Concert of the New Budapest Orpheum Society for the Out of the Shadows festival  in Madison, WI, 2016. 

Genre	Concert performance

The New Budapest Orpheum Society performed slightly different programs for the festival in Madison (US) and the festival in Leeds and York (UK).  

 

I – OVERTURE

Die koschere mischpoche! / The Kosher Family

II – CABARET WORLDS BEYOND THE FOOTLIGHTS

Ikh zing / I Sing, Dos pintele Yid / The Quintessential Jew, Erlekh zayn / Be Virtuous

III – CABARET STORIES, PAST AND FUTURE

Wir Ladies aus Amerika / We Ladies from America, Theresienstadt Potpourri – Aus der Familie der Sträusse / From the Strauss Family, Tomorrow

IV – HELSINKI CABARET REDISCOVERED

Three songs from the research of Dr. Simo Muir / Lyrics by Jac Weinstein Yosef, Yosef / Joseph, Joseph, Piste Couplet / Couplet of the Ration Card, Tif iz di Nakht / Dark Is the Night

• INTERMISSION •

V – THERESIENSTADT IN THE CABARET MIRROR

Three songs from the research of Dr. Lisa Peschel / Lyrics by František Kovanic & Hans Hofer

Kufr a já / The Suitcase and Me (from Prinz Bettliegend), Die Kuh / The Cow, The Final Song from Prinz Bettliegend

VI – HERMANN LEOPOLDI – NOSTALGIA

Die Novaks aus Prag / The Novaks from Prague, Composers’ Revolution in Heaven, I bin a stiller Zecher . . . ! / I’m a Quiet Boozer . . . !, Hermann Leopoldi; Salpeter (Karl Pollach); Berndt-Hofer

VII – CABARET IN THE WORLDS OF EXILE

Five Elegies from the Hollywooder Liederbuch / Hollywood Songbook (1942–43), Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht. Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen / Under the Green Pepper Trees, Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt / The City Is Named after the Angels, Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen / In Order to Earn My Daily Bread Each Morning, Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt / This City Taught Me, In den Hügeln wird Gold gefunden / Gold Is Found in the Hills, L’automne californien / Autumn in California

VIII – YIDDISH FILM MUSIC – THE BEGINNINGS OF BEYOND

Maz’l / Good Fortune, Friling / Springtime

IX – LIGHT BEYOND THE DARKNESS

Black Market, Illusions

Researcher	Simo Muir
Researcher	Lisa Peschel