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The Musicorda Road Company performs music by Jewish composers in two concerts as part of the 17th annual Musicorda Summer Festival, which runs through August 5. The first concert features a performance of movements from Osvaldo Golijov’s “Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” for string quartet and klezmer clarinet. The second performance includes Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 2 in C Minor. The company, a group of young artists from the Musicorda Chamber Music Institute, travels by van to area communities, performing at hospitals, libraries, museums, churches, synagogues and parks.
The National Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College campus, 1021 West St., Amherst; July 27, 2 p.m.; free; Springfield Jewish Community Center, 1160 Dickinson St.; July 29, 2 p.m.; $3. (413-493-1530 or www.musicorda.org)
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