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A Memorial Tribute To the Late Dr. Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)
featuring a performance by THE WESTERN WIND VOCAL ENSEMBLE with narrators Francine M. Gordon and Rabbi Ed Rosenthal WE ARE STILL HERE – MIR ZAYNEN DO An Exploration of the Holocaust through Song and Memory
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 7:30 p.m. Wireman Chapel
Program Welcome Douglas McMahon
Director of the Center for Spiritual Life and Chaplain
Tribute
to
Dr. Elie Wiesel Donald R. Eastman III
President
Introduction
of The Western Wind
Joan O. Epstein
Professor of Music
WE ARE STILL HERE – MIR ZAYNEN DO An Exploration of the Holocaust through Song and Memory sung by
THE WESTERN WIND Linda Lee Jones, Michele Kennedy, sopranos William Zukof, countertenor Todd Frizzell, David Vanderwal, tenors Peter Walker, bass narrated by Francine M. Gordon and Rabbi Ed Rosenthal
PLAY ME A TANGO IN YIDDISH Yiddish tango
Author unknown arr. Laura Christian
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? (Vos vet itster zayn?) Tumbalalaika Ma tovu O ihr kleyne lichtelech
Traditional Yiddish from Eastern Europe (arr. Elliot Z. Levine) Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894) Music: Herman Zvi Ehrlich (1908-?) and Leo Liov (1878-1962) Words: Morris Rosenfeld arr. Lawrence E. Bennett
IT’S BURNING, BROTHERS IT’S BURNING! ’S’brent
Words/Music: Mordechai Gebirtig (1877-1942), arr. Todd Frizzell
KINDERTRANSPORT Dremlen Feygl
Music: Leyb Yampolsky Words: Leah Rudnitska (1913-1943?) arr. E. Z. Levine
HOW LONG WILL IT BE Mein lieber schatz
Music: E. Santeugini, Words: F. Rotter Comedian Harmonists Song (1931) arr. Grant Herreid
La biche from Six Chansons
Music: Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Words: Rainer Maria Rilke
Yome, yome
Yiddish Folksong arr.Victor Ullman (1898-1944)
Du meydele
Yiddish Folksong arr.Victor Ullman (1898-1944)
Unter dayne vayse shtern
Music: Abraham Brudno (b. 1913) Words: Avraham Sutskever arr. Richard Slade
Shtiller, Shtiller
Music: Alexander Wolkoviski (b. 1932) Words: Shmerke Kaczerginski arr. Bonia Shur
Wie lange noch
Music: Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Words: Walter Mehring arr. Richard Slade
Brief Intermission WE NEVER HURT ANYONE Der tango fun Osvientshim (The tango from Auschwitz) Tsen brider
Author unknown arr. William Zukof Music and Words: Martin Rosenberg (1890-1942) arr. Joshua Jacobson
Ani ma’amin
Melody transmitted by Elie Wiesel arr. Matthew Lazar
NEVER SAY THAT YOU ARE WALKING ON YOUR LAST ROAD… Ashrey hagafrur Zog nit keynmol
Music: Elliot Z. Levine (b.1948) Words: Hannah Senesh Music: Dimitri Pokras (1889-1978) and Daniel Pokras Words: Hirsh Glik (1920-1944) arr. Richard Slade
Zol shoyn kumen di ge’uleh Music: Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) Words: Shmerke Kaczerginski arr. Elliot Z. Levine
About The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble The Western Wind, based in New York City, was founded in 1969. Initially, the mixed-voice sextet sang madrigals and other Early Music. Soon, the group expanded its repertoire to include vocal jazz, world folk music, avant garde works, chamber opera and, most notably, Jewish liturgical music, music they share on tour, in master classes and on numerous recordings. The Western Wind is perhaps best known for its nine recordings of Jewish music made jointly with narrators Leonard Nimoy and Theodore Bikel and famous cantors such as Alberto Mizrahi and Jack Mendelssohn. These include Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, The Birthday of the World, Music and Traditions of the High Holy Days and Channukah: In Story and Song. We Are Still Here – Mir Zaynen Do is the group’s latest addition to its Judaic recordings. The narrated version of We Are Still Here presented tonight at Eckerd College was recently recorded for Public Radio International with different narrators. During their two-day residency at Eckerd College, The Western Wind’s singers have coached our vocal ensembles and interacted with students studying the Holocaust. Their expertise as coaches and teachers is carried regularly into public schools in New York City and elsewhere in the Northeast, but also into a cappella singing workshops held in the summer at Smith College and at various locations during the rest of the year. For more information about the ensemble and its touring schedule, recordings and workshops, please visit westernwind.org online.
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