Jews and Music in Polish Cities
Soundscapes of Modernity: Jews and Music in Polish Cities
Monday, March 5, 2018 | 7:30 p.m.
Kirkpatrick Chapel
Rutgers - New Brunswick
Part of the Fifth Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop
Natalia Aleksiun, Halina Goldberg, and Nancy Sinkoff, Organizers
The Kirkpatrick Choir
Patrick Gardner, Director
Paul Conrad, Accompanist
Jordan Enzinger, Cello
Yenhsuan Lee, Viola
Erin Schwab, Soprano
Jihyang Seo, Violin
Enriqueta Somarriba, Piano
Program
“Boże zmiłuj się nad nami” (Psalm 67, “God be merciful unto us”)
From Ozar schire jeschurun (1873 and 1881)
Composed by Jakob Leopold Weiss (1825–1889)
Translation by Franciszek Karpiński
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir, directed by Patrick Gardner
Paul Conrad, Accompanist
“L’cha dodi”
From Hallel w’simrah (1897)
Abraham Ber Birnbaum (1865–1922)
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir, directed by Patrick Gardner
Joshua Gonzalez, solo
Paul Conrad, accompanist
Intermezzo, Op. 2 (1900)
Paula Szalit
(1886–1920)
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
“Mazurek” (1930)
Henryk Cylkow
(1866–1945)
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
“Mazurek” (1930s)
Paweł Anhalt
(1910–?)
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Five Pieces for Violin and Piano (1931)
Aleksander Tansman
(1897–1986)
Jihyang Seo, violin
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Intermission
“Szkoda twoich łez, dziewczyno” (“It's No Use Crying, Girl”) (1929) Artur Gold
(1897–1943)
Text by Andrzej Włast
(1895–1943?)
Erin Schwab, soprano
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Jihyang Seo, violin
“Rochel’s keiver” (ca. 1920)
Zavel Zilberts
(1881–1949)
Text by K. A. Spiro
Erin Schwab, soprano
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Jordan Enzinger, cello
String Trio, Op. 10 (1928)
Józef Koffler
(1896–1944)
Jihyang Seo, violin
Yenhsuan Lee, viola
Jordan Enzinger, cello
“Farshpreyt zikh, vekhter,” khor fun di vekhter fun di druidn, num. 4 der kantate Walpurgis nakht (“Verteilt euch, wack're Männer” from Die erste Walpurgisnacht)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Text by J. W. Goethe
Translation by M. Broderzon
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir, directed by Patrick Gardner
Paul Conrad, accompanist
Setting of the folk song “Her nor, sheyn meydele”
Izrael Fajwiszys
(1887–1943)
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir, directed by Patrick Gardner
Paul Conrad, accompanist
