ark
Centre, 25-26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW
Tel. 020 7723
9991, Fax 020 7723 8191
Underground:
Marylebone Station
education@spiroark.org <www.spiroark.org>
Sunday
28 September 2008
Music
Music Music with Rivers of Babylon and Guests
Sohaib
Al-Rajab (joza)
Ehsan
Al-Emam ('oud)
@
the Marriott Hotel, Marble Arch
8 pm (doors open
7:30 pm)
Marriott Hotel,
Marble Arch
134 George Street
London W1H 5DN
Tel: 020 7723
1277 (for general enquiries about the hotel -- directions, etc. )
Tickets £ 20
includes light refreshments: tea, coffee, biscuits.)
To book
tickets in advance: telephone Danny Sasson on 078 130
22 770
Tickets
available at the door on the night.
Rivers
of Babylon @ the Marriott Hotel
Sara Manasseh
(leader, vocals, dumbuk), Money Azuelos (‘oud),
David Burman (keyboard), Solomon Elias (mandolin), Anna Hirst
(tambourine), Camille Maalawy (vocals), Saeed Nathan (Druze and Indian
pipes, sba’ten), Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor
anglais, sba’ten), Pamela Solomon (vocals), Solly
Solomon (vocals), Susan Verney (violin)
Thursday 17
July 2008
Date Palms and Tabernacles
Rivers
of Babylon @ the Ark Gallery
Jewish
& Arabic Songs and Instrumentals
From Iraq & the Middle East.
8 pm
The Ark Gallery
The Old Stables Block
Longfield Avenue
(behind Ealing Town Hall)
London W5 2UQ
Tel. 020 8810 1987
Suggested donation at the door on the night: £10, includes refreshments.
Sunday 9 December 2007
Rivers
of Babylon: Songs for Hanukkah and More! at the Spiro Ark
Join us in songs
for Hanukkah from Israel and Iraq.
Also, Jewish
& Arabic songs and instrumentals from Iraq & the Middle
East.
Songs from
Jewish India and Bollywood.
7:30 pm (doors
open 7pm)
£10
(concessions £5, for students and under 13s)
Presented by
Tzavta at The Spiro Ark in association with the Jewish Museum, London
The Spiro Ark
Centre, 25-26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW
Underground: Baker Street
Tel. 020 7723
9991, Fax 020 7723 8191
education@spiroark.org www.spiroark.org
www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
Rivers
of Babylon @ Tzavta-Spiro Ark
Thursday 11 October 2007
Rivers
of Babylon at the East Finchley Arts Festival
Jewish and
Arabic Songs and instrumentals from Iraq and the Middle East;
Bene Israel song from India; vintage Bollywood songs:
Dedicated to the
Sixth Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days.
7:30 pm
£10; concessions
£8; children under 16 £1
All Saints,
Durham Road, East Finchley, London N2.
The East
Finchley Arts Festival supports the North London Hospice.
Tickets in
advance from:
*Les Aldrich, 98
Fortis Green Road, London N10. Tel: 020 8883 5631
*Black Gull
Books, 121 High Road, London N2 8AG. Tel: 020 8889 7112
*
Underground:
East Finchley
‘Evening in Baghdad,’ Rivers of
Babylon with guest ‘oud virtuoso, Ehsan Alemam
Sunday
12 November
Ohel David Eastern Synagogue
Broadwalk Lane
London NW11
7:30pm
Tickets £15 must be purchased in
advance.
Further details and tickets from the synagogue office: 020 8455 3491
Rivers of Babylon
in a
celebration of religious and secular Iraqi-Jewish musical
traditions
as part of the
celebrations marking the 350th Anniversary of the
re-admittance of Jews to Britain
at
Trafalgar Square: 'Simcha on the Square' (full details on www.jmi.org.uk)
Sunday 17 September
1-7pm
Guest dancer, Deborah
Rosenberg, joins
Rivers of Babylon for part of our programme.
Don't miss us -- we are
scheduled for a 20 minute spot, between 2:30 and 3 pm.
Rivers of Babylon
at Simcha on the Square
Sara Manasseh
(leader, vocals,
dumbuk), Dave Burman (keyboard), Solomon Elias
(mandolin), Camille Maalawy (vocals), Saeed Nathan (Druze pipe, sba'ten),
Barry Solomon (vocals, oboe, cor anglais), Pamela Solomon (vocals),
Solly Solomon (vocals). Guest dancer: Deborah Rosenberg.
