Jun 252009
The maestro joins four klezmer groups: Brave New World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band for a joyous get-together with unforgettable Klezmer melodies. As he says of the experience, “I caught the bug!” Want to see it all? Available from Angel Records, on CD and now DVD.
Duration : 0:10:35
Related posts:
25 Responses to “Itzhak Perlman plays Klezmer”
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
The southern areas …
The southern areas of the pale (Moldova, Bessarabia, the Bucovina region of Romania, and the southern Ukraine) were to klezmer almost as New Orleans was to American jazz. Gypsy, Greek and Romanian elements eventually became so predominant in Jewish dance music traditions that some scholars dismissed klezmer as a separate genre altogether….( American Klezmer by Mark Slobin; Page 13).
Thank you so …
Thank you so much.This is incredible!
amazing
Am Israel …
amazing
Am Israel Chai!
impressive
love …
impressive
love it!
Oy! Vat a mensch!
Oy! Vat a mensch!
lol
lol
Klezmer is an …
Klezmer is an Ashakenazi music, ans yes sounda like Romanian but E Europe is all Balcanic!
Blows me away.
…
Blows me away.
what a privilage to hear such a thing.
<3 YOUTUBE!
ohh and there is an …
ohh and there is an album of this…
search “Flatbush waltz” to hear track 3 of that album.
Enjoy ^^
Is anyone able to …
Is anyone able to write out the lyrics to the first song, “Bessarabye” here (preferably in transliterated Yiddish…)??? …I can’t quite hear the words as clearly as I’d like to, and I’d very much like to know EXACTLY what the words are…
It would be VERY MUCH appreciated!!!
…Lovely music.