Thessaloniki, wait for me - 75 years later
26/01/2020
The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and the soprano Mariangela Chatzistamatiou, organizes on Sunday 26
th January 2019 at 19:00, in the Monastiriotes Synagogue (35Syggrou str) the concert entitled "Wait for me Thessaloniki - 75 Years Later" in commemoration of the Remembrance Day of the Greek Jews Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust and the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the extermination camps of Auschwitz – Birkenau.
The song titled "Waiting for Thessaloniki" was sung by the Thessaloniki Jews, prisoners of Auschwitz.
Musicians:
Mariangela Chatzistamatiou, vocals, research & art direction
Nikos Panagiotidis, strings & orchestrations
From the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
Alexandros Stavridis, clarinet
Dimitris Vittis, percussion
Stratos Kakambouras, violin
Ioannis Stefos, cello
Programme:
1. Kaddish, music: Salamone Rossi
2. Oseh Shalom
3. Psalm 104 - on Creation, orchestration: Yonnie Dror
4. “Quando il Rey Nimrod” traditional sephardic song
5. “Eli, Eli” Prayer in Judeo-Spanish
6. “Shnei shoshanim” lyrics: Yaakov Orland, music: Mordechai Zeira
7. “Hermanas Reina y Cautiva” traditional sephardic song
8. “Durme Durme” traditional sephardic lullaby
9. “Mein Yiddishe Momme” lyrics: Jack Yellen, music: Jack Yellen & Lew Pollack
10. “Avinu Malkeinu” music: Max Janowski
11. “Yerushalayim shel zahav” lyrics and music: Naomi Shemer
Organized by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki in cooperation with the TSSO
By invitation - limited seating
Info: TSSO box office (73, Nikis avenue, tel. 2310 236990) and from the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (26, Vas. Irakleiou, tel. 2310275701)