אײביק װעלן מיר פֿאַרבינדן אונדזער נעכט מינט הײַנט

[sovay]

So I spent my afternoon with the community chorus of the Boston Workmen's Circle and it now appears I belong to a Yiddish chorus. They're called A Besere Velt—A Better World. I have not sung with a chorus in at least fourteen years and I have not performed professionally in two or three. I had a wonderful time. People said nice things about my voice and my musicianship, which was good for shutting up Tiny Wittgenstein. Songs almost everyone around me knew better than I did included "Hulyet, hulyet, beyze vintn," "Bella ciao," "Tsindt on a likhtl" (a modern Yiddish translation of "Light One Candle"), "Vilne," and Shmerke Kaczerginski's "Yugnt himn." There is a strong partizaner anti-fascist vibe to the current season's repertoire and I am fine with it. We will be performing in December as part of Yiddish New York. There's also some kind of smaller ensemble I have been invited, and plan, to audition into. More details as I gather them. There go my Saturdays. As you may be able to discern from the hours-lingering adrenaline, I am really happy.

Comments

[strange_complex]

Aw, wonderful! Singing is great and this chorus sound perfect for you. I'll enjoy hearing about how it's all going as you do your rehearsals.

[sovay]

Aw, wonderful! Singing is great and this chorus sound perfect for you. I'll enjoy hearing about how it's all going as you do your rehearsals.

Thank you!

I love that you have an icon of Alessandro Moreschi.

[strange_complex]

I actually have two! I am a big fan, have all his recordings and have fan-girled over him more than is really healthy over the years. You just moved up an extra notch in my estimation (which was already high) for recognising him. :-)

[sovay]

You just moved up an extra notch in my estimation (which was already high) for recognising him.

Hah! Thank you.

You write about him well. It makes sense that you would then be interested in Michael Maniaci, but it was still neat to see his name in your posts; I heard him in the world premiere of Madame White Snake.

[strange_complex]

Ah, awesome! I've only seen him perform live in Keiser's The Fortunes of King Croesus (as per those posts), though I loved that one so much I went to see it twice. I do hope I'll get another opportunity some time.