The program includes:Batsheva Zeisler, actress and soprano. Graduated from Drama and Literature departments at the Tel Aviv University. Studied singing at the Guildhall School of Music, London, and at the London College of Music. Took part in various productions, i.e.,Duets from musicals by Gershwin, Weill, Bernstein, Lloyd Webber andothers Opera fragments by Bizet and Gershwin Duets by Purcell and Mendelssohn Interspersed by dialogues, sketches and piano solos "You and me and the next war" , "Everything you wanted to know often, and didn't dare to ask Bach", "The beggars' opera" (Beer Sheva Theater); "An opposite monument"(Yuval Theater); "Intimacy" (Hasimta Theater); My fair lady, the imaginary patient,The star of tears and many more. She took part in various television programs. Appears also in her one-woman show "Songs in blue and yellow" and managed theElharizi Theater in Tel Aviv.Simcha Barbiro, actor and tenor. An active and extremely talented actor and vocalist. Plays at Israeli theaters, such as the National Habima Theater and on TV. More details soon to follow.
Bart Berman, pianist. Specializes in Franz Schubert and Contemporary Music Performance. An Amsterdam Academy Graduate (The Dutch Prize of Excellence), he was rewarded the First Gaudeamus Prize, the Friends of the Concertgebouw Award and an Honorable Mention for performance and promotion of Israeli Music. An active soloist, he performed at international festivals throughout Europe and Israel and with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Symphonies of Jerusalem, Radio Holland and Arnhem and with the Israel Sinfonietta. In chamber music he is best known for his current ensembles Duo 4 and with flautist Abbie de Quant, as well as for his former ensembles
Duo Beer Sheva and EnsembleM. His latest double CD, Schubert's (Un)finished sonatas (with Berman's endings) has just been published.
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1. George Gershwin | Somebody loves me | . |
2. Schmidt | They were you | Fantastix |
3. George Gershwin | I've got a crush on you | . |
4. Leonard Bernstein | One hand, one heart | West Side Story |
5. Leonard Bernstein | Oh, Happy we | Candide |
6. Weill | Anstatt Das | Dreigroschenoper |
7. George Gershwin | 3 Preludes | Piano Solo |
8. George Gershwin | Bess, you is my woman now | Porgy and Bess |
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9. Purcell | Let us wander | . |
10. Mendelssohn | Autumn song | . |
11. Bizet | Duet | Carmen |
12. Maurice Ravel | Foxtrot | Piano Solo |
13. Claude Debussy | Cake-walk | Piano Solo |
14. Loewe | Selection | My Fair Lady |
15. Andrew Lloyd Webber | All I ask of you | Phantom of the Opera |
16. Andrew Lloyd Webber | The point of no return | Phantom of the Opera |
17. George Gershwin | Love is here to stay | . |
. | ENCORE | . |
At the discography page:What's new at Bart Berman's site
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PIANO SONATAS
Composition: biography and list
of works
Duo 4, pianists (from left to right)Web-documents on Berman's CDs and radio broadcasts
Dave Lampson: Recommended late keyboard music
VDE-Gallo: CD Catalogue, 1996
Ludwig: Frank Martin (in Dutch)
Eastern's: Overnight Classical Music
KING FM: Music PlaylistsBart Berman's current chamber music ensembles
(Netherlands)
- Batsheva and Simcha go to Broadway (Israel)
- Duo Zamir-Berman, with tenor Yaacov Zamir (USA)
- Duo Kempin-Berman, with flautist Johannes Kempin (IL)
Bart Berman's former chamber music ensembles
- Duo Beer Sheva, with the late pianist Sara Fuxon (IL)
- Duo Peter & Bart Berman, with pianist Peter Berman (NL)
- Ensemble M (Netherlands), conductor David Porcelijn,
music director Ton Hartsuiker
- Duo Schwartz-Berman, with violinist Miron Schwartz (IL)
- The Negev Baroque Ensemble (Israel), participation as
harpsichordist, music director S. Zuckerman