Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place
- Album ID:
- L-052(b)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- Soundbrush Records
- Date of issuance:
- 2007
- Playing time:
- 56:56
- Language:
- English
- Provenance:
- Gift of Frank London, February 2007
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Jazz/Fusion
- Where produced:
- New York, NY
- Number of tracks:
- 21
- Additional notes:
- See Peretz1 for translation of the script of the play and "afterword" by Hillel Halkin.
- Related information in folder 834:
- Comments:
- 1. Article by Alexander Gelfand in English Forward, Oct. 19, 2007, "The Anti-Fiddler".
2. Article by Wendy Rosenfeld in The Philadelphia Inquirer of October 8, 2007 titled "Lost and Confused in a Shtetl's Dark Alleys.
3. Prince Music Theater Stage Bill - Sep 28-Oct 21, 2007
Contents
God's Reply To Job
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- God/Job/Power/Creation
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". By way of the Book of Job, the Recluse rebukes Nosn and the Badkhn for their blasphemies…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33512
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 3:13
Perhaps I Went Too Far
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Extremes/Drifting/Fate/Defeat/Knowledge
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Nosn has died. The recluse has headed back to the hills. The dead have returned to their graves. The badkhn has battled the weathervane rooster on top of the synagogue and lost. Now dawn approaches for the Badkhn…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33513
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 2:35
All Is Vanity
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Everyman/Fate/Life/Struggle/Unknown
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Ah well. Better luck next time…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33514
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Vocal:
- Wedren, Craig
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Vocal:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- Vocal:
- Williams, Jane Kelly
- Vocal:
- They Might Be Giants
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 1:05
A Tavern In Pinsk
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Tavern/Drink/Corpses/Deliverence/Meshiakh/Waiting
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Based upon Peretz's story "A Night At the Old Marketplace". Closing time in the public house… Dring up, gentlemen...
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33515
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- They Might Be Giants
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 0:54
The Tale of The Drowned Klezmorim
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Death/Drink/Klezmorim/Musicians/Sin/Punishment/Drowning
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". According to legend,the Gargoyle guarding the well in the middle of the marketplace once lured a band of musicians to theirdeaths.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33499
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
- Length:
- 2:32
A Word
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Memory/Peace/Thought/Noise/Quiet/Change
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Alone, the Badkhn tries toconcentrate…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33500
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 1:33
One Prayer/One Lullaby
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Respite/Peace/Night/Scheme
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". The townspeople say their bedtime prayers, and the badkhn waits for midnight…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33501
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:43
Forever Yours
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Statue/Gargoyle/Awake/Bargain
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". The Badkhn attempts awakening the old stone gargoyle so that spirits of purgatory can be summoned and Nosn and Sheydele can be reunited…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33502
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Tuba, Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
- Length:
- 3:19
Meet Me In The Old Marketplace
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Meeting/Marketplace/Purgatory/Suffering/God/Indifference
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". The Gargoyle summons the spirits of purgatory…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33503
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hall, LaTanya
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Waltz
- Length:
- 2:48
The Ten Faces Of God
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Mysticism/God/Fragments/Reunite/Mending/Riddle
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". The Recluse attempts to explain to the Badkhn and Nosn the riddle carved beneath the old stone gargoyle that guards the well...
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33504
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Fusion/Concert
- Length:
- 2:55
The Saga Of The Singers Of Brod
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Singers/Plague/Burial/Punishment/Questioning/Epidemic
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Dead singers from purgatory bemoan their fate…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33505
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Concert
- Length:
- 2:48
Call It Disappointing
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Anger/DisappointmentWell/Spirit/Bride/Suicide
- Origin:
- Alb-L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace. The Badkhn vents at the Gargoyle for delivering upon purgatorial vaudvilles instead of the dead Sheyndele…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33506
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
- Length:
- 1:50
I'll make Such Wonders
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Wonders/Miracles/Resurrection/Bride/Groom
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". As the drowned klezmorim play, the Gargoyle yields to the Badkn's demands and raises the corpses from the graveyard.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33507
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Fusion/Jazz/Concert
- Length:
- 5:28
The Bottom Of The Well
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Loss/Death/Love/Suicide/Wedding/Well
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". How Sheyndele met her death, wedding Itzhak instead of Nosn…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33495
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Vocal:
- McKeown, Susan
- First line:
- There's an angel that lies at the bottom of the well. Can you hear hear sighs…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz/Waltz
- Length:
- 2:38
What Is Man's Worth?
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Death/Time/Worth
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace".The yeshiva boy's head home…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33496
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- First line:
- Gone,gone he's gone gone, then gone gone, He's gone gone..Then what is man worth
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Acapella/Change/Chorale
- Length:
- 0:55
Nosn's Vision
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Loss/Yearning/Dream/Fidelity
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Nosn imagines he sees the dead Sheyndele in the public house…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33497
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Wedren, Craig
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz/Waltz
- Length:
- 2:41
Madness
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Insanity/Faith/Delusion/Piety/Bear/Recluse
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". With his trained bear, the Recluse (formerly Itzhak) debates the badkhn…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33498
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
- Length:
- 4:33
Canon Of The Dead
- Genre:
- Theater/Nigun
- Additional song notes:
- Based upon Peretz's story "A Night At the Old Marketplace"
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33508
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Nigun/Acapella
- Length:
- 4:07
It Doesn't Matter
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Memory/Separation/Reunited/Existence/Time
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Nosn reunites with his dead love Sheydele before an unholy wedding.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33509
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- Vocal:
- Williams, Jane Kelly
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Fusion/Jazz/Blues/Concert/Duet
- Length:
- 3:23
Is There Room On Earth?
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Love/Death/Burial/Living//Place/Messiah
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". The dead sing a wedding song.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33510
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion
- Length:
- 2:35
Desire It
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Dance/Eternal Life/Death
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Trying to keep the Dead from returning to their graves, the Badkhn whips them into a dancing frenzy.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33511
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/FusionJazz
- Length:
- 2:21