a"sing me" - the programme


 


“sing me a tango in yiddish”

 

Hey! Zhankoye! / Freylekh
Crimean song / Romanian dance

Dire gelt (The Rent)
Traditional, lyrics by Theodore Bikel

Shpil-zhe mir a tango in yiddish (Sing Me a Tango in Yiddish)
Traditional, lyrics by Shmerke Kaczerginski

Tantz, Tantz, Yidelech
Jewish dance

Oyfn pripetshik  (On the Hearth)
Lyrics and music by Mark Warshawsky (1840-1907)

A finf-un-Tsvantsiger  (25 denari)
Traditional, lyrics by Theodore Bikel

Clarinet Polka
Yiddish polka

Kinder yorn  (Childhood)
Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877-1942)

Friling (Spring)
Music by Abraham Brudno
Lyrics by Shmerke Kaczerginski

Libertango
Astor Piazzola

Volver (Return) tango (1935)
Music by Carlos Gardel
Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera

 Freylekh “Wu nemt a men a bisel baash”
Bulgarian dance

Di Mizinke Oysgegebn (I Gave Away My Youngest Daughter)
Lyrics and music by Mark Warshawsky (1840-1907)

Di mame iz gegangen  (Mother is Going)
Traditional Jewish song

Sirba  (the Flight of the Bumble-bee)
Jewish-Romanian dance

Uskudar’a
Traditional Turkish song