New Year’s Song in Yiddish
“Di tsaytn fun a mol” (original: “Auld Lang Syne”)
Scottish folk song; original lyric transcription: Robert Burns (1788)
Yiddish lyrics and choral arrangement: Binyumen Schaechter (Sept.-Oct. 2017)
Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער פֿאָלקסכאָר
Binyumen Schaechter, conductor
בנימין שעכטער, דיריגענט
Seth Weinstein, pianist
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Filmed live in performance
October 14, 2018 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
as part of the encore concert of
“To Everything There Is a Season: The Year in Yiddish Song”
(World Premiere: June 10, 2018, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC)
Videography: Asaf Blasberg http://asafblasberg.com
Post-Production: Isaac Bleaman, Avi Eisen, Leyzer Gillig, Libi Miransky, Binyumen Schaechter, and Sam Zerin
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