Fragment, Shostakovich (Pushkin) Patrick van Rhedenborg bass (1950)/Peter Greve piano recital 2014 скачать в хорошем качестве

Fragment, Shostakovich (Pushkin) Patrick van Rhedenborg bass (1950)/Peter Greve piano recital 2014

Performed during a recital in Eemnes april 26 2014 Patrick van Rhedenborg bass, Peter Greve, piano. This first poem from ''four monologues'' by Dmitry Shostakovich is Pushkin’s response to the anti-semitism he encountered during his years in Moldavia. It is a moving account of a Jewish family, fearful of persecution and the unknown threat that might strike at any time. Jewishness and anti-semitism were constant themes in Shostakovich’s mind, and he often used Jewish klezmer-music in his pieces. Here the musical inspiration is not klezmer but the sound of religious chant and of Christian church-bells (a sinister threat to the Jewish family in the poem). This is a song about persecution. Four Monologues to Words by A. Pushkin A Fragment In the Jewish hut, a pale lamp burns in a corner; At the lamp, an old man is reading the Bible. His grey hair hangs down onto the book. A young Jewess weeps over an empty cradle. In another corner, a young Jew sits with his head down, deep in his thoughts. An old woman cooks a late supper in that sad hut. The old man closes the holy book and fastens its copper clasps. The old woman puts the meagre supper on the table, and calls the whole family. No one comes, they neglect the meals. Hours run on in silence. All is asleep in the shade of night, The Jewish hut alone has amiable sleep bypassed. The town belfry’s clock strikes midnight. – Suddenly, a heavy hand knocks at the door. The family starts, the young Jew then gets up and, bewildered, opens the door. And lo, an unknown stranger comes in, a traveller’s staff in his hand