Идишская, греческая и русская песни на одну мелодию, с последующим разоблачением. Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов ставит многоточие в рассказе о бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танца "Карапет", которую все, включая украинцев, считают чужой. Скачать эпизод Подробное описание Предыдущие эпизоды серии: 1 , 2 Yiddish, Greek and Russian song with the same melody, with an ensuing disclosure. Musician and ethnomusicologist Ilya Saitanov concludes his story about the endless transmut...
Jun 30, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Как украинский танец связан с желанием удержать Финляндию в составе России? Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов продолжает разбираться в бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танца "Карапет", которую все, включая украинцев, считают чужой. Скачать эпизод Подробное описание Предыдущий эпизод серии How is the Ukranian dance connected to a desire to keep Finland within the Russian Empire? Musician and ethnomusicologist Ilya Saitanov further explores the endless transmutations of the melody...
May 18, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Музыкант и этномузыколог Илья Сайтанов разбирается в бесконечных превращениях мелодии украинского танца "Карапет", которую все, включая украинцев, считают чужой. Скачать эпизод Подробное описание Musician and ethnomusicologist Ilya Saitanov explores the endless transmutations of the melody of the Ukrainian dance Karapiet, which everybody, including the Ukrainians, consider "alien". Download the episode Detailed description...
Apr 25, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Музыковед Михаэль Лукин и музыкант Илья Сайтанов "медленно читают" мистические напевы без слов из пограничной Галиции, обращаясь к этнографическим записям и к недавнему концерту группы "Лакоча". Скачать эпизод eshkolot.online/podcast/podcast-41 Musicologist Michael Lukin and musician Ilya Saitanov offer a "slow reading" of mystical songs without words from Galician borderland, based on ethnographic recordings and excerpts from a recent concert by Lakocha. Download the episode Detailed descriptio...
Feb 09, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Premiere of Alex Nadzharov's "Hommage to Mahler" (strings, piano, live electronics) and the composer's talk with musical critic Alexey Munipov. Performed by Contemporary Music Company: Pavel Dombrovsky, piano Ilya Rubinstein, cello Sergey Poltavskij, viola Fedor Beznosikov, violin Alex Nadzharov, live electronics Download the episode Download the audio file with Nadzharov's "Hommage to Mahler" Detailed description Премьера сочинения Алексея Наджарова "Посвящение Густаву Малеру" (для струнных, фо...
Oct 29, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Ilya Saitanov of Lakocha shares his journey following the most "vagrant" Mediterranean melody – from Istanbul to New York, from Algiers to Baghdad, from Alexandria to Moscow. Download the episode Detailed description Илья Сайтанов из группы «Лакоча» отправляется в путешествие по следам самой знаменитой «бродячей мелодии» Средиземноморья – от Стамбула до Нью-Йорка, от Алжира до Багдада, и от Александрии до Москвы. Скачать весь эпизод Подробное описание...
Oct 29, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Playlist of songs from XX century Yiddish and Hebrew theater shows, from New York to Moscow, annotated by Ilya Saitanov. Download the playlist Detailed annotation 00:07 Lekoved dem Khayligen Shabbos 02:31 Mipney Ma 03:47 Zastolnaya Pesnya 06:27 Yisrolik 09:28 Oy Gewald A Ganef 12:11 Freitag auf der nacht 15:16 Lechaim brider Плейлист из песен идишского и ивритского театра XX века, от Нью-Йорка до Москвы, с комментариями Ильи Сайтанова. Скачать весь плейлист Подробные комментарии...
Jun 28, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 38
How a synagogue cantor (chazzan) can avoid turning prayer into operetta? In the latest episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast Gregory Yakerson, the cantor of St. Petersburg Synagogue, reveals the secrets of his art. Download the episode Detailed description Как избежать превращения молитвы в оперетту? В новом выпуске подкаста Radio Eshkolot кантор (певчий) Санкт-Петербургской синагоги Григорий Якерсон раскрывает секреты мастерства. Скачать эпизод Подробное описание...
May 17, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Why do Hasidic Jews believe that you can hear Polish and Ukrainian peasants inadvertently speaking Hebrew and Yiddish? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musicologist Hava Shmulevich and musician Ilya Saitanov continue the discussion of "macaronic" language of Jewish songs (see the first episode here ). Download the episode Detailed description Почему хасидам постоянно чудится, что польские или украинские крестьяне невольно говорят на еврейском языке? Музыковед Хава Шмулевич и музыкант...
Apr 14, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 36
In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musical critic Alexey Munipov introduces "Bukovina songs" by contemporary composer Leonid Desyatnikov, performed by pianist Pavel Dombrovsky. Inspired by Bukovina – a very unusual "contact zone" between Ukrainian, German, Jewish, Polish and Romanian cultures – Desyatnikov's preludes reflect his childhood fascination with radio edits of Ukrainian folk songs, transfigured by echoes of Stravinsky, Chopin, Bartok, Webern, Sati and Gershwin. Download the e...
