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Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt

by Lucette van den Berg

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Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt is a famous partisan song, with lyrics by Hirsh Glik to a famous Russian folk tune.
Lucette van den Berg turned this song into a choirpiece for a 4-part female choir and tuned glass.
By using an 'orchestra' of glass as a 5th voice, which is played by the singers while singing, Lucette creates a magical atmosphere.
It shows the strength and at the same time the fragility of the young girl Vitka Kempner, a Jewish partisan who succeeded in ambushing a Nazi convoy. She symbolizes all women who in their own way stand powerfully for their beliefs.

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Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt

Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt
un der frozt hat shtark gebrent,
tsi gedenkstu vi ikh hob dikh gelernt,
haltn a shpayer in di hent.

A moyd, a peltsl un a beret,
un halt in hant fezt a nagan,
a moyd mit a zametenem ponim,
hit op dem soynes karavan.

Getsilt, geshozn un getrofn,
hot ir kleyninker piztoyl,
an oyto a fulinkn mit vofn,
farhaltn hot zi mit eyn koyl.

Fartog fun vald aroysgekrokhn,
mit shney girlandn oyf di hor,
gemutikt fun kleyninkn nitsokhn,
far undzer nayem frayen do

Translation:

The Quiet Night is Full of Stars

The quiet night is full of stars
And the frost has strongly burned;
Do you remember how I have taught you
To hold a gun in the hand?

A girl, a fur coat and a beret
And holds in her hand tightly a Nagant (revolver)
A girl with a face as smooth as velvet
Holds up the enemy's caravan.

Aimed, fired and hit (its target)
Has her tiny pistol.
A vehicle filled with weapons
She has stopped with a bullet.

Before daybreak, she comes out of the forest
With snow garlands on her hair,
Encouraged by a minuscule victory
For our new, free generation.
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released January 26, 2021

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Lucette van den Berg Amsterdam, Netherlands

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.
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