Dus gezang fin geto Lodzh >> Listen to samples from the newly-released CD: © 2004 David Kaufman Dus gezang fin geto Lodzh Song of the Lodz Ghetto About 80 minutes, plus encores from regular repertoire Developed over the last 15 years, Song of the Lodz Ghetto is a unique musical-theatrical work, a song cycle in which memory and imagination freely interact to create a Proustian journey between present and past. At the center are Brave Old World's arrangements of the rare Jewish street and cabaret songs from the Nazi ghetto of Lodz, Poland, 1940-44. Leading through the Lodz repertoire like stepping-stones through the river of memory are Brave Old World's own original compositions, reflections on 17 years of performing Jewish music. Michael Alpert's moving Berlin 1990 forms the emotional and musical counterpoint to the passionate and ironic street songs of the bard of the Lodz ghetto, Yankele Herszkowicz. A musical and spiritual journey of resistance, love, and reconciliation. A sparse but effective use of props, lighting and staging gives the evening its theatrical character. The entire program is presented in Yiddish, with projected English supertitles if desired. The evening is suitable for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences alike, and although its tone is serious, it leaves audiences with a feeling of reconciliation and wholeness, not darkness and despair. Read reviews. ::