Thursday 6 July 2006
faithsounds III
In memory of Miriam Hyman
A concert of sacred music, including
Rivers of Babylon: music of Jewish Iraq &
Jewish India
and
other sacred sounds from the world of faith
7.45 pm
South London Liberal Synagogue,
1 Prentis Road, Streatham, London SW16 1QB
Last year's faithsounds II was scheduled for 7 July, and had to be called off because of the bombs across London that day. Yet thanks to the determination of ordinary people of different faith communities, it went ahead at a later date in 2005.
This year, faithsounds III honours the memory of Miriam Hyman, a young Jewish woman who lost her life on 7/7. Miriam was linked by family background to South London Liberal Synagogue and to the Jewish community of Calcutta.
TICKETS £7 (£4
concessions) Refreshments included
On
sale on the door from 6 pm
For more information: (020) 8769 4787 rabbi@southlondon.org
Rivers of
Babylon at Faithsounds III
Sara Manasseh (leader, vocals,
dumbuk), Dave Burman (keyboard), Solomon Elias (Mandolin),
Saeed Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes, sba'ten),
Barry Solomon (oboe, cor anglais), Pamela Solomon (vocals), Solly
Solomon (vocals).
Part of Iraqi Music
Week 19-23 June
at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
Russell Square, London WC1 (full contact details below).
1 Monday 19 June
Lecture: The maqamat of Iraqi music
presented by Yeheskel Kojaman author of ‘The Maqam Music Tradition of Iraq’ (London 2001)
6.30-9pm Khalili Lecture Theatre
2 Thursday
22 June
Illustrated
Lecture: Music in the Iraqi Jewish tradition
presented
by Sara Manasseh
6:30-8:30pm, Room L61
3 Friday
23 June
Concert: A Musical Atlas of Iraq, 6-10 pm (Admission free -- Donations welcome)
6-6:45pm Rivers of Babylon performs Iraqi Jewish song
Sara Manasseh (leader, voice, dumbuk), David Burman (keyboard), Solomon Elias (mandolin), Camille Maalawy (voice), Barry Solomon (voice, oboe, cor anglais), Pamela Solomon (voice), Solly Solomon (voice), Susan Verney (violin).
7-10pm Arabic music from
Suhaib Al Rajb (joza)
Karim Hussein (singer)
Ahmed Mukhtar ('oud) and Hassan Falikh (qanoun)
Abid Falak (singer)
the Sumer group
Brunei
Gallery Lecture Theatre Brunei Gallery Lecture
Theatre
All events
at:....
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG
For full programme of Iraqi Music Week at SOAS please see:http://www.soas.ac.uk/summermusicschool/iraqi_music_week.html
It is possible
to attend individual events.
£15
per lecture (concert free), and tickets must be booked in
advance:
Tel: 020 7898 4515, Fax: 020 7898 4519
email: worldmusic@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/summermusicschool
Sunday 11 June 2006
Rivers of Babylon and Special Guests @ artsdepot
‘Oud
solos by the virtuoso musician Ehsan Alemam,
Middle
Eastern dance by the fabulous dancer Deborah Rosenberg
A concert of
Iraqi-Jewish, Arabic, Bene Israel and Bollywood song, instrumentals
7:30pm
artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley,
London N12
www.artsdepot.co.uk
tel: 020 8369 5454
tickets: £12 in advance £15 on the day
Rivers of Babylon
Sara Manasseh (leader, vocals, dumbuk), Dave Burman
(keyboard), Solomon Elias (Mandolin), Camille Maalawy (vocals), Saeed
Nathan (Druze and Indian pipes, sba'ten), Barry
Solomon (oboe, cor anglais), Edward Solomon (vocals,
tambourine), Pamela Solomon (vocals), Solly Solomon
(vocals), Susan Verney (violin).
For public transport, the nearest underground stations are West Finchley and Woodside Park, both on the Northern Line, and about half a mile away from artsdepot.
The most convenient bus link is from Finchley Central, also on the Northern Line: the journey on buses 125, 460 or 82 along Ballards Lane takes approximately 5-10 minutes.
artsdepot is also served by buses 134, 263, 221.
Tuesday 22 November 2005
Rivers of Babylon @ City University
Rivers of Babylon celebrates Iraqi-Jewish and secular Arabic song from Iraq, middle-eastern instrumentals, Bene Israel and vintage Bollywood song from India. Instruments include violin, flute, oboe, 'oud, mandolin, keyboard, drums and tambourine.
