RE: Klezmatics

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <yiddish...>]

In introducing this song at Tonic's 9/11 benefit, Adrienne said that while 
looking for material for this special event, she found the song "I'm Afraid 
of What You Do In The Name of Your G-d" on a Holly Near recording.  It was 
Lorin's record.  Somehow the year 1998 for this recording is flashing in my 
brain.

The Mashiakh song at this performance was "Zol shoyn kumen di geule" not 
"Shnirele perele".  It was probably the same at the next performances. 
 Since the fifties, "Zol shoyn kumen di geule" is the Yiddish song Jews 
often sing at such memorials.

The Tonic 9/11 benefit was truly a wonderful event.  It helped heal an 
awful lot, both the musicians and the audience.   Deborah Strauss told me 
she felt that she was cutting into the terrorists with her bow and we felt 
as if the Frank London's brass band was blowing them away from the city 
gates.  (If only that were so!) Adrienne Cooper's and Lorin Sklamberg's 
Yiddish translation of Holly Near's song was perfect material for the oc  
casion.  Margo Leverett, who was playing for the first time since the 
catastrophe, was fabulous and took us all with her.  Zalmen Mlotek selected 
a wonderful apt Yiddish song, for which he changed some text for the 
occasion.  (Sorry, can't remember the song's name, but I think it was 
Reyzn's song.)   Josh Waletzky sang a most moving Yiddish song he wrote for 
the occasion called "Eyn velt" (his father was the president of _One World_ 
Corporation at One World Trade Towers in the 1970's so for him this is very 
personal.)  Sharon Bernstein's khazones was wonderful.  The event was 
serious, contemplative, and celebrative.  The brass at the very end was 
very cathartic.  We in New York really needed it.  We were also so grateful 
that someone thought up a Yiddish response to our national tragedy.  You 
could see that everyone was very moved by the event and most people stayed 
for both shows.  As they say, you should have been there.


Reyzl



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From:  Jenny Levison [SMTP:jenny (at) tangomeydl(dot)com]
Sent:  Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:52 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: Klezmatics

I was just in New York and a friend was telling me that Lorin and Adrienne
had been working on I'm Afraid of What You Do in The Name of Your G-d" just
recently, following the terrorist attacks.  I heard it was quite stunning.

Jenny



> From: "Katie Marcus" <kmarcus (at) jccdet(dot)org>
> Reply-To: <kmarcus (at) jccdet(dot)org>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:46:37 -0400
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: Klezmatics
>
>
> The Klezmatics performed in Detroit this past weekend- and their 
performance
> was amazing.  They performed at Orchestra Hall (as a joint program 
sponsored
> by our JCC and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra) and we had well over a
> thousand people there (an attendance rate which we really haven't seen
> before at a Jewish concert.)  Everyone had a wonderful time, and our 
agency
> is still getting calls from people gushing about the concert and wanting 
to
> know where they can purchase their music.
>
> A lot of people have called asking if a song they performed that night
> entitled "I'm Afraid of What You Do In The Name of Your G-d" is available 
on
> CD or tape.  I'm sure people who have seen the Klezmatics perform this 
song
> in New York since September 11, know how wonderful it is- it's an 
adaptation
> of an English song by Holly Neer.  My understanding is that this song 
hasn't
> been recorded yet, does anyone know differently?
>
> Also we have had at least two people ask what recording is the song about
> the coming of the Mashiach (or hope of the coming of the Mashiach) is on.
> They performed this in the second half of the evening, and mentioned that 
it
> was one of their earlier recordings, but I can't seem to find the album 
that
> it's on?  Can someone help with this request?
>
> Thanks.
> -Katie Marcus
> Program Coordinator
> Jewish Life & Learning
> 6600 West Maple Road
> West Bloomfield, MI 48322
> (248) 432-5470
>
>
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