{"product_id":"771145","title":"Various - Klezmer Concertos And Encores [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKLEZMER CONCERTOS and ENCORESRobert Starer (1924-2002):   Kli Zemer  Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947): Klezmer Rondos  Jacob Weinberg (1897-1956): The Maypole, Canzonetta  Abraham Ellstein (1907-1963): Chassidic Dance  Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960): RocketekyaThe works on this recording   by five 20th-century native-born and immigrant American-Jewish composers   reflect the joyous character of the klezmer tradition. The term 'klezmer' actually   refers to the secular instrumental band that played for weddings and other festive   occasions, as well as to the street musician, that flourished among eastern   European Jewry, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The form,   instrumentation, and style of music played by klezmorim (plural) varied according   to locale and time period and was heavily influenced by the tunes, modes and   traditions of the host culture.The post-1960s term 'klezmer music' refers more specifically to the musical   styles of 19th-century klezmorim whose recent rediscovery has attracted a wide   audience. The musical influences associated with this style include Gypsy scales   and modes, quasi-Hassidic songs and dances (relating to Hassidism--the popular   mystical, ecstatic movement that swept eastern European Jewry from the 18th   century on), marches, Romanian dances, and Yiddish folksong motifs.The clarinet was one of the chief virtuoso solo instruments in many klezmer   bands, but its virtual hegemony as the solo instrument most frequently identified   with the typical timbres, flourishes and special effects of the klezmer style   is probably more of a phenomenon of the American immigrant experience. Discussing   his concerto, K'li zemer (from the Hebrew 'instrument of song'),   composer Robert Starer explained, 'While all the thematic ideas are my   own, they do lean toward the melodies of eastern European Jewish music, with   which I have been familiar since my childhood in Vienna and my youth in Jerusalem.'   The work is in four movements bearing descriptive titles with corresponding   moods: 'Prayers,' 'Dances,' 'Melodies,' and 'Dedications.' Throughout the piece,   traditional and contemporary, meditative and ecstatic, folklike and improvisational   elements are combined. David Krakauer is the featured soloist, both on the B-flat   and the bass clarinet, with the Barcelona Symphony\/National Orchestra of Catalonia   conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Paul Schoenfield's Klezmer Rondos was one of   the first successful attempts to employ the eastern European klezmer idiom within   a classical art music framework. Originally conceived for solo flute and small   ensemble, it was revised and expanded for its New York Philharmonic premiere   in 1995 to become a concerto for flute, tenor, and symphony orchestra. The   instrumentation--a contemporary incarnation of a klezmer band--features clarinets,   saxophones, brass, a battery of percussion, piano and strings. Despite the   preponderance of the clarinet and the violin in the klezmer tradition, the flute   often played a major solo role as well, and its use in Schoenfield's concerto   points up certain idiomatic, piercing sonorities. The composer also pays homage   to the historical role of the professional vocal merrymaker and general entertainer   at Jewish weddings by including a part for solo tenor. Gerard Schwarz conducts   the Seattle Symphony with Scott Goff, flute, and Alberto Mizrahi, tenor.Rocketekya by Osvaldo Golijov was commissioned   for the 20thanniversary of New York's Merkin Concert Hall, and written for clarinetist   David Krakauer, violinist Alicia Svigals, electric violist Martha Mooke, and   double bassist Pablo Aslan, who gave the premiere performance and are heard   on this world premiere Milken Archive recording. The composer describes the   work as a 'shofar blasting inside a rocket-an ancient sound propelled towards   the future. So that is Rocketekya: a shofar blasting its t'ki'a   (one of its prescribed pattern calls) on a fantastical space voyage. In the   middle of its journey, the rocket meets a Latin band in orbit.' The work combines   traditional klezmer band clarinet inflections and timbres with contemporary   Latin rhythms and flavors and postmodern sensibilities. Also heard on this Milken Archive disc are three 'encore pieces' for clarinet   and orchestra that combine typical klezmer sonorities and idioms with authentic   Jewish folk material and Hassidic-type melodies. They include Canzonetta   and The Maypole by Russian-born composer Jacob Weinberg, and   Hassidic Dance by Abraham Ellstein, who was best known   for his Yiddish Theater music and large-scale works. David Krakauer is the   clarinetist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin led by Gerard Schwarz.'\u003cp\u003eT'fillot (Prayers)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRikkudim (Dances)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManginot (Melodies)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHakdashot (Dedications)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. - Scott Goff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. - Scott Goff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Maypole - Unknown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanzonetta - Unknown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHassidic Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRocketekya\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55778307211649,"sku":"771145","price":12.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51zhB90fFdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780946347","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/771145","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}