New York Cantors Perform Wide Range of Jewish Music at Summerstage in Central Park

On June 12, The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Capital One City Parks Foundation's SummerStage presented The New York Cantors, a concert by three young Cantorial superstars to a standing-room-only audience in New York's Central Park. 

As reported by Broadway World News, 

The Cantors lead three vibrant congregations in the New York area-Azi Schwartz at Park Avenue Synagogue, Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer at Lincoln Square Synagogue and Netanel Hershtik at the Hamptons Synagogue.

The Cantors were accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra, conducted by Artistic Director of The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Zalmen Mlotek. Special guests joining the show include Shulem, a young Chassidic singing star and recently signed Universal Music/Decca Gold recording artist; Grammy-winning klezmer icon Frank London, a founding member of the Klezmatics, who performed the world premiere of his new klezmer concerto, "Freylekhs - A Klezmer Fantasy for Orchestra and Trumpet."

Also appearing was Andrew Kurtz, Music Director and conductor of the Gulf Coast Symphony. The emcee was Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Chairman of the New York Board of Rabbis and co-host of "The Rabbi and the Rev," a weekly radio program on WABC.

The eclectic program included Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Prayer for the IDF, God Bless America, A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman), Funiculi Funicula, Oseh Shalom, Close Every Door (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and Hatikvah.

We're sorry that we missed the concert (we were attending the "Shtisel-Behind the Scenes" program at Temple Emanu-el that night), but we can all enjoy the musical clips in the video below.

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