HELENE WILLIAMS & LEONARD LEHRMAN PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2026 We look forward to seeing you! Please contact us at (516) 825-2939 or, if busy, AFTER 10 a.m. only, at (516) 256-4209 EMAIL: Helene: helenespierman@gmail.com Leonard: LeonardJLehrman@gmail.com ================================== Click on underlined dates, titles, and words to watch and hear past performances and read reviews: Jan. 4, 2026 Podcast discussion with Andrew Cortes, "Whisper in the Wings," of Jan. 8-24 NYC orchestral premiere of Leonard's opera, Sima, alternating with his E.G. at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave., first 3 weekends in January, 2026 [postponed from November 2025]: Sima Jan. 8, 11, 16, 17, 22, (25, snowed out) E.G. Jan. 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8; Sundays at 3. Co-sponsored by The Puffin Foundation. Sat. Feb. 21 Refugee Shabbat Service at Temple Oheb Shalom, South Orange, NJ including performance of "Lady Liberty" by the Solidarity Singers of the NJ Industrial Union Council, led by the composer Sun. Apr. 19 2pm Edgar H. Lehrman Centennial Memorial on Zoom, including screening at 2:30pm of newly-edited, subtitled video of Leonard's opera Sima in its NYC orchestral premiere based on the novella, "Cheta Krasovitskikh" (The Krasovitsky Couple) by David Iakovlevich Aizman, translated from the Russian by Edgar H. Lehrman. Attendance was by invitation and featured call-ins from Paris though not, as hoped for, Berlin, Moscow and Tel Aviv. The celebration of Edgar's life and career is posted here. Featured were cast members past and present Carol Skinner, Paul Gibbons, Julie (Gibbons) Kinschek and Perri Sussman; cousins Alan Wittenberg in Seattle, Jim & Sally Lehrman in California, Michael Lehrman and Martin Bokser in NY; former co-director Glen Becker in Florida; stage manager Geoffrey Carlson, and journalist Yuri Yusov, who wants to translate the opera into Ukrainian. The discussion after the playing of the opera is posted here. Featured were Charles Osborne and Pat & Phil Morehead, all in Ontario, Canada. A link to the opera is available on request. Wed. May 13 9pm Zoom Lecture on Nudity in Opera, for The Naturist Society Foundation Attendance by invitation. Link to video posted here. Sun. May 31 10am at St. James's Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, Leonard performed Massenet's Meditation from THAIS with flutist Russell Urban-Mead and Philip Aaberg's Fantasy on Shenandoah. Viewable here as follows: Massenet: Meditation 3:30-7:52 Russell's acknowledgment 49:01-49:08 Leonard's announcement 50:14-50:59 Aaberg: Shenandoah Fantasy 1:24:01-1:29:07 At Leonard's 55th Harvard Reunion: Wed. June 3 8PM Memorial Church Class Performance included "Lady Liberty" by Christina Starobin & Leonard Lehrman; Thu. June 4 2PM also at Memorial Church, Rick Wilson conducted and Leonard waccompanied the Reunion Choir on the organ in Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" and Leonard's "Blessing & Prayer for Healing" At 7PM, Helene & Leonard presented A Jewish Musical Dessert Concert at Harvard Hillel, 52 Mt. Auburn St., including A Tribute to Tom Lehrer. Sat. June 27 2pm Court Street Music Annual House Concert, celebrating Emma Goldman's 157th birthday! Attendance by invitation. Video is posted at https://tinyurl.com/20260627CtStMusic. Wed. July 1 Helene & Leonard led a Master Class and performed in a recital with Romanians GLADIOLA NITULESCU LAMATIC, ANTONELA MARIN, LUCIAN IONESCU, COSMIN PATRANA. SIMONA NICOLETTA JIDVEANU, MINA STAVĂRĂ, CATALINA SIMA, CRISTIAN RUJA, STEFAN CÂRSTEA, and ANTHUZA GEORGESCU at the Jewish Community Center in Bucharest, Romania, introduced by Liana Tauberg, With Leonard at the piano except for those numbers where pianist Cosmin Patrana is listed. Video of that concert is posted here. Contents: 1. “Yes, No or Maybe” by Langston Hughes & Elie Siegmeister (Helene) 7:06-9:33 2. “The Rabbi and the Rich Man” from “Suppose a Wedding” by Leonard Lehrman (Leonard) 13:12-14:55 3. "Romanian Sonnetina No. 2" (Leonard Lehrman-Mihai Eminescu) GLADIOLA NITULESCU LAMATIC 16:00-20:05 4. “Every Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother” by Joshua Vogel & Leonard Lehrman (Leonard) 21:24-24:00 5. “Iubire” (Leonard Lehrman-Zigmund Tauberg) ANTONELA MARIN 24:39-28:28 6. “Green-eyed dragon” by Wolseley Charles LUCIAN IONESCU, COSMIN PATRANA 29:28-33:44 7. "Aventura" (Leonard Lehrman-Zigmund Tauberg) 1st perf in Romanian: SIMONA NICOLETTA JIDVEANU, COSMIN PATRANA 34:26-40:00 8. "El vito" - by Fernando Obradors - RAFAELLA LLONTOP, COSMIN PATRANA 40:43- 43:12 9. "Kererte a ti" (in Ladino & English) by Leonard Lehrman (Helene) 44:57-47:23 10.-12. Cycle of 3 songs (Elegia eterna by Obradors, Clavel del Balco by Granados, Bachianas nr. 5 by Villa-Lobos) - in memoria Prof. Univ. Dr. Lavinia Coman - SIMONA NICOLETTA JIDVEANU, COSMIN PATRANA 47:24-1:04:33 13. Don Jose's Aria “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from “Carmen” by Georges Bizet - MINA STAVĂRĂ 1:05:44-1:10:00 14-15. Mimi's Aria “Si, mi chiamano Mimi” & Mimi-Rodolfo Duetul "O soave fanciulla" from "La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini ---CATALINA SIMA, MINA STAVARA 1:11:01-1:19:53 16. Aria “Warm as the autumn light” froma “The Ballad of Baby Doe” by Douglas Moore - CRISTIAN RUJA 1:21:37-1:24:41 17. “Rondine al nido” - by Vincenzo de Crescenzo - GLADIOLA NIŢULESCU LAMATIC, COSMIN PATRANA 1:25:33-1:29:14 18. Mimi-Marcello Duet from "La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini - CATALINA SIMA, STEFAN CÂRSTEA, COSMIN PATRANA 1:30:11-1:35:56 19. Liu's Aria, "Signor, ascolta" from "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini - ANTHUZA GEORGESCU, accompanying herself 1:37:21-1:40:15 20. “For You, for me, Forevermore” by George Gershwin - ANTONELA MARIN, COSMIN PATRANA 1:40:19-1:43:35 21. “Firenze sogna “ by Cesare Cesarini - LUCIAN IONESCU, COSMIN PATRANA 1:44:29-1:49:07 22. “Clementine” or “If Professional Writers Wrote Folk Songs” by Tom Lehrer (Cole Porter, Mozart/Rossini,”Cool School," ---“Kaddish” by Leonard Lehrman, Gilbert & Sullivan) - interpreteaza (Leonard) 1:49:50-1:59:40 23. Poem recited by Zygmund Tauberg: "Spovedania unui visator" (The Confession of a Dreamer) 1:59:56-2:04:00 24. “Amigos para siempre” - de Andrew Lloyd Weber - STEFAN CÂRSTEA (karaoke) 2:04:47-2:09:28 25. Duet: “Au fond du temple saint” from “Les pecheurs de perles” - by Georges Bizet - MINA STAVARA, CRISTIAN RUJA 2:10:29-2:17:36 26. Duet: "Changes" by Phil Ochs, arr. L. Lehrman (Leonard & Helene) 2:18:55-2:22:35 27. Duet: “Do You love me?” From Fiddler on the Roof - by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (Leonard & Helene) 2:22:53-2:26:09 28. Tutti: "Hava naghila" by Avraham Zvi Idelsohn 2:28:34-2:31:01 Fri. July 3 at 6:30pm they performed on a concert of American Music, also introduced by Liana Tauberg at Bucharest's Galeria Romana, featuring the world premiere in Romanian of Leonard's Romanian Song Cycle: settings of 3 poems by Mihai Eminescu and 2 by Zygmund Tauberg, sung by soprano Simona Nicoletta Jidveanu. The complete video of that concert is posted here: Romanian Sonnetina #1 at 4:06-8:01 "And If" at 22:26-24:29 Romanian Sonnetina #2 at 16:11-19:30 "Iubire" (Love) at 29:49-33:12 "Aventura" (Adventure) at 38:13-42:57 Helene introduces and sings "Tenderly" at 9:02-16:10 and "Where Do I Belong?" at 19:31-22:20. Simona sings the Silver Aria from "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at 42:57-47:20. Leonard sings "Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Goot Yuntif" at 27:56-29:45, introduces & sings "The Elements - Updated" at 33:31-37:04, and introduces & plays Philip Aaberg's Fantasy on "O Shenandoah" at 47:22-53:17. Sat. July 11 1pm 2nd Beach Performance by the Opera/Musical Theatre Special Interest Group of The Naturist Society Foundation at Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ, as part of International Skinny Dip Day including music by Berryman, Lehrer & Lehrman Fri. July 31 7pm Eastern Naturist Gathering, Penn Sylvan, Mohnton, PA Performance by the Opera/Musical Theatre Special Interest Group of The Naturist Society Foundation Sun. Aug. 23 7:30PM Leonard accompanies Michael Niemann in a recital of Jewish vocal music at Congregation Rodef Sholom, 4609 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Ticket reservations at 609-345-4580 or rodefsholomac@gmail.com --Performances are co-sponsored by The Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation for Ethics, Religion, Science, and the Arts, Inc., and co-sponsored by The Maldeb Foundation.