New Concert 

JOYFUL, JAZZY AND JEWISH!

by Michael Tamte-Horan

 

CANTATICA

Michael Tamte-Horan, Artistic Director and Conductor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOYFUL, JAZZY AND JEWISH!

 

Extraordinary, Beautiful Music by Contemporary Jewish American Composers for

Solo Voices, Chamber Choir, String Quartet, Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Organ, Harp and Percussion

 

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SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 - 4:30 PM

 

Temple Beth El, Allentown, PA

 

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PROGRAM

 

 

I

 

Set Me as a Seal: Choral Dance - Jack Gottlieb

Chamber Choir and Piano

 

II

 

Achat Sha'alti - Paul Schoenfield

Flute and Piano 

 

III

 

From CHICHESTER PSALMS - Leonard Bernstein

(Sung in Hebrew)

Chamber Choir, Soloists, Harp, Organ and Percussion 

 

I: Psalms 108:2 and 100

III: Psalms 131 and 133:1 

 

IV

 

Ufaratsta - Paul Schoenfield

Flute and Piano

 

V  

 

From VOICES FROM THE SHADOW: POETRY OF THE HOLOCAUST- Gershon Kingsley

(Sung in German, French, Yiddish, Czech and English)

Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chamber Choir, Clarinet, Piano, String Quartet and Percussion 

 

1. Ver zenen mir? (Who Are We?)

Chamber Choir

3. Come to Me

Mezzo-Soprano and Baritone

15. Segen der Nacht

Baritone

4. Bombardiers

Chamber Choir

16. Maj 1945

Tenor

17. Ver zenen mir? (Who Are We?) - REPRISE

Chamber Choir 

 

VI

 

Shalom, v’shalom, v’shalom (Peace, Peace, and Peace Yet Again) - Robert Applebaum

(Sung in Hebrew)

Soprano, Chamber Choir and Piano

 

VII

 

“Why Was I Born?” from SWEET ADELINE - Jerome Kern, arr. James Bassi

Chamber Choir

 

VIII

 

TOOT SUITE I: Somebody Loves Me - George Gershwin, arr. Gerald DuPuit

Soprano, Clarinet and Piano

 

Prelude I - George Gershwin

Piano 

 

TOOT SUITE II: All the Things You Are - Jerome Kern, arr. Gerald DuPuit

Soprano, Clarinet and Piano 

 

IX

 

“I Won’t Dance” from ROBERTA - Jerome Kern, arr. James Bassi

Chamber Choir and String Quartet

 

X

 

Ver Hot Aza Yingele (Who Has Such a Child?) - Traditional Yiddish, arr. David Spear

(Sung in Yiddish)

Soprano, Flute, Viola and Harp 

 

XI

 

Der Heyser Bulgar (Hot Dance) - Traditional, arr. Yoelin-Koffman

Klezmer Band 

 

Chiribim, Chiribom - Traditional Yiddish, arr. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

(Sung in Yiddish)

Chamber Choir and Klezmer Band

 

(ENCORE)

 

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, arr. Philip Lawson

Chamber Choir

 

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