Simcha

Simcha’s music celebrates the fusion of different traditions and cultures which took place in Eastern Europe in the early part of the last century. Jewish, Balkan, Gypsy and Arabic styles combine to provide a wonderful synthesis of grass roots music that brought ordinary people together. Sometimes joyful, sometimes tragic, it is always moving.

Kindertransport: The Concert-Documentary is an audio-visual event telling the story of the rescue of thousands of children from the Nazi threat prior to WWII. This moving performance includes music specially composed to accompany the images and readings that complete this poignant episode in Jewish history.

After the interval, Simcha continues by playing music and songs that those families would have heard in their daily lives.