| | |  The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience presents; CHUTZPAH -
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir Polina leads us with such infectious enthusiasm. I realise it has made me do something I never thought I could.
Cecile Levine Article by Mel Poluck - A Yiddishe Choir by the seaside
Article by Maxine Toff - The New Yiddish Choir
MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND SINGING LEVELS ARE INVITED. The Choir is a secular community, but we do talk about the historic context of our material, carefully translating songs and paying attention to details of the musical language. CONTACTS:
Musical Director P. Shepherd e-mail here tel. (01273) 553737
New Members Contact Person (01273) 541031
Administrator: chutzpahchoir@hotmail.co.uk SAMPLES FROM ONE OF OUR CONCERTS:
Romaynishe nign - fragment
Oy da ne Vecher - fragment
A la Una - fragment
Kosher Tants - fragment
TEACHING & LEARNING mainly by ear. REPERTOIRE: The choir material features Jewish folk songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, Niggunim (the age old Jewish “songs without words”), also songs in Ladino, Russian and Ukrainian,combined with original compositions, challenging improvisation in Jewish modes, with special attention to folk elements in singing - mostly a capella.
VENUE: Ralli Hall (near Hove station), 81 Denmark Villas, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3TH; 1st floor, room 12. There is a small parking area on the left of the building and down the slope.
FEEs: £6 per session or £4 per session for Ralli Hall members. NEW members pay for the first sessions as a "trial" but from then on general rules apply: choir members to pay for one month on the first session of each month; you don’t pay for sessions you can’t attend if you tell us in advance. Once paid, the deposit is non-refundable. SCHEDULE: Wednesdays, 7 - 8.45 pm weekly with summer and winter breaks. Summer break: last session this season 1 July, first session next season 19 August.
Choir evening Monday 13 July 6.30-9.30 pm - we are visiting The Brighton Russian choir St. John"s Centre, Palmeira Square, Hove BN3 2FL, singing for each other, bringing friends and family. Tea will be provided, bring biscuits and cakes. A donation of £2 to cover costs would be appreciated.TEXTS & SAMPLES
Nign
Sample for practising with
MIPNEY MA - traditional, Hebrew.
- "Mipney ma" by The Klezmatics, solo Lorin Sklamberg. (CD "Posessed")
Why did the soul, oh tell me this, tumble from Heaven to the Great Abyss? The most profound descents contain ascensions from the heights again...(translation by Tony Kushner)
Mipney ma, mipney ma
Yoredo haneshomo.
Meigro romo leviro amikto
Hayerido tsoyrekh aliyo hi
CUANDO EL REY NIMROD - WHEN KING NIMROD
Song in Ladino, Jewish Spanish dialect from the 11th century. The text is from the period of King Alfonso X of Spain (1221-1284).
Listen to a version of the song Another version
AY-YAY-YAY
Samples for practising with:
high part
low part
Example of Ay-yay-yay plus improvisation in Jewish modes: - Ay-yay-yay by Ashkenazim SHLOF ZHE MAYN FEYGELE Yiddish folk lullaby.
Sleep, my little one, close your eyes, sleep, my child, sleep...
Shlof zhe, mayn feygele
Makh tsu di eygele
Shlof, mayn kind, shlof
Makh tsu dayn eygele
Mayn tayer feygele
Shlof, my kind, shlof
Samples for practising with:
high part
middle part
low part
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