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S I R B A O C T E T A Y I D D I S H E M A M E S I R B A O C T E T A Yiddishe Mame Sirba Octet — www.sirbaoctet.com © Alix Laveau “This music has always been part of The vigour, intensity and my life. It reminds me of my originality of the Sirba Octet’s mother and of family gatherings arrangements bring to life these A when my grandmother and my familiar Eastern European tunes – aunts would beg my father and I to a body of music characterized by play the Yiddish tunes they grew up the wanderings of a whole with. We had no sheet music for population, in which sentiment and Y I D these pieces so they would hum the creative flair are bound together. melody and we would improvise on guitar and violin. I wanted to share FROM ORAL TRADITION TO these moments of joy and NOTES ON A STAVE reciprocity with the audience, D I S moments where rhythms amidst The show’s simple staging and the music and dancing forged acoustic setup allows each of the bonds of love between us.” eight instruments to shine. Strings, Richard Schmoucler, artistic clarinet, piano and cymbalum H E director (translated from the harness the rich tones and subtle original French) variations, effortlessly marrying folk with classical chamber music. THE TZIGANE SPIRIT AND M A YIDDISH SOUL This distinguished ensemble, made up of six members of the Orchestre Yiddish and tzigane communities de Paris, an internationally have produced lively and highly acclaimed pianist and a cimbalom M E sophisticated music which player from one of the greatest captured the imagination of music schools in Moldova, composers such as Bloch, Ravel possesses an incredible on-stage and even Bartók. Over centuries, energy driven by the spirit of the these folk tunes with their Slavic, music. In combination with the Balkan and Eastern flavour have celebratory tone of this show, the percolated throughout Europe enthusiasm, perception and setting the tone and tempo of prowess of these musicians people’s lives through births, becomes electrifying. marriages, festivities and tragedies. A Yiddishe Mame is built on classic With their idiosyncratic fusion of melodies with vibrant phrasing musical styles, Cyrille Lehn and which dance and sing and reinvent Yann Ollivo’s arrangements for the themselves through the ages and Sirba Octet are entirely unique across borders by way of journeys within their genre. A defining show and stories retold. for the ensemble, A Yiddishe Mame has been performed at festivals, theatres and other cultural venues since its debut. A Yiddishe Mame Sirba Octet www.sirbaoctet.com PROGRAM THE MUSICIANS Tire l’aiguille, Emil Stern / The Sirba Octet A Klezdrix / Sirba, arrangements Yann Ollivo Richard Schmoucler violin 1 Les Deux guitares, Traditional repertory Laurent Manaud Pallas violin 2 YID Ukrainian Memories, Grégoire Vecchioni viola Traditional repertory, arrangements Yann Ollivo Claude Giron cello DIS A Yiddishe Mame, Liew Pollack Bernard Cazauran bass and Ian Ivanovici, arrangements Yann Ollivo Philippe Berrod clarinet HE Tanz : Hassidic Dance / Iurie Morar cymbalum Sunrise, Sunset/ Bublitchki Jerry Bloch, Traditional Christophe Henry piano repertory, arrangements Cyrille Arrangements : Yann Ollivo and MA Lehn Cyrille Lehn Bessarabye, Traditional repertory, arrangements Cyrille Duration : 1h30 (Without Lehn intermission) ME Nigun, Ernest Bloch Poliouchka, Russian Traditional Repertory, arrangements Yann Ollivo Doina, Ca la breaza, Traditional repertory, arrangements Cyrille Lehn Medley : Papirosn de Herman Yablokoff/ Tumbalalaika, traditionnal yiddish Ah si j’étais riche, de Jerry Bock Roumania, Roumania, Aaron Lebedef, arrangements Yann Ollivo Medley : Oyfm Pripetshik, Mark Warshawski Hora Martisorului, Gypsy Traditional repertory, arrangements Cyrille Lehn A Yiddishe Mame Sirba Octet www.sirbaoctet.com When violinist Richard Schmoucler The show became their third album founded the Sirba Octet in 2003, with Naïve, and was performed he created an entirely new sound. with the Orchestre Lamoureux at A With arrangers Cyrille Lehn and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Yann Ollivo, five fellow musicians the Orchestre de Trier in Germany, from the Orchestre de Paris, a the Liège Royal Philharmonic, the pianist and a cimbalom player, he Tonkustler Orchester at YID formed a unique ensemble with a Festspielhaus and at Musikverein fresh perspective on klezmer, in Vienna. Yiddish and gypsy music. Their albums have received critical In collaboration with the Orchestre acclaim in the press, winning DIS de Paris, the Sirba Octet performed notably a ‘10 de Répertoire- Un violon sur les toits de Paris, (A Classica’ for Du Shtetl à New York, fiddler on the rooves of Paris), at the European Association for the Théâtre Mogador, a concert Jewish Culture prize and a Choc de which they developed into their Classica for Tantz! The group was HE first acoustic album, A Yiddish also the subject of a documentary Mame, released in 2005 under the by Alain Duault for France 3 