7pm, City University
Department of Music,
Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB
£5 (£2-50 concs.)
Tel: 020 7040 8284
http://www.city.ac.uk/concerts
Wednesday 16 November 2005
with Guest soloist Ehsan Alemam ('oud)
"The Jews were pioneers of Iraqi modern music and Rivers of Babylon are a renowned ensemble performing Iraqi-Jewish music. They have toured widely overseas and featured in BBC World broadcasts."
An interval will include
traditional refreshments.
8pm, The Sephardi Centre, Lauderdale Road Synagogue, 2 Ashworth Road,
London W9
£25
Call 07765413858
http://www.harif.org
"Remembered
Rhythms": A festival of diaspora and the music of India
2-22
February 2005
Lecture-performance
tour of
7
cities in India
Click here for sights and sounds of this amazing tour. |
Sara Manasseh and Rivers of Babylon have been invited by The Archives
and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology and the American Institute of
Indian Studies, New Delhi, to participate in this amazing three-week
tour of seven Indian University cities. The event is supported by the
Ford Foundation. A short, introductory lecture precedes each
concert.
The events are open to University students and the general
public.
Admission free.
Here are details of the lecture-performance dates and venues:
Delhi: Sunday 6 February, Pearey Lal
Bhavan, 7pm
Kolkata (Calcutta): Tuesday 8 February,
Birla Hall, 6:30pm
Hyderabad: Thursday 10 February,
University of Hyderabad: D S T Auditorium, 7pm
Chennai (Madras): Monday 14 February,
Music Academy, 7pm
Bangalore: Thursday 17 February, A D A
Ranga Mandira, 6:30pm
Pune (Poona): Sunday 20 February,
Symbiosis: Vishwabhavan Auditorium, 6:30pm
Mumbai (Bombay): Tuesday 22 February,
Patkar Hall, 8pm
For the full programme, including details of an introductory Seminar
and other participating groups, please check out the website dedicated
to the festival:
http://www.musicdiaspora.org
which will have
up to date information, including any changes.
Middle Eastern Harmonies: A Concert for Peace
Thursday 21 October 2004
7pm
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
78 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4AG
Admission free, though donations are welcome
020 7496 1614
www.stethelburgas.org
St Ethelburga’s was a small medieval church in the heart of the City of London, largely destroyed by a bomb in 1993. It is now rebuilt and dedicated as a Centre For Reconciliation and Peace. It hosts seminars, lectures and cultural events all focused on conflict transformation.
Evening
in Baghdad: Jewish and Arabic Song
Sunday
3 October 2004 6pm
Clare Hall, Cambridge
Tuesday 29 June 2004 at 8:30 pm
Evening
in Baghdad and Bollywood
Jewish,
Arabic, Indian song and instrumentals
The Back Room Club, Torrington Arms,
4 Lodge Lane (off the High Road),
North Finchley, London N12
Tickets at the door: £6 (£5 concessions)
Relax in an informal atmosphere. Drinks available at the bar.
No smoking.
Sunday 16 May 2004
at 7.30 pm
From
Baghdad to Bombay in Jewish and secular song
Following their appearance at
the "Spirit of the Tigris" event last year,
RIVERS OF BABYLON return with a new programme to:
St Mark's Church, Myddelton Square, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 1XX
Further details and advance tickets, available soon, from:
http://www.onion.org.uk/Goodwill.htm
Sunday 26 October
2003
Living in
Harmony: A concert celebrating Arabic, Jewish and Muslim music
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of
Music
Marylebone Road, London
NW1 5HT
7:30
pm Tickets £10 on the door
Rivers of
Babylon performs Iraqi-Jewish and Arabic songs for a 15
minute spot,
in a programme shared with a number of artists.
All proceeds to: Neve
Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam, a village in Israel established jointly by
Jews and
Palestinian Arabs and engaged in educational work for peace, equality
and understanding between the two peoples.
For further information on the concert, please contact the organisers:
Jeremy Haneman on 0780
372 9215 or Khaled Almalki on 0776 509 4374 or info@livinginharmony.org.uk
Wednesday 5
November 2003
Jewish and secular songs from Iraq and India, including
Bollywood classics.
The
Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London
W1K 1HF
7pm Admission
Free.
