Derby City Chambers Music Festival hosting The Maccabeus Initiative
BAILEYS NICHOLAS FINCH IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT A SPECIAL EVENT COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. THANKS FOR JOINING US. SO WHAT IS THIS BIG EVENT SO MANY OF YOU FOR THE HOLIDAYS WILL KNOW HANDEL’S MESSIAH, THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS. HA! ALLELUIA! LOVE IT. AND IT TURNS OUT HANDEL WROTE A SIMILAR PIECE. OKAY, THAT’S ABOUT THE STORY OF HANUKKAH. AND WHAT’S INTERESTING IS IT WAS WRITTEN REALLY AS AN ALLEGORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME, BUT IT’S REALLY A UNIVERSAL STORY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HANUKKAH, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK OF THE MENORAH AND THE LIGHTS. THAT’S NICE. THEY THINK OF THE DREIDEL. THAT’S NICE. BUT MOST OF THEM DON’T KNOW THE STORY. AND THE STORY WAS REALLY ABOUT, IN MANY WAYS, A VERY AMERICAN STORY ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. YOU KNOW, THE SELEUCID EMPIRE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO NO LONGER BE JEWISH TO TO WORSHIP THE GREEK GODS AND THE GREEK IDOLS. AND THEY FOUGHT BACK AND PRESERVED THEMSELVES. AND SO IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME, IT WAS ABOUT THEM PRESERVING THEIR OWN IDENTITY. AND IT’S REALLY A VERY AMERICAN STORY ABOUT PRESERVING OUR OWN IDENTITY AND OUR FREEDOM TO BE, SAY, THINK WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WANT TO BE. SO IT’S AN AMAZING PIECE OF MUSIC. AND PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH AMAZING WORKS LIKE HANDEL’S MESSIAH, LIKE TCHAIKOVSKY’S NUTCRACKER. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THAT. YEAH, THERE’S REALLY NOT MUCH ON THE MENU FOR HANUKKAH. THERE’S REALLY NOT MUCH. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF A COUPLE SONGS, BUT WE HAVE THIS AMAZING WORK. AND WHAT’S AMAZING IS IT’S BEEN KNOWN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND VIRTUALLY NO ONE DOES IT. SO WE’RE HOPING TO CHANGE THAT. WE’RE HOPING TO MAKE THIS A YEARLY EVENT JUST LIKE THE MESSIAH, JUST LIKE THE NUTCRACKER. AND THE THING ABOUT THE STORY IS, YES, IT’S A JEWISH STORY, BUT IT’S ALSO A UNIVERSAL STORY. RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN JEWISH COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING INCREASINGLY UNDER THREAT FROM ALL AREAS, WE THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS STORY TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND BRING THE COMMUNITY IN. SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JEWISH HERITAGE FUND, WE’RE VERY PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH ON THIS PART OF OUR MANDATE IS INTERFAITH OUTREACH. BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT. IT’S ABOUT JUST HAVING SOME GREAT MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS. REALLY, REALLY GREAT MUSIC. IF YOU LOVE THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PIECE. YEAH, AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR OUR JEWISH FRIENDS. THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET CONNECTED TO TICKETS FOR THIS? SO IT’S IT’S VOLUNTARY SUGGESTED DONATION. BUT WE ASK YOU TO REGISTER. IT’LL BE AT THE TEMPLE ON US 42. AND YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER FOR A SEAT, BECAUSE SEATS WILL FILL UP. YEAH, THEY WILL, AND IT WILL BE A VOLUNTARY SUGGESTED DONATION, $40 FOR ADULTS, $10 FOR STUDENTS AND KIDS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE. AND ALSO JUST IT’S A GREAT PIECE OF MUSIC AND YOU’LL HAVE FUN, JUST LIKE THE MESSIAH AND THE NUTCRACKER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WLKY.COM LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE’LL HAVE AN ARTICLE POSTED THERE FOR YOU WITH AL
Derby City Chambers Music Festival hosting The Maccabeus Initiative
Derby City Chambers Music Festival is hoping to make a new winter holiday tradition with The Maccabeus Initiative – A New Hanukkah Celebration. The concert will be held at The Temple – Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom on Dec. 17. The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m., and will be all about telling the story of Hanukkah and sharing it with the community. Admission to the event is free with a voluntary suggested donation; $40 adults, $10 kids.Space at the event will be limited and organizers suggest reserving a seat ahead of time. You can learn more about The Maccabeus Initiative here.
Derby City Chambers Music Festival is hoping to make a new winter holiday tradition with The Maccabeus Initiative – A New Hanukkah Celebration.
The concert will be held at The Temple – Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom on Dec. 17.
The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m., and will be all about telling the story of Hanukkah and sharing it with the community.
Admission to the event is free with a voluntary suggested donation; $40 adults, $10 kids.
Space at the event will be limited and organizers suggest reserving a seat ahead of time.
You can learn more about The Maccabeus Initiative here.