This is Die Drei Kantoren’s second CD, consisting of Chazzanut, Yiddish and Chasidic melodies, Israeli songs, and Sepharadic piyutim – all in original arrangements. We are happy to feature some wonderful guest artists who made this second album even richer in sound and inspiration. Two of the pieces in this album – Pitchu Li and Elu Dvarim – were composed especially for us by our very own Ido Ben-Gal and Assaf Levitin. Our dozens of concerts in Jewish communities and in festivals in Germany and abroad motivated us to get back into the recording studio as quickly as possible. For this we are very thankful.
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Hey you, klezmer, pick up your fiddle,
Play your music,
And we’ll dance the new sher.
We’ll spin around in a karahod,
And our hearts will rejoice,
Whenever the new sher is danced.
Higher, higher, Grandpa Elya leaps
Straight up to the ceiling,
He wants to enjoy life fully.
And Grandma Sosye beams with joy!
Our enemies can go to hell,
For we’re going to dance the new sher.
Nu, see, just see how everyone is happy,
How they spin,
And how they tap their feet.
The heart is breaking
But still begs to dance,
For when we dance, life becomes so sweet.
דער נייער שער
תפוס כינור ובואה הנה,
שיר חדש נגן-נא,
כלייזמר, רוצים מחול חדש.
מעגל רוקדים סובב כבר,
ורוקד הלב כבר,
תיכף נשמע מחול חדש.
מעלה-מעלה סבא אליה
מנתר כפלא,
תיכף ייגע בכוכבים.
והסבתא סוסיה, מרוב נחת
איך שהיא זורחת!
אושר לצחוק על האויבים.
תראו תראו, כולם שמחים פה,
נושאים רגליים
וסביב-סביב רוקדים,
הלב נפתח
כשמנגנים פה,
כי המחול הזה הוא טעם החיים.
credits
from Second Yom Tov,
released March 21, 2016
Abraham Ellstein, Lyrics and Music
Arrangement: Assaf Levitin
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