label Ambroisie (Naïve). With entitled A day with the Sirba Octet Slavic and Yiddish nuances, this and Isabelle Georges. In 2011 the MA anthology of Eastern European Sirba Octet and Isabelle Georges melodies is drawn from were selected by the Victoires de la Schmoucler’s own memories of Musique Classique to appear happy family gatherings. alongside the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire conducted by John ME Significant artistic Axelrod. partnerships Appearing regularly at leading In 2007, as part of the Festival festivals in France and abroad, the d’Île-de-France, the Sirba Octet Sirba Octet have performed at worked with Isabelle Georges, the many prestigious venues including multi-talented singer, dancer and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, actress known as a ‘triple threat’, to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam produce Du Shtetl à New York. An and Musikverein in Vienna with array of music from the shtetl and longer runs at Théâtre Mogador, standards from the golden age of l’Européen, La Cigale et à l’Espace American musical theatre, via jazz, Pierre Cardin à Paris. In 2012, they ragtime and lullabies composed by took part in the Festival Radio second generation immigrants, the Classique at the Olympia with show charts the journey made by Isabelle Georges and, in 2013, they millions of Eastern Europeans appeared at Musiques en fête aux from their shtetls, or villages, to Chorégies d’Orange which was New York, melting pot of musical broadcast live on France 3. influences from all over the world. The show was inspired by Fabienne Thanks to their talented arranger Rousso-Lenoir’s documentary Du Cyrille Lehn, the Sirba Octet are Shtetl à Broadway and celebrates constantly enriching their heredity and inheritance, an repertoire, adding pieces that range important foundation of the from the most famous to the lesser Yiddish community. known. Lehn worked with the group on a project for which they The Sirba Octet continued to work were joined for the first time by with Isabelle Georges on Yiddish Catherine Lara. This new Rhapsody, a show based on adventure led to the album Au traditional Yiddish music but cœur de l’âme Yiddish (The Spirit accented with elements of jazz, of the Yiddish), released on Sony in salsa, musicals, rock and samba. November 2012. Captivated by Commissioned by the Orchestre de their world, Catherine Lara chose Pau Pays de Béarn, conducted by eight of her most acclaimed pieces Fayçal Karoui, Yiddish Rhapsody to record with the Sirba Octet. In was unique in its staging of the A Yiddishe Mame April 2013, they performed the octet alongside a 50-piece Sirba Octet album live for two concerts at orchestra and was therefore able to www.sirbaoctet.com l’Alhambra in Paris. perform orchestral as well as chamber music. An energetic and heartfelt musical journey A The Sirba Octet releases his 5th The release of the album was album Tantz! in 2015 at the label followed by a concert in June 2018 La Dolce Volta. The release of this at the Musical Seine of Boulogne- new album is followed by a series Billancourt. Sirba Orchestra! will YID of five exceptional concerts at be hosted by orchestras in France Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris. The and abroad in 2019. The reduced album Tantz! is a musical virtuoso, Sirbalalaïka version of this expressive and dancing, carried by program created for nine DIS eight exceptional musicians with musicians, the Sirba Octet and a dazzling performance. This real Balalaïkiste, will be discovered in musical treasure drawn from the 2019. traditional repertoire leads the Classical World Music public at the mercy of the Doina, HE Hora, Sirba and other dances of The vigour, intensity and klezmer and gypsy music from originality of the Sirba Octet’s Eastern Europe. Tantz! Gateway arrangements bring to life the between Romania, Moldavia, familiar tunes of Eastern Europe – MA Russia and Hungary, is seen as a a body of music characterized by twirling and poetic journey, the wanderings of a whole crossing boundaries and population, in which sentiment and imagination. The great violinist, creative flair are bound together. ME Ivry Gitlis, major figure and Unparalleled outside of the emblematic, dedicates this new conventional circuit, the group album and supports this musical skilfully unite genres and combine journey. The album Tantz! reissued both orchestral and chamber at the Deutsche Grammophon label music. Sirba Octet’s unique vision was released in November 2017 puts them in their own league as enriched with two new titles. they pioneer a new genre – Classical World. The Sirba Octet a new album at the Deutsche Grammophon label ! The Sirba Octet engages in a new collaboration for its new album Sirba Orchestra! he signs at the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. Sirba Orchestra! is a meeting between Sirba Octet, a symphony orchestra and one of the greatest balalaika players, Nicolas Kedroff.

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