Description
Weihnukka is a unique and very personal musical mixture of the two great festivities Christmas and Hanukkah.
Why don't you do a Weihnukka CD', that's what label boss Daniel Dinkel said to me on the phone. My reply: Me? Something religious? I'm not that into religion. Daniel, are you sure I'm the right person?' He said, 'Yes, just go ahead.' So I decided to record a very personal âWeihnukka' CD and wrap up my own questions around the two festivi-ties of Christmas and Hanukkah. The term âWeihnukka' developed in the 19th century, during the Jewish Enlightenment, when it was in vogue for German Jews to adapt to the German customs: presents, a Christmas tree, and simultaneously Hanukkah celebrations with the Hanukkiah and spinning top games for the children. It could have become a charming German-Christian-Jewish symbiosis. Were it not that this delicate root of a newly founded tradition was badly damaged by National Socialism and the Holocaust. This CD gives 'Weihnukka' a new try. âWeihnukka' - a sym-biosis of two festivals 'Weihnachten' (Christmas) and Hanukka, although they had nothing in common, except that they both are celebrated around the winter solstice. Hanukkah commemorates the liberation through an armed uprising; whereas Christmas promises âPeace on earth among men in whom he is well pleased.' (although Christmas radically separates the Old from the New Testament).
Track Listing
- Heilige Nacht
- Drey Dreydl
- Es wird scho glei dumpa
- Der Vinter
- Partizaner Marsh
- Ned no amoi
- Akht Likhtelekh
- Mai Madele, mai Tschuurale
- Hirten-Doyna
- Kommet, ihr Hirten
- Ghost Light/Andachtsjodler
- Di Tsukunft
- We Shall Live in Peace
Additional Details
Label: Galileo Music
Genre: World
Language: English
Run Time: 48:10 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 12/13/19
UPC: 4250095800887
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