Name:
Morein, Donna
Related information in folder 1239:
Comments:
1. 10/14/2012 Program of concert held on October 14, 2012 in Philadelphia at Congregation Kesher Israel. The archive received a special thanks in the program.

2. 6/1/2016 Flyer announcing Concert at Drexel University (Philadelphia) on June 1, 2016 by the Mediterranean Ensembe with special guest Donna Morein.with program of the concert

Tracks with this artist

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Classical/Theater/Love
Subject:
Money/Fame/Love/Courting/Famly/Persistance
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36588
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
Holding hands at midnight, 'neath a starry skh...Oh that is nice work if you...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
2:59

Love Is Here To Stay

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Instrumental/Theater/Love
Subject:
Love/Constancy/Radio/Telephone.Rockies/Gibralter/Passing
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36589
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
It's very clear, our love is here to stay, not for a year, but ever and a day,
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
2:58

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

Author:
Gershwin, George
Author:
Gershwin, Ira
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, Ira
Genre:
Theater/Classical
Subject:
Love/Differences/Breakup/Heartbreak
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36590
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
You say either and I say eyther, you say neither and I say nyther,...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
2:40

They Can't Take That Away From Me

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Song comment:
Memory/Attributes/Smile/Actions/Dreams
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36592
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
The way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea, the memory of all that,...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
3:25

The Man I Love

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop
Subject:
Dream/Love/Anticipation/Hope/Waiting
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36593
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
When the mellow moon begins to beam, ev'ry night I dream a little dream,,,
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
4:35

I Am Easily Assimilated

Author:
Bernstein, Leonard
Author:
Bernstein, Felicia
Composer:
Bernstein, Leonard
Genre:
Theater/Pop?Humorous
Subject:
Birth/Pedigree/Russia/Spanish/Assimilation/Distance
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36594
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
I was not born in sunny Hispania, my father came from Rovno gebernia,...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
2:49

They Can't Take That Away From Me

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Song comment:
Memory/Attributes/Smile/Actions/Dreams
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36596
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
The way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea, the memory of all that,...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
3:25

'S Wonderful

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Subject:
Joy/Appeal/Wonder/Love/Glamour
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36597
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
'S wonderful! 'S marvelous! (that) you should care for me! 'S awful nice!...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
4:07

Embraceable You

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Subject:
Embrace/Charms/Heart/Gypsy
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36598
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you, embrace me, you irreplaceable you...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
5:36

Love Walked In

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Subject:
Love/Shadows/Sunny Days/Future/
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36602
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
Love walked right in and drove the shadows away: live walked right in and...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
4:29

My Ship

Author:
Gershwin, Ira
Composer:
Weill, Kurt
Genre:
Theater/Pop
Subject:
Dream/Love/Jewels/Gold/Hope
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
Additional song notes:
From the film, "Lady In The Dark"
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36604
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
My ship has sails that are made of silk, the decks are trimmed with gold...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
4:38

Someone To Watch Over Me

Author:
Gershwin, George
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Love
Subject:
Waiting/Yearning/Guardian/Looking
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36605
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
There's a sombody I'm longin' to see, I hope thathe, turns out to be, someone..
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
4:36

Tomorrow

Author:
Kennedy, Margaret
Composer:
Korngold, Eric Wolfgang
Genre:
Theater/Concert
Subject:
Death/Gloom/Love/Renewal
Origin:
Ephemera 1127
On album:
M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID:
36606
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Piano:
Frey, Alexander
First line:
When you are gone, the birds will stop their singing: when you are dead,...
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length:
8:37

Adio Querida

Also known as:
Adio Kerida
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
Subject:
Love/Rejection/Bitterness
Song comment:
Goodbye My Love
Origin:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Transliteration:
Alb T-025(a)/Alb S-083(a)/
Translation:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Related information in folder 807:
Comments:
1. Email from Anna Hurkmans of Rome, Italy, teacher and performer reports tjhat Adio Querida has the same melody as Verdis' "Addio al passato" (from Traviata)
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42299
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Nahmais, Iiker
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
First line:
Tu madre cuando te pario Y te quito al mundo Corason ella no te dido Para amar
Language:
Ladino
Style:
Operatic/Concert/Duet
Length:
4:16

Di Alte Kashe — די אַלטע קשיה

Also known as:
Fregt Di Velt An Alte Kashe
Genre:
Khasidic/Folk
Subject:
Question/Answer/Nigun/Eternal
Origin:
Braun TJM 9/Alb K-096(a)/Alb B-207(a)
Transliteration:
Ausubel Folk 656/Alb J-030(a)/Alb S-083(a)/Braun TJM 9/Alb K-096(a)
Translation:
Ausebel Folk 655/Alb S-083(a)/Braun TJM 9/Alb J-030(a)/Vorbei 375/Alb K-096(a)
Music:
Braun TJM 9/Ausubel Folk 655
Additional song notes:
The Old Question See also Alb B-207(a) for Yiddish, Translit and Translat
Related information in folder 741:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42301
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
First line:
Fregt di velt an alte kashe, tradi di di boym, entfert men tradi ridi reylom…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרעגט די װעלט אַן אַלטע קשיא, טראַ די דידי באָם, ענטפֿערט מען טראַדי רידי...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Khasidic/Operatic
Length:
2:14

Meyerke Mayn Zun — מאירקע, מײַן זון

Genre:
Folk/Instructional
Subject:
Faith/Religion/Father/Son
Origin:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb B-090(x)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb K-005(a)/Alb B-090(x)
Translation:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb K-005(a)/J-030(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 73
Related information in folder 693:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42302
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
First line:
Meyerke, mayn zun, Tsu vestu far vemen du shteyst -Lifney Melekh
First line (Yiddish):
מאירקע, מײַן זון, צו װײסטו פֿאַר װעמען דו שטײסט? -- לפֿני מלף...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Khasidic/Operatic
Length:
4:22

Mediterranean Ensemble (Medley)

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Ladino
Additional song notes:
Keshinenver Bulgar/Avram Avino- Cuando El Ray Nimrod /Oy Mame Bin Ikh Farlibt
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42303
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Nahmais, Iiker
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
Language:
Yiddish/Ladino
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
13:14

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:
Tum Balalayke
Also known as:
Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as:
Play Balalaike
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42307
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Unknown Artist
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Vocal:
Wright, Janet
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht, vemen tsu nemen..
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט, וועמען צו
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Audience Participation
Length:
8:07