Mar 09, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Why do Hasidic Jews (whose native language was Yiddish, and sacred language of prayer and learning – Hebrew) chose to sing some of their most sacred songs in a Slavic dialect? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast, musicologist Hava Shmulevich and musician Ilya Saitanov discuss the "macaronism" (mixture of languages) in traditional Jewish songs. Download the episode Detailed description Зачем хасидам (родным языком которых был идиш, а языком учености и молитвы – иврит) петь о своих религи...
Feb 15, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 34
In the latest episode of Radio Eshkolot podacst the Berlin-based contemporary composer Boris Filanovsky conducts a "creative listening" workshop on the slow part of Beethoven's "Ghost Trio" (op.70), performed specially for the workshop by Contemporary Music Company in Peredelkino Creative Space (Moscow). Download the episode Detailed description В новом выпуске подкаста Radio Eshkolot современный композитор Борис Филановский (Берлин) проводит практикум "медленного слушания" "Призрачного трио" (o...
Jan 18, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musician Ilya Saitanov ("Lakocha") tries to unravel a bundle of questions and enigmas around the musical permutations of Itzik Manger's poem "Du vest geyn mitn barg". Download the episode Detailed description В новом выпуске подкаста Radio Eshkolot музыкант Илья Сайтанов («Лакоча») пытается распутать клубок вопросов и загадок вокруг песни на слова Ицика Мангера "Du vest geyn mitn barg". Скачать эпизод Подробное описание...
Dec 28, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Recently New York-based musician Zisl Slepovitch delivered a series of talks on Jewish music of Belarus ( bit.ly/2HQA3ms ) and together with Ilya Saitanov curated a thematic playlist of rare sound recordings ( bit.ly/33wlZpT ). In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast ZIsl Slepovitch gives you the answer to the essential question – How one can discern by the sound of Jewish music that it originates from Belarus? Download the episode: http://files.eshkolot.ru/mixtape31.mp3 Detailed descriptio...
Dec 01, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 31
This playlist curated by the New York-based musician and musicologist Zisl Slepovitch and Ilya Saitanov (Lakocha) is a prelude to the next episode, which will be devoted to the Jewish music of Belarus. Rare recordings of secular and religious music were mostly made in the field by ethnomusicologists Zinoviy (Susman) Kiselgof, Sofia Magid, Yakov Mazor, Inna Nazina, Dmitry Zisl Slepovitch and Nina Stepanskaya. Download the episode Detailed description 00:06 Kvoyde Moyle Eylom (Shimen Herman) 00:58...
Nov 18, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Meet KGB archives, exclusive interviews and rare recordings in the second and final part of Mitia Khramtsov's and Ilya Saitanov's story of the Soviet Jewish restaurant musicians ("labukhs). You are advised to start listening from the first part , accompanied by the annotated playlist . Download the episode Detailed description Архивы КГБ, эксклюзивные интервью и редкие записи – во второй части подкаста Radio Eshkolot, посвященного советским ресторанным музыкантам-лабухам. Составители и ведущие –...
Nov 02, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 29
As a sequel to their podcast on Jewish music in the Soviet restaurant musicians Mitia Kharmtsov (Dobranoch) and Ilya Saitanov (Lakocha) offer a curated and annotated playlist of top-10 archival recordings of Jewish "labukh" musicians. Download the episode Detailed description В продолжение своего подкаста о еврейской музыке в советском ресторане музыканты Митя Храмцов ("Добраночь") и Илья Сайтанов ("Лакоча") представляют комментированный плейлист из 10 лучших редких записей еврейских "лабухов". ...
Oct 19, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Recently opened KGB archives in Ukraine give us a rare glimpse into the Jewish music of the Soviet restaurants – a scene relentlessly thriving in 1970s and 1980s despite persecution. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musicians Mitia Khramtsov (Dobranoch) and Ilya Saitanov (Lakocha) take us on a journey based on interviews with old labukhs (restaurant musicians) and rare recordings. Download the episode Detailed description Недавно открытые архивы КГБ в Украине проливают неожиданный св...
Oct 05, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Why do Mountain Jews of the Caucasus pronounce Hebrew a lot like Yemenites? How does music demonstrate that Mountain Jews came to the Caucasus from Iran? Why do Mountain Jews and Muslims speak the same juhuri language but don't share even one folk song? How does music from Dagestan influence the soundscape of modern Israel? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast Israeli ethnomusicologist, composer and musician Piris Eliyahu talks about musical traditions of his own community and comments o...
Sep 14, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Why did the keeper of Berditchev synagogue polish the magnificent chandelier on Sabbath eve and hang himself on it? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast the actress Julia Aug tells a Hasidic story about withering fire, freezing water, generous princes, wise centenarians, and dangerous ideas. Commentary: Uri Gershovich. Soundtrack: Alex Nadzharov, Grigory Sandomirsky, Maria Logofet. Download the episode Detailed description Почему сторож синагоги Бердичева накануне субботы начистил неверо...
