Oy Chanukah!

Oy Chanukah!

Editorial Reviews
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Oy Chanukah! is vigorously entertaining and always instructive, with lively musical pieces interspersed with stories and explanations of Chanukah traditions and memories from a host of sources. And as the liner notes illustrate, the expression "oy!"--like klezmer music itself--can be "a lament, a protest, a cry of dismay, a reflex of delight." Here the Klezmer Conservatory preserves the singular beauty and breadth of Jewish culture and Yiddish expression associated with the festive holy days of Chanukah. Highly recommended. --Martin Keller

Tracks:

A Freylekhe Nakht In Gan Eydn
Chanukah/Chanukah, The Festival Of Lights
Khasidm Tants
Celebrating In The Shtetl
Der Bosfor
Jewish Heroines
Dona, Dona
Memories Of Klezmorim
A Yingele Fun Polyn
Klezmorim At Chanukah
Klezzified
Shlof, Mayn Kind/The Eternal Light
Bruchas
The Struggle For Freedom
O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh
Making Latkes
Fayer
The Dreydl Game
The Dreydl Song
Chanukah Gelt
Abi Gezunt
The Great Yiddish Poets, Oy Canukah
Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah!

Amazon.com

Oy Chanukah! is vigorously entertaining and always instructive, with lively musical pieces interspersed with stories and explanations of Chanukah traditions and memories from a host of sources. And as the liner notes illustrate, the expression "oy!"--like klezmer music itself--can be "a lament, a protest, a cry of dismay, a reflex of delight." Here the Klezmer Conservatory preserves the singular beauty and breadth of Jewish culture and Yiddish expression associated with the festive holy days of Chanukah. Highly recommended. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

Oy Joy!!.......2002-08-27

Oy Chanukah! is heard throughout our home before Thanksgiving and continues for a month. It is filled with joyful celebratory music, wonderful stories and thrilling Klezmer. Anyone wishing to relive the story of Chanukah as well as learn how it was celebrated in the shtetels of Europe will enjoy this tape. It is a great gift for a child as well as an adult. I am thrilled from hearing the first Klezmer notes to the last moving poem.

Latkes, dreidel and dancing.......2002-01-08

This tape was a Chanukah gift (what else?) from my sister some years ago, and has livened our Chanukah parties every year since. There is nothing better than eating latkes and playing dreidel than eating latkes, playing dreidel and letting the soulful klezmer clarinets wind their way into your heart.

The tape includes a beautiful rendition of the Chanukah blessings, with a grandfather and grandson singing together. Between musical cuts, you will also hear a few stories of Chanukah in Eastern Europe, before the War--about lighting candles, making latkes, and celebrating in the shtetls. By now the elderly story-tellers may be gone, making these cuts the more important.

Some music, like Chanukah, Chanukah, is quite traditional. But you will also be treated to the chants of Chasidim, and the stories and songs of the Chanukah heroes and heronies.

Tracks:

Oy Chanukah
Story of Chanukah
Hinay Ba
Chanukah Candles
Ma'oz Tsur #1
My S'vivon
Chanukah Is Here
Al Hanism
Feast of Lights
Joyful Chanukah
Ne'r Li
Dreydl Song
Hanerot Halalu
Mi Y' Malel
Ma Oz Tsur #2
Hallelujah Chanukah
Brahot

Album Description

The festival of Chanukah is a celebration that reminds the Jewish people of the victory of the Macabees over the oppressive rulers of that time in history. It was then that the altar in the temple was rededicated with the lighting of the menorah. The miracle, that a tiny bit of oil could burn for eight days, has become the focal point of this Jewish Holiday. A spirit of exaltation is evident through the music and the people's enjoyment of this event. The sounds of musical instruments and voices all blend together in our collection of Chanukah songs which will surely allow you to revel in this most meaningful celebration. So, join with is as The Pacific "Pops" Orchestra and The New Horizon Singers bring to you the ever-joyful music of Chanukah.