Obscure Yiddish Folk Songs, Both Humorous and Heartbreaking, with Mikhl Yashinsky at Library (FH)
May 28 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This program will be presented in-person and virtually on Zoom. Join us in-person in the Auditorium at the FCL Farmington Hills location at 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI, 48334.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting link.
Registration is not required to attend in person.
Obscure Yiddish Folk Songs, Both Humorous and Heartbreaking, with Mikhl Yashinsky
A green duck goes in search of noodles to chew on. A soldier leaving for the Russo-Japanese war bids a heartbreaking farewell to his mother, father, and sweetheart. A mysterious stranger enters the shtetl. These are just some of the strange scenarios found in the antiquated but wonderfully alive Yiddish songs that Mikhl Yashinsky, a Yiddish performer who grew up in Farmington Hills, has learned over the past few years as an apprentice to the veteran New York folk singer Ethel Raim. His live renditions (including songs for which he has written new Yiddish lyrics), performed in the traditional, intimate yet ornamented style of unaccompanied Yiddish singing, will be interwoven with remarks on their origins and cultural nuances. English translations to be projected throughout.
