Jewish Book Week at 75: A Celebration – Performance

02/28/2026
49 min
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Celebrate the 75th edition of London’s longest-running – and many would say best! – literary festival with words and music. In conversation with Hugo Rifkind, guests include three of Jewish Book Week’s favourite speakers – Howard JacobsonClaudia Roden, and Sir Simon Schama, all at school when the festival began in 1952. Opening the evening, internationally renowned pianist Margaret Fingerhut MBE and violinist Bradley Creswick, Leader Emeritus of Royal Northern Sinfonia will perform works by George Gershwin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Henryk Wieniawski and Ernest Bloch.

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Bradley Creswick

Bradley Creswick has recently been made Leader Emeritus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and began his long relationship with them in 1984. In 1987 he moved to London to lead the Philharmonia and then the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, returning to the Sinfonia in 1994. Many solo recordings include Vaughan Williams’ ‘The Lark Ascending’ […]

Margaret Fingerhut

Margaret Fingerhut MBE has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world. She has performed with most of the UK’s major orchestras in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican. She is often heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and many radio stations worldwide. […]

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Jewish Book Week at 75: A Celebration – Performance

02/28/2026
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49 min

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Bradley Creswick

Bradley Creswick has recently been made Leader Emeritus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and began his long relationship with them in 1984. In 1987 he...

Margaret Fingerhut

Margaret Fingerhut MBE has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world. She has performed with most of the UK’s major...