Pogromnacht Commemorative Concert , 08 November 2015 ICZ Zurich. Yiddish Holocaust lullaby. The Music was composed by Alec Volkovitsky (11 years old) to the lyrics by Sh. Katsherginsky in the Vilna Ghetto in April 1943.  

Old World Beat ℗ 1991 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. Released on: 1991-01-01 Associated Performer, Conductor, Alto Saxophone, Recording Producer, Producer: Hankus Netsky Associated Performer, Vocals: Judy Bressler Associated Performer: Ilene Stahl Electric Violin, Associated Performer: Miriam Rabson Associated Performer, Piccolo: Robin Miller Associated Performer: Gary Bohan Associated Performer: Mark Hamilton […]

This performance is an excerpt from ‘A Tribute to Vilna’, presented by the Jewish Labour Bund, the J. Waks Cultural Centre, SKIF and the Mir Kumen On Yiddish Choir on September 29, 2013. ‘A Tribute to Vilna’ was a celebration of pre-war Jewish life in Vilna and a commemoration of the liquidation of the Vilna […]

Lyrics – Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908 – 1954) Ute Lemper sings “Shtiler, Shtiler (Quiet, Quiet)”. She takes us back to Weimar Republic Berlin and its music, theatre, and cabaret scene. After the Nazis destroyed Weimar culture in 1933, the ‘Kabarett in the Exile’ was formed briefly by Brecht and Eisler. What followed their expression of truth […]

Lyrics – Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908 – 1954) Music – Alexander Tamir (1931 – Arranged by Joseph Giovinazzo Deborah Kayser – soprano Michael Kieran Harvey – piano Caerwen Martin – cello Aaron Barnden – violin This song is featured in The Songs They Sang feature documentary and CD which are both independent Australian productions. The Film […]

Shtiler, Shtiler · Adrienne Cooper Partisans Of Vilna: The Songs Of World War II Jewish Resistance ℗ 1989 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. Released on: 1989-01-01 Producer: Henry Sapoznik & Josh Waletzky Composer: Alexander Volkoviski Author: Shmerke Kaczerginski  

Les chants de la guérilla des juifs, Chants antinazis du ghetto de Vilna (1942 – 1944) ℗ MLP Released on: 1960-01-01 Composer: Alec Volkovitsky