Aug 25, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 25
How does Kazachok transform Hungarian string instruments into percussion? Where does it arrive in the course of its Odyssey around Greek islands? What did American klezmer musicians do to it? In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast, Ilya Saitanov continues his adventurous ethnomusicological journey (for the beginning, see the first part ). Download the episode Detailed description Как казачок превращает венгерские струнные инструменты в ударные? Чем заканчивается его одиссея по греческим ос...
Jul 20, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Is Kazachok a melody or a dance? Is Ukranian gopak the same as Ukranian kozachok? And what about Jewish hopke and kozatske? When do Lubavitch hasidim dance Kazachok? All these questions are subjects of endless debate. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast, musician and folklorist Ilya Saitanov in dialogue with his colleague from Ukraine Ilya Fetisov leads us into the thicket of ethnomusicology with a lot of rare musical tracks. Download the episode Detailed description "Казачок" – это мел...
Jun 26, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 23
How did the blind Rabbi from Aleppo turn a popular Egyptian song into a Messianic hymn? How did the melody of a blind Iraqi Sufi get to be played by an Israeli musician as an opening for Radiohead? Why do synagogues in Jerusalem recite Kaddish to the melody of an Umm Kulthum song? The new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast is about a quaint relationship of Judaism with Arab music. Detailed description Download the episode 00:10 Lamma bada || Lamma haketz (Haim Louk & David Menachem) 06:18 Foq...
Jun 01, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 22
"Sleep, sleep, my girl, sleep, sleep, my dear. Daddy will bring you a birdie, so that your eye won't hurt". Why is father always away? How does the bird cure the eye? Why is the singer lisping? What do Yakut songs have in common with a Jewish lullaby? The "slow listening" of a simple Yiddish lullaby with a musician Ilya Saitanov and a philologist Alexandra Polyan leads you into the magic thicket of ethnography, linguistics and musicology. Download the episode Detailed description "Засыпай, засып...
May 18, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 21
One night in November 2019 groups of flâneurs went walking in Berlin. Their impressions were captured in flows of images, audio notes, videos, stories, and a musical piece. Drifters created situations where the once-familiar city became defamiliarized – "Berlin is never Berlin". Composer Alex Nadzharov montaged the Drift sounds into the psychogeographic musical piece "Berlin Drift". This is a sound-route through the city. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast the soundscape of "Berlin Dri...
Apr 30, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 20
"You should drink a little vodka, but like a Mensch, not like a Golem" – this line from a Yiddish song incorporates the whole philosophy of Jewish drinking. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast musician and folklorist Ilya Saitanov and linguist Alexandra Polyan present the adventurous story of the lyrics and music of the song Az me nemt a bisele bronfn , with ethnographic materials and live performance by Lakocha. Download the episode Detailed description "Немного водки нужно взять, но т...
Apr 14, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 19
"Slow reading is the opposite of close reading and yes I do think that Jewish reading practices can teach us a lot about this kind of reading and that reading is always a call, it's always a call to respond. Only after silent reading is invented does reading become a kind of practice literally and figuratively of masturbation". In the latest episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast enfant terrible of Jewish Studies Daniel Boyarin (UC Berkeley) talks about Slow Reading over a soundscape by contemporary ...
Apr 01, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Did you know that "Oyfn pripetchek brent a fayerel" (“On the hearth, a fire burns”) is actually a metaphor for female desire? The story told by Israeli musicologist Michael Lukin begins with rabbinic condemnation of Jewish women singing "whore songs" in early modern Europe and continues with one of such songs becoming a source for the most famous Yiddish didactic "folk" song of our times. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast Michael Lukin’s story is accompanied by several dissimilar musi...
Mar 16, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Why Jewish "folk songs" were "invented" in the 19th century? Does it mean the Jews did not sing outside the synagogue before? And if they did, then when and where? How do raisins and almonds appear in the most popular Ashkenazi lullaby? How can a roof tile turn into a goat? Israeli musicologist Michael Lukin talks about the famous "Rozhinkes mit mandlen" – and through it about the history, poetics and music of Jewish folk songs – in the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast. Musical examples: 00...
Feb 27, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Ancient Hebrew devotional songs – tehillim (ψαλμοί, Psalms)– have reached us only as written texts. However, for thousands of years they have endlessly inspired composers to recreate the vanished music. This episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast presents daring attempts at writing a "soundtrack" to Psalms – from French Renaissance to New York avant-garde of the 21st century. Download the entire episode Detailed description Henry Purcell. Out of the Deep (Ps. 130) 00:00-06:22 Arvo Pärt. Psalom (Ps. 1...
Feb 03, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 15
