Three Klezmer Dances: I. Khassidl

"Three Klezmer Dances: I. Khassidl"
Composed by: Mike Romaniak

Event: Mike Romaniak - Composition Recital 2011
Hall: Hart House Music Room
Date: Feb 10th, 2011
Performed by: Jen Blackwell, Mike Romaniak, Alex Espinosa.

Program Notes: Three Klezmer Dances (2011) was produced after being introduced to many different Klezmer dances while playing with the University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble. Learning to improvise using modes of the minor harmonic scale (e.g. Freygish, Mishabarach, etc.) instantly sparked my interest in this music. The natural tendency to bring out the augmented second leap in these modes is something very characteristic of Klezmer music, and very exotic for a young composer. The dances included in this piece: a khassidl, an Eastern-European hora, and a bulgar. Each movement features one of the members of the saxophone trio.

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• klezmer
• dances
• mike
• romaniak
• composition
• composer
• saxophone
• trio
• khassidl

[AFcunningham]

cool stuff. just wondering where you influenced by johannes brahm's hungarian dances for your dances idea