Yitzhak yedid / through the window of marc chagall
YITZHAK YEDID Through the Window of Marc Chagall Yitzhak Yedid — Solo Piano YEDID’s new solo piano album released dete: January 11, 2011. Challenge International Records Midsummer night’s dream – Bride of Jerusalem (Midsummer night’s dream –Chagall 1939) / Yitzhak Yedid “I see the fire, the smoke and the gas; rising to the blue cloud, turning it black. I see the torn-out hair, the pulled-out teeth. They overwhelm me with my rabid palette. I stand in the desert before heaps of boots, clothing, ash and dung, and mumble my Kaddish. And as I stand—from my paintings, the painted David descends to me, harp in hand. He wants to help me weep and recite chapters of Psalms.” Marc Chagall’s notes on his own painting Song of David How deep, direct and pained are the words of the artist who, more than anyone else, through his work conveyed the images of holiness, beauty and love fused with evil, the bleakness of tragedy and the challenging images of that most terrible period. The music for this album was inspired by many of the works of Marc Chagall, but from the point of view of someone living in the here and now. This is music that conveys images of beauty, prayer and Jewish tradition fused with sadness and strife. I have written the names of the works that particularly inspired me, in the titles. Even so I would to point out that the music does not necessarily portray what we will perceive in them. Their influence is primarily felt in proffering the concept. I would also put it …
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