Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in Yiddish!
On YouTube in honor of today's December 16th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven here's the Yiddish adaptation and the new choral adaptation of his "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony
"Brider" ("Brothers")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7F1K5m5A4
Performed by the...
Day Two: STM Presents “Hanukke Oy Hanukke a Yom Tev a Sheiner”
Kippalive - Al HaNisim כיפה-לייב על הניסים
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MXDlPg_LI
Day One: SaveTheMusic Presents Hanukke Oy Hanukke a Yom Tev a Sheiner
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער פֿאָלקסכאָר
Binyumen Schaechter, conductor
בנימין שעכטער, דיריגענט
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhT8GcQj9o
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejppc
Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org
Contact: information@TheJPPC.org
Filmed live in performance
October 14, 2018 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
as part of the encore concert of
"To Everything There...
Traditional Hanukkah Songs from Around the World
We want to be sure everyone has a chance to enjoy the full richness of the holiday, and we don't just mean the delicious fried richness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnODSttLSOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhT8GcQj9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyFJb_0FWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZqH2vkaaU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG1yeSYhKII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-77UDIBNgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkIc1adgD_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do3QM-Y7UeM
Beethoven’s “Ale Brider” oif Yiddish
Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915)
Original music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7F1K5m5A4
Filmed live in performance
November 1, 2015 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus
Binyumen Schaechter, conductor
Shinae Kim, pianist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejppc
Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org
Contact: information@TheJPPC.org
Beautiful Yiddish Chanukah Song, “Borekh ate”
The *beautiful* Yiddish Chanukah song "Borekh ate" ("Blessed Art Thou")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyFJb_0FWo
Performed by the
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
And if you haven't yet seen the following here's the JPPC performing the *playful* Yiddish Chanukah...
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” in Yiddish! – קעצעלע, ס’ברענט דער פֿראָסט
Music and original English lyrics: Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
Yiddish lyrics: Binyumen Schaechter (2015)
Performed by Cantor Joshua Breitzer and Donna Breitzer
Piano accompaniment by Seth Weinstein
Filmed live in performance
June 5, 2016 • Symphony Space, NYC
as part of...
Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-Revolution Russia
A history of Russian-Jewish and Soviet Yiddish literature from the 1920s to 2006, the study focuses on the themes of time, memory, and the body.
This study is a work of restoration, an attempt to...
A new kind of ambassador: The rise of Israel’s Shalva Band and Netta Barzilai
As the Shalva Band and 2018 Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai redefine what it means to be beautiful and successful, perhaps they are, at the same time, redefining what it means to be...
Jack Black, Flaming Lips and Haim among those to join Hanukkah album
A holiday-inspired music album titled “Hanukkah+” will be released on Nov. 22 and feature a collection of Jewish classics and originals from artists, including Haim, the Flaming Lips, Jack Black and Yo La Tengo, The Rolling Stone reported.
The album, produced...