ARRANGEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL KLEZMER TUNES
CLARINET & PIANO
Der Gasn Nign, ca. 5 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Der Heyser Bulgar, ca. 3.5 min
Composer: Traditional, arr. David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
CLARINET & CELLO
WEDDING DANCE (2013), ca. 4 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Performances: Greenspace NYC (20??): David Krakauer & Jeff Zeigler; Academia Chigiana (2022): David Krakauer, Clive Greensmith
CLARINET, CELLO, PIANO
Der Heyser Bulgar, ca. 3.5 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Instrumentation: clarinet, violoncello, piano
Performances: Academia Chigiana (2022): David Krakauer, Clive Greensmith, Ciro Longobardi
Der Gasn Nign, ca. 5 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Instrumentation: clarinet, cello, piano
Performances: Academia Chigiana (2022): David Krakauer, Clive Greensmith, Ciro Longobardi
CLARINET QUARTET
[David Krakauer is the exclusive soloist until further notice.]
Der Gasn Nign (2021) ca. 5 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer
Instrumentation: Clarinet quartet
Der Heyser Bulgar (2021) ca. 4 min
Composer: Traditional/arranged by David Krakauer
Instrumentation: Clarinet quartet
PROGRAM NOTES:
The Wedding Dance, Der Gasn Nign (The Street Song), and Der Heyser Bulgar (The Hot Bulgar) are three standards of the Eastern European Jewish klezmer repertoire. In creating arrangements of these traditional celebration tunes, I have basically drawn from the old 1920s klezmer recordings as my main source material. However I have also thrown in influences from the work I have done with musician colleagues for the past 15+ years.