Themenrubriken

Spezialangebote

Badeken di Kallah

Badeken di Kallah

Badeken di Kallah
Hoch-Zeit für Klezmer

Von der alten Welt des osteuropäischen ‚Shtetl’ zeugt die Musik der Klezmer, der jüdischen Spielleute - von einer Welt der kleinen Leute mit ihren Träumen und Sehnsüchten und ihrer Fröhlichkeit, mit ihