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Yellow Butterflies by Shahar Regev - Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra
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Yellow Butterflies by Shahar Regev - Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra

Yellow Butterflies – Shahar Regev https://www.schacharregev.com/ For Symphony Orchestra, 2023 MSM Symphony Orchestra Conducted by George Manahan Neidorff-Karpati Hall April 11, 2024 ------- This composition stands as a tribute to the life of my grandfather, Uri Weinberg, encompassing significant milestones from his journey interwoven with influences drawn from specific classical music pieces mentioned in his diaries. Uri's origins trace back to Germany, where an early separation from his parents, tragically never reunited, marked the onset of his arduous biography. Against the backdrop of the ascendant Nazi regime, he aligned himself with the Youth Aliyah, undertaking a solitary passage to Israel over a boat. Later, he bravely returned to Europe and served with the Jewish brigade during World War II. After the war ended, he visited his childhood house, finding an aged wallpaper depicting Yellow butterflies—amidst a closet where his bedroom used to be, which provided a symbolic vestige to the chronicles of adversity and joy. He brought the wallpaper back to Israel as an elegantly captured reminiscence. My interaction with my grandfather was short due to his passing when I was nine years old. Still, they linger as treasured memories, particularly our shared passion for art and music. Subsequent revelations regarding his remarkable life, filled with formidable choices from early adversities to later challenges, underscore the journey toward safety and familial foundation. The central motif in this piece, the "Butterflies," stands as the thematic cornerstone from its inception. Additionally, the composition embraces an Acoustic-Spatial framework, orchestrating seamless transitions across different orchestra sections. The piece includes a march-like theme, symbolizing the strength of youth and the idea of unification. In addition, a folklore-style tune, accompanied by metallic and industrial-like sounds, appears in the center of the piece, resembling the atmosphere of agricultural work in the fields. At the end of the piece, the sounds gradually come from the back into the front and then fade away, employing nuanced left-right panning to craft an immersive auditory experience.
Shahar Regev (Dawn) / Halayla betaut - שחר רגב / הלילה בטעות
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Shahar Regev (Dawn) / Halayla betaut - שחר רגב / הלילה בטעות

Halayla Betaut (Tonight accidentally) JMC April 24th, 2020 Lyrics: Leah Goldberg Melody and arrangement: Schachar Regev Piano: Achinoam Keisar Voice: Zlata Khershberg Website: https://www.schacharregev.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Schacharregev הלילה בטעות קונצרט שנערך במרכז למוסיקה ירושלים בשידור ישיר בכאן קול המוסיקה בתאריך 24 באפריל 2020 מילים: לאה גולדברג לחן ועיבוד: שחר רגב פסנתר: אחינועם קיסר זמרת: זלטה קירשברג --------------------------------------------- הלילה בטעות חלמתי לא עליך, כאילו מישהו לחש לי שם אחר משלג האביב עדי תוגת שלכת דרכו רגלי על זהב-חולות בוער. ואהבה זרה רתקה כבשלשלת את לבבי אל כבד מבטה. אל להט חוף קיצי לווני העינים, בהן קרן יגון והתחרזו תפילות... כך, כנראה, בשיר ימי-בינים ראו הנזירים את ישו בלילות. רק מישהו שלח חיוך מסף התכלת. האם רק לי נדמה היום, שהוא - אתה? --------------------------------------------- מנחה: אמוץ פרידמן הקלטה: צביקה הירשלר צילום: יואל קולינר ע. הקלטה: רפי אשל הפקה: ד"ר רון מרחבי מנהל הסדרה: אורי דרור
Sympathy - Dawn (Shahar Regev)
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Sympathy - Dawn (Shahar Regev)

"Sympathy" - Song cycle Composer: Schachar Regev Concert in Stiefel hall, Mannes School of Music, New York, March 10th, 2020. All poems are part of the MTA Poetry in motion project. Website: https://www.schacharregev.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Schacharregev/ Movements: 00:00 I To You by Walt Whitman 01:27 II Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar 07:12 III There was a man with tongue of wood by Stephen Crane 10:11 IV The Owl by Arthur Sze 13:03 V A Coat by William Butler Yeats 14:55 VI To You by Walt Whitman Schachar Regev, composer Nina Haug, conductor Kristyna Kustkova, voice Margaret Sloyer, flute Dylan James, clarinet Nina Anderson, bassoon Andrew Conover, trumpet Kenneth O'Rourke, percussion Tal First, violin Christian Barros, viola Julie Kim, cello Conor Riccomini, double bass Video editing: Ziv Hadash Sound editing: Soof Sela Text: I To You by Walt Whitman: STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? II Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar: I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals— I know what the caged bird feels! I know why the caged bird beats his wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars; For he must fly back to his perch and cling When he fain would be on the bough a-swing; And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars And they pulse again with a keener sting— I know why he beats his wing! I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,— When he beats his bars and he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings— I know why the caged bird sings! III There was a man with tongue of wood by Stephen Crane: There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood And knew what the man Wished to sing, And with that the singer was content. IV The Owl by Arthur Sze: The path was purple in the dusk. I saw an owl, perched, on a branch. And when the owl stirred, a fine dust fell from its wings. I was silent then. And felt the owl quaver. And at dawn, waking, the path was green in the May light. V A Coat by William Butler Yeats: I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world’s eyes As though they’d wrought it. Song, let them take it For there’s more enterprise In walking naked. VI To You by Walt Whitman: STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

Arrangements

"Hymn to Love" by Edith Piaf

Vocal- Michal Tamari, Conductor- Yael Plotniarz

Jerusalem Academy of Music Orchestra

2017

Songs

"Shlosha Yamim" (Three days)

Poem by Lea Goldberg, Melody by Shahar Regev

Cello and Voice - Shahar Regev

2020

"Bikur" (Visit)

Poem by Lea Goldberg, Melody by Shahar Regev

Piano- Daniel Misler- Arbeli, Vocal- Shahar Regev

2017

"Just the way you are" / Billy Joel

Shahar Regev and Soof Sela

2019

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