How the clarinet laughed! We heard an excellent late afternoon concert of Klezmer music - from the villages and ghettos of Eastern Europe where Jewish troubadours mixed Jewish, East European and Asia Minor melodies and harmonies, both secular and religious - in the Chopin Gallery in Krakow as part of regular series of concerts. It was played on clarinet, accordion and double bass by a very accomplished Trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim. A shame that the audience was small and the gallery difficult to find, although near to and on a main street off the old market square. But we were very glad we had persisted in hunting it down to hear a form of music so closely associated with people upon whom terrible atrocities were committed in and near to Krakow during the second world war. However, the music stood on its own as a joyous celebration of life, despite everything. A great way to start our evening.
How the clarinet laughed! We heard an excellent late afternoon concert of Klezmer music - from the villages and ghettos of Eastern Europe where Jewish troubadours mixed Jewish, East European and Asia Minor melodies and harmonies, both secular and religious - in the Chopin Gallery in Krakow as part of regular series of concerts. It was played on clarinet, accordion and double bass by a very accomplished Trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim. A shame that the audience was small and the gallery difficult to find, although near to and on a main street off the old market square. But we were very glad we had persisted in hunting it down to hear a form of music so closely associated with people upon whom terrible atrocities were committed in and near to Krakow during the second world war. However, the music stood on its own as a joyous celebration of life, despite everything. A great way to start our evening. Aug 2018
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