The Songs They Sang presents 12 songs written in the Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania during the Holocaust. Ten of these are arranged / recomposed by Australian composer Joseph Giovinazzo and preserve the original Yiddish dialect. The majority of the tracks are performed by Australian musicians: Deborah Kayser (soprano), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Caerwen Martin (cello) and Aaron Barnden (violin).
New Music Coming Soon — 10/20/2013 Released 2013
The Songs They Sang
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1
4:50
It's One, Two, Three (Tsu Eyns, Tsvey, Dray) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
2
3:11
Never Say (Zog Nit Keyn Mol) (clip)
Deborah Kayser & Aaron Barnden
3
1:20
Mrs Zuben (clip)
Michael Kieran Harvey & Caerwen Martin
4
0:45
Never Say (Reprise) (clip)
Aaron Barnden
5
4:59
Quiet, Quiet (Shtiler, Shtiler) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
6
1:21
The Expanse (clip)
Michael Kieran Harvey
7
3:22
Does It Have to Be This Way? (Tsi Darf Es Azoy Zayn?) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey & Caerwen Martin
8
0:36
As They Brush Past (clip)
Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
9
5:24
Song of an Unknown Partisan (Lid Fun Umbakantn Partizan) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
10
1:57
Mournful Voice (clip)
Deborah Kayser & Caerwen Martin
11
3:12
Drowsing Birds (Dremlen Feygl Af Di Tsvaygn) (clip)
Deborah Kayser & Michael Kieran Harvey
12
2:17
Motif from Vayser Shtern (clip)
Michael Kieran Harvey
13
4:43
Ghetto (Geto) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
14
0:59
Why? (clip)
Caerwen Martin
15
5:30
Hymn of Youth (Yugnt–Himen) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
16
1:06
The Sorrows Will Melt (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
17
1:12
While We Waltz (clip)
Deborah Kayser & Michael Kieran Harvey
18
2:35
The Vilna Laments (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
19
2:08
Under Your Starry Heaven, Pt. 1 (Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern 1) (clip)
Cantor Robert Abelson & Mimi Stern-Wolfe
20
3:50
Vayser Shtern Fantasy (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
21
0:46
The Wake (clip)
Caerwen Martin
22
3:38
Mother (A Mame) (clip)
Pauline Sher
23
2:51
The Ponar Forest (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
24
4:25
Under Your Starry Heaven, Pt. 2 (Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern 2) (clip)
Deborah Kayser
25
4:55
I Long for My Home (Ikh Benk Aheym) (clip)
Deborah Kayser, Michael Kieran Harvey, Caerwen Martin & Aaron Barnden
26
3:33
Springtime (Friling) (clip)
Shmerke Kaczerginski
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