ABRAHAM Events: Friday 13th May: Jonathan Davies

Published: Tue, 05/10/22

19th and 20th Century
Musical Geniuses

and their influence on the world of music.

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time"
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

"Talent is only the starting point"
Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

Friday May 13th

11.00am

11.00am for 11.15am start

Jonathan Davies

Retired Lawyer, Renowned Lecturer,
Community Leader, Connoisseur of Music

Chair for this presentation is John Blaskey
Link to Profile

The speaker will address some of the following questions
followed by Q&A:

What Mendelson, Mahler, Gershwin, Bernstein, Epstein, to name but a few have in common?
Why the 19th Century onwards saw
an explosion of Jewish musical genius?
How these geniuses changed the music
in our lives?

"All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish"

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

"it's not the music is too imprecise for words, but too precise."

Felix Mendlesshn (1809–1847)

To enter the meeting, please use the Zoom link below

Friday May 13th

11.00am

11.00am for 11.15am start

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