in a dark, blue night
Sun, Nov 01
|Laudamus Hall
Acclaimed soprano and pianist duo Sara Schabas and Isabelle David perform in a dark blue night | אין אַ טונקל בלויער נאַכט, a song cycle by Pulitzer-nominated composer Alex Weiser. The evening will include music by 20th century composers as well.
Time & Location
Nov 01, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Laudamus Hall, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P 2N2, Canada
About the event
Experience this special and provocative concert in the intimate and acoustically vibrant setting of Laudamus Hall.
Performed by Canada’s celebrated duo, soprano Sara Schabas and pianist Isabelle David, the program will center on the Pulitzer-nominated American composer Alex Weiser (b. 1989) and his Yiddish song cycle, in a dark blue night | אין אַ טונקל בלויער נאַכט. Weiser’s cycle sets Yiddish poems by Morris Rosenfeld, Anna Margolin, Naftali Gross, Celia Dropkin, and Reuben Iceland, reflecting on New York City through the eyes of Jewish immigrants building new lives in the city.
The cycle will be preceded by works by Modernist composers who either left Eastern Europe or lost their lives as a result of Nazi persecution, including Erich Korngold, Arnold Schoenberg, Viktor Ullmann, Alma Mahler, and Alexander Zemlinsky.
The program will conclude with a medley of works by George Gershwin, the son of Jewish immigrants to the United States and, notably, a tennis…