Tel : 020
7491 3567; Fax : 020 7409 3360; E-mail : nehrucentre@btconnect.com;
Website : www.nehrucentre.org
Sunday 23 November
2003
Artsdepot at The Bull
68 High Street, Barnet EN5 5SJ
8pm
- £10/ £8 conc
Rivers of Babylon with guest 'oud soloist, Ehsan
Alemam.
Our
last concert at The Bull was sold out. Book
early
to be sure of a seat.
Tel : 020 8449 0048; Website : www.artsdepot.co.uk
Saturday April 12, The Spirit of
the Tigris
An
evening of Iraqi music and poetry
St. Mark's Church, Myddelton
Square, London EC1, 8 pm.
Rivers of Babylon performs at 9:45pm.
Tickets
12-50. Tel:
020 7833 9615 or email tigris@onion.org.uk
Full
programme details at: http://www.onion.org.uk/tigris.htm
Sunday 23 March
2003 SOLD
OUT At: ORT
House
126
Alberet Street, London NW1, 7:30 pm.
Event presented by The Jewish
Museum, in association with the Jewish Arts Festival.
Sponsored by Mr N E Dangoor and the Exilarch's Foundation.
An evening of Iraqi Jewish and secular song. Oud solos by guest artist Ehsan Alemam.
Rivers
of Babylon performs songs in the
Iraqi-Jewish tradition,
at Diaspora Music Village:
Sunday 7 July 2002, Regents Park, Hanover Gate entrance
(near Mosque), approx 1pm. Free admission.
Full
programme 12pm - 9pm featuring local and international artists.
For more information and brochure about events at Diaspora Music
Village
26 June – 14 July, contact Cultural Co-operation: 020 7456 0404; www.culturalco-operation.org
For more
information about Rivers of
Babylon, contact Sara Manasseh,
using the contact form.
Concert: Iraqi
Jewish song, Iraqi secular song, ‘oud solos,
vintage
Hindi popular song.
on: Sunday 5 May 2002, 8pm
at: The
Bull Theatre, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5 5SJ. Box office 020 8449 0048.
www.thebull.org.uk
Tickets £9/£7 conc
Yom Atzmaut service, music and refreshments with the Sephardi congregation of Bevis Marks
on: Tuesday 16 April, 2002
at:
Bevis Marks Synagogue, 2 Heneage Lane, London EC3A 5DQ, tel: 020 7626
1274
Service:
7:30 pm, followed by
Refreshments
and music: 8:30-10pm
Iraqi-Jewish
and Israeli song
No charge
Concert: Songs of the Jewish Babylonian
(Iraqi) tradition,
as
well as songs in the Bene Israel (Indian) tradition
and vintage Hindi popular song.
on:
Tuesday 12 March 2002, 7-8:15pm
at: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS (School of Oriental and
African Studies),
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Open to
all, no charge, no booking
Rivers of Babylon
perform Iraqi-Jewish song at the National
Theatre Foyer, South Bank, London SE1 on
Wednesday
12 December, 2001 from 5:30 - 6:30
p.m.
as part of the "Festival of Light"series
Musical Supper
Evening: "From Baghdad to Bombay"
on: Tuesday 27 February 2001 at 8 pm in the Conservatory
at: The Sephardi Centre, 2 Ashworth Road, London W9 1JY
tel:
Shelley 020 7266 3682 fax: 020 7289 5957
A sumptuous supper of specialist Indian Jewish cuisine,
followed by musical entertainment from "Rivers of Babylon".
Friday 22 September 2000 -
Lunchtime 12-2
Rivers
of Babylon performs a programme of religious and
secular
music in Hebrew and Arabic,
at
"Platfrom 12" a new cultural Oasis in Kings Cross.
For further
details about Platform 12,
please call:
020 7837 5982.
Sunday 9 July 2000,
12:40-1:00 p.m.
at
the Round Stage, Greenwich. (Entrance Fee).
Jewish
Culture Day at the Dome, 11- 6
(Jubilee
Line, North Greenwich Station)
Booking:
0870 606 2000
Sunday 2 July 2000, 1
- 1:30 p.m., at the
Sacred
Voices Millenium Music Village
Regents
Park, Hanover Gate entrance. Free Admission.
Local
and International Artists 12:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Monday 26 June,
lunchtime concert 1:30-2:30 at
the
3rd London International Jewish Music Conference
SOAS,
Russel Square, London WC1. (Admission £3)