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In these challenging times, especially for a musician, it can be good thing to look back in the past. In which you can find the essence for the future.
With my new composition "Shlof mayn kind" I go back to the 1900's when Jews migrated from Europe to the US. Shlof mayn kind is based on a traditional Yiddish song with lyrics of Sholem Aleichem, in which a mother not only comforts her child, but also comforts herself. The song is part of the Ruth Rubin Archive.
I love the melody and the text, since for me it’s a testimony of women power, against all odds.
In this composition for 6-part a capella female choir with soloist, I have taken quotes from another traditional Yiddish lullaby, as well as from medieval choral singing, which evolves into a modern choral style as the text becomes more dramatic.
I recorded this song corona proof, since I sing all the parts of the choir (form low alto to soprano) and of course the soloist part.
It's a song about hope, strength and believing in life and a good outcome.
Something we can all use in this time.
Lucette van den Berg is one of the leading voices of a new generation of Yiddish
singers.
Lucette is a striking performer, with an exceptionally warm and expressive voice. Her unique repertoire includes new material produced by composers such as Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Alan Bern (Brave Old World) and poet / composer Mikhoel Felsenbaum, as well as Yiddish compositions of her own....more
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