When violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley was a kid, his family Hanukkah included lots of latkes and lots of klezmer. On today's show, Noah Bendix-Balgley shares memories and music for Hanukkah, and tells us who makes the best latkes in the world.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sasha Margolis: Wallachian-Appalachian Scratchin'
Big Galut(e)
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival in partnership with the Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Traditional: Hanukkah
Symphony Nova Scotia | Howard Cable, conductor
Album: Seasons Celebrations
CBC 5226
Traditional, arr. Paul Schoenfield: Al Hanisim
Essential Voices USA | Paul Schoenfield, piano | Judith Clurman, conductor
Album: Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit
Dorian 92182
Stephen Schwartz, arr. Ryan Nowlin: Hanukkah Song "We Are Lights"
Essential Voices USA | Judith Clurman, conductor
Album: Season of Light
Dorian 70006
Scott Robinson: Great is the Miracle (Hanukkah Medley)
Eaken Piano Trio
Album: I'll Be Home for the Holidays
Naxos 554714
Alexander Krein: Caprice Hebraique, Op.24
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Joel Engel: Freilakhs, Op.20, No.2
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Traditional, arr. David Krakauer: Der Gasn Nign (The Street Song) (Encore)
David Krakauer, clarinet | Nurit Pacht and Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin | Melissa Reardon, viola | Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, Levy Hall at Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA
Hour 2
Florence Price: Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint No. 3, Drink to Me
Apollo Chamber Players
Album: Blurred Boundaries
Navona Records
Liu TianHua, arr. Huang YiJun: A Beautiful Night
National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra | Zhang Yi, conductor
National Centre for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, Beijing, China
Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1, Op. 47
National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra | Zhang Yi, conductor
National Centre for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, Beijing, China
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon septimi toni No. 1 a 8
Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Gaspar Sanz: Suite Espanola
Celino Romero, guitar
Ramsey Concert Hall, The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, BA
Florence Price, arr. Boris Vayner: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Michelle Cann, piano | Geoffrey Herd, violin | Shawn Moore, violin | Colin Brookes, viola | Max Geissler, cello
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
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