LéLé Mam Seven
women, seven individual voices blending to one unique sound, performing
songs from many cultures. Included on the first CD of this powerful
ensemble are songs from Afghanistan, Turkey, Bosnia and Sephardic
songs from Spain and Eastern Europe.Traditionals and original arrangements are sung a capella, sometimes accompanied by percussion. Price: € 20.00  www.lelemam.nl
listen: Si Veriash La Rana Vrouwvolk en Gospodar Balkan,
Yiddish, and Spanish folksongs. Vocal ensemble Vrouwvolk and
the instrumental ensemble Gospodar (Fred Abbingh (accordion),
Marten Scheffer (tambura), Monique Lansdorp (violin), and Henrik
Holm (contrabass)). € 10.00listen: Gjura Canto General Poems
of the great Pablo Neruda set to music by Mikis Theodorakis.
Performed by the chamber choir Good Company under the direction
of Laura Hassler. Soloists: Jacqueline Castro (alto) and Jeroen
Doedens (baritone). € 10.00
Oughta be a woman Vrouwvolk
with Gospodar (Fred Abbingh (accordion), Marten Scheffer (tambura),
Monique Lansdorp (violin), and Henrik Holm (contrabass)) and
Zuhal Gezik (saz) perform songs from around the world. Sephardic
and Bulgarian songs along with Armenian, Macedonian and South
American works. € 10.00listen: Oughta be a woman Songs for Srebrenica Put
out in December 2001 as a result of project “Songs for
Srebrenica.” In the Netherlands and Tuzla, Vrouwvolk sang
both Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar's poems set to music and traditional
Bosnian songs for the women of Srebrenica. A songbook with the
music and lyrics were released with the CD. € 15.00listen: Mujo kuje
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Mama Mihira The
colorful choir Mihira, comprised of women from many different
nationalities, sings traditional children’s songs from
all around the world for children of all ages. The CD and songbook
are part of an educational project initiated by Art education
North-Holland in collaboration with Muselaer, SKV Noord-Kennmerland
and SKV West-Friesland. CD: € 10.00 - Songbook: €
5.00listen: Samba lele Armenian Oratorio, Avedisian The
powerful oratorio from Chatsjatur Avedisian, written in memory
of the victims of the Armenian genocide in 1905, adapted by
Fred Abbingh. CD: € 10.00listen: Oratorio
Vrouwvolk and friends live Live
recording of a concert by Vrouwvolk in the church in Grootschermer,
North-Holland on December 21, 2002. Folksongs from Turkey, Albania,
and Bosnia-Herzegovina. € 10.00 listen: Wore wora Weast The
Regional Youth Orchestra from the Alkmaar music school Artiance
together with the saz ensemble from the Aslan Music Center in
Amsterdam play the Weast suite. The orchestras are under the
direction of Otto de Jong and Zuhal Gezik, respectively. Adaptation
and arrangement: Otto de Jong.€ 10.00 Information about the score at www.highland-music.nl
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