1 May 2020 – Shabbat is almost here
And finally tomorrow we can go out and have a little walk in Spain! Dance with me and celebrate with Lidiya Freilech by the fresh klezmer rock band Ramzailech. This is a story of family love.
After 7 weeks of strict confinement in Spain, finally tomorrow we will be able to go out for a walk, in 1 km around our houses. I can made an appointment with my parents in the middle of the way and say hello without hugs and with masks. Our houses are 1,8 kms far, how lucky! I wish the situation of the whole world will improve little by little soon and we can recover our lifes.
In the meantime, join me in the joy. In 2012 my Facebook friend Hava Rabach-Mascarenhas sent me the link to the video of Lidiya Freilech by the Israeli band Ramzailech. Find it below. The piece has a superb evolution, it is a continuous surprise, enjoy its more than 5 minutes of much more than klezmer.
The band is active and I have just asked them what is this piece about. So, Lidiya is the mother of the clarinetist of the band, Gal Klein (in the picture, without glasses, the other man is the co-founder, Amit Peled). He made the piece for her 50th birthday.
Lidiya’s family is from what is today Ukraine and, what at that time, was the URSS. From 1945 to 1970 they were refused by the government to go to Israel. Finally they got to move and she is settled in Israel nowadays. Gal was born there. I am so thankful for all this background about the piece! In another MBS we will listen his other project, Di Gasn Trio.
Before ending, I want to announce the initiative of the restless team of Sephardic Stories: Sephardic Collection, in which they are producing new contents and interviews, that you can find in their Youtube channel. Don’t miss a thing: follow their FB page to be updated. Next Thursday they will have a live interview with the band Al’Fado.
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Shabbat Shalom.
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