20 Years of KlezPO
March 8th, 2025, Historical Town Hall of Göttingen / Germany
Recorded and wonderfully edited by Kulturfabrik e.V.
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This video differs completely from the ones we had before as the whole concert was being recorded incl. announcements, applause etc. with only one cut during the intermission.
Here are the "liner notes" for the pieces.
Time information on the left gives the beginnings of the pieces.
2:36 Klezmers geboyrn-tog, first a romantic part, than Klezmer, anon. manuscript from Gutinki Karpatski, ca. 1840, the oldest-ever notated Klezmer music, world premiere recording, conducted by Marion Wacke, duration 1:30
6:12 Mazel Tov Klezmer Style, arr. Jay Fishman, not a very good performance, but please consider: we play it only every ten years! cond. Wieland Ulrichs, dur. 6:52
15:24 Dana Dana, four-part a cappella version of the famous song from the musical "Esterke" (1940/41), music Sholom Secunda, lyrics Aaron Zeitlin still in the Baltic dialect (u = i), maybe just a study, world premiere recording, cond. Carsten Fette, dur. 3:14
20:24 Chervona ruta, Ukrainian love song about the love for your country, M. + L. Volomydyr Ivasyuk (1949 –1979), arr. Wieland Ulrichs, this version world premiere recording, soloists Tetyana Huryeva and Dietmar Buschhaus, cond. Carsten Fette, dur. 3:25
24:50 Lied für Cri-Cri, L. from a magazine and by Anne Frank, Dutch and German, M. Wieland Ulrichs, world premiere recording, soloist Marina Buck, cond. Carsten Fette, dur. 1:38 — You can get score and parts incl. an English version for free from us!
27:32 Two Faces of Klezzmates, M. Marcin Piercioch of Krakow, a "Klezmer fuge", cond. Michael J. Gómez, dur. 5:09
The History of Tango
— 34:57 El Choclo, the first-ever tango, Angel Villoldo 1905, arr. Harald Kolasch, dur. 3:02
— 38:16 Egyptian Tango, anon. ca. 1920, arr. Gia Rishmawi, dur. 2:58 — and the winner is …
— 41:29 Ephraïnskiy Tango / Jewish Tango, William Weiner, soloist Carten Fette, clarinet, dur. 3:28
Intermission
48:35 François Lilienfeld, our long-time mentor from Switzerland, *1947, is commenting on the Suite he arranged especially for this occassion
52:45 KlezPO-Suite nach traditionellen Klezmer-Melodien. Dem Ensemble KlezPO Göttingen und seinem Leiter Wieland Ulrichs in Freundschaft gewidmet (KlezPO-Suite with traditional tunes. Dedicated in friendship to the KlezPO group Göttingen and his conductor W.U.). The movements: I. Bobover Hochzeitsmarsch (trad.); II. Zwischenspiel (Interlude), Fr. L.; III. Lipovetskaya (trad.); IV. A terkischer Yale w'Yove tants (Naftule Brandwine); V. Wu bistu geweyn (trad.)
arr. + cond. François Lilienfeld, world premiere recording, dur. 13:36
1:08:56 Hava nagila, arr. Wieland Ulrichs, this version world premiere recording, cond. François Lilienfeld, dur. 4:30
1:14:57 Geh aus mein Klez und suche Freud (Walk out, my Klez, and look for happiness), arr. Wieland Ulrichs. Idea from a local Lutheran priest: the great carol writer Paul Gerhardt also took care of the Psalms. So, what are Jewish people have to do with it? Here you are… Cond. Michael J. Gómez, dur. 2:47
1:19:03 Bulgar-Trilogie: Der beyser [malignant] bulgar , der shtiler [quiet] bulgar, der modner [crazy] bulgar, arr. Wieland Ulrichs, world premiere recording, cond. Marion Wacke, dur. 5:19
1:26:23 Oy mame, bin ikh farlibt [o mama, I am in love], L. Itzk Msnger, M. Abe Ellstein (1907–1963), from the best-loved Yiddish movie "Yidl mitn fidl", USA / Poland 1936, arr. Jud Flato, soloist and cond. Marina Buck, dur. 4:37
1:31:00 The thankyou department. The chairman's board of our non-profit society expresses gratitude to people engaged with our project, hands out flowers, self-made diplomas, chocolate etc. — and then the final pieces:
1:36:12 Romanian hora and serba for Nadiya, arr. Wieland Ulrichs, world premiere recording, soloist Nadiya Halatsan (UA), cello, cond. Marion Wacke, dur. 4:56
1:41:54 Encore: Serba din New York — Russki Sher — Lebedig un freylekh, trad. arr. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago, no cond., dur. 4:57
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