A Yiddish Winterreise is a sequence of songs from the Yiddish repertoire devised by opera singer and cantor Mark Glanville, recreating the original, Schubertian journey in a Holocaust context. The singer reflects on the life and world he has just seen destroyed as he flees the Vilna ghetto. Minor-key or modal melodies may evoke a sense of sadness, yet a deep-hearted joy, even triumph, are often equally evident.
Khosn bazingns
S'brent*
A zemer*
Vilne*
Oyfn pripetshik (arr. A. Knapp, C. Haran-Smith)
Vos vet zayn az moshiach vet kumen (arr. Max Persin)
Der rebe hot geheysen freylekh zayn
Shulamis: Rozhinkes mit mandlen*
Yerusholayim
Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum
Tumbalalayke*Moyshele mayn fraynd (arr. H. Anik)
Hot a yid a vaybele (arr. J. Kammen)
Unter dayne vayse shtern*
Khatskele; Habeit mishomayim*
Az der rebe Elimelekh*
Der zeyger (Kinder yorn (arr. J. Kammen)
Kleyner yosem*
Un a yingele vet zey firn*
A malekh vert geboyrn*
Kaddish
*Arranged by Alexander Knapp