Valeria's Klezmer Chariot feat. Farshid Dalir | Meron Medley

Recorded in October 2021, for online Limmud Stockholm 2021.

Meron is a tiny town situated on a mountain, near the city of Tzfat, in Galilee, (northern Israel/Palestine), hosting the tombs of some of the most famous rabbinic figures as Hillel, Shammai, and Shimon Bar Yochai.

Every year, on Lag B'Omer - the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer - about a million Jews, from ultra-orthodox to secular, meet to celebrate one of the biggest parties in Israel with singing, dancing, and bonfire. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_BaOmer

The celebrations are accompanied by Meron nigunim, a repertoire of instrumental dances, created by amateur Yiddish and Arabic-speaking Hasidic musicians during the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries. The melodies are usually accompanied by Arabic rhythms and percussions. Source: Feldman, Zev. "Klezmer, Music, History & Memories" New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pg. 389.

VALERIA'S KLEZMER CHARIOT

Valeria Conte: clarinet
John Runefelt: accordion
Stian Grimstad: tuba

Farshid Dalir: nagara percussion

sound and video: Leon Cherniev
video editing: Valeria Conte

https://valeriaclarinetta.com/