Madam Lewicki's Music

Harbst play now
"The gypsy & the nightengale don't know where to go..." Composed by Daniel Hoffman for the SF Klezmer Experience's newest CD. From the Yiddish poet Itzik Manger.
http://www.klezx.com

Simkhe party play now
The gonifs play live! "Di Zilberne Khasene" (The Silver Anniversary).  

Hulye Kabtsn play now
This song invites all the beggars to dance. Arranged by Jeanette for the SF Klezmer Experience.
http://www.klezx.com

Youkali-Tango play now
A Kurt Weill tune, about an island of peace & love that doesn't exist. From Max & Minka's hand-crafted limited-edition CD. http://www.maxminka.com

Accordion Forshpil play now
Daniel Hoffman invited me to compose this introduction to "Harbst."
http://www.klezx.com

Patchwork Suite play now
March of the Street Kids from "Carmen," arranged by Jeanette for three accordions & voices (with C. Ryder Cooley). From Max & Minka's original score for a silent Oz movie. http://www.maxminka.com

Ele-Bele! play now
Arkady Gendler is a 76-year-old Yiddish singer from the Ukraine. I learned his songs to accompany him in Berkeley's Jewish Music Festival, & we recorded at Fantasy Records two hours before Arkady flew back to Kiev.

The Yiddishe Polka play now
Created by Judith Freeman with residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged. They wrote the words, she wrote the music & we all played together.

A Troyerike Lid play now
A Yiddish song workshop at the Kultur Kongres in Brooklyn. I learned this lullaby from Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman & her son, Itzik Gottesman. "I'll buy you a silver paper moon..."