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           ALAIN MIDDLETON

                                                       

Music in Klezmer Modes (2017)

" Dedicated to all oral traditions, alive or lost "

Based on the authentic 18-19th century Klezmer repertory

     With Naum Goldenstein, Klezmer C clarinet and Iktus Percussion: with Scott Litroff , alto saxophone, Nancy Belmont, bassoon, Sarah Carrier, flute, Shawn Statser, vibraphone,  Chris Graham, marimba.

                  Hosted by Alain Kirili and Ariane Lopez Huici, White Street,

                                       New York City, NY, November 2017.

                         © Copyright Alain Middleton 2017, Library of Congress

 

Extracts of the ensemble music (Klezmorin) and of the solos (with Naum Goldenstein on the Klezmer C Clarinet).

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Mvt 1: Klezmorin I                                        

 

 

Solo: "Early migration Bassarabia" (with Naum Goldenstein, Klezmer C clarinet)

 

Mvt 2: Klezmorin II    

 

 

 

Solo: "Cultural repression, persecutions"

 

Mvt 3: Klezmorin III   

 

 

Mvt 4: Klezmorin IV

 

 

Solo: "The Shoah, lost oral traditions"