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CD Launch Concert   
     
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ORIGINAL COMPOSITION

Vayser Shtern Fantasy
Music by Joseph Giovinazzo
Deborah Kayser - soprano
Michael Kieran Harvey - piano
Caerwen Martin - cello
Aaron Barnden - violin

Mrs Zuben
Music by Joseph Giovinazzo
Michael Kieran Harvey - piano
Caerwen Martin - cello


SONGS

Drowsing Birds/Dremlen Feygl Af Di Tsvaygn
Lyrics - Leah Rudnicki
Based on an early Yiddish song S’iz keyn broyt in shtub nishto
Words by Izi Charik, Music by Leyb Yampolski
Arranged by Joseph Giovinazzo
Deborah Kayser - soprano
Michael Kieran Harvey - piano

I Long For My Home/Ikh Benk Aheym
Lyrics - Leyb Rozental
Music - Recomposition by Joseph Giovinazzo
Arranged by Joseph Giovinazzo
Deborah Kayser - soprano
Michael Kieran Harvey - piano
Caerwen Martin - cello
Aaron Barnden - violin


ARCHIVAL SONG

Springtime/ Friling - This song is performed here by Shmerke Kaczerginski
Lyrics: Shmerke Kaczerginski
Melody: Abraham Brudno
Sourced from Yad Vashem
From a recording by the Jewish Historical Commission, Munich, 1946.

www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/music/vilna_friling.asp


The Songs They Sang album is available as a download or as a CD at:

CD BABY: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thesongstheysang
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-songs-they-sang/id928997342

The CD booklet can be downloaded here [Download PDF 484KB]
It is also available in large print format. [Download PDF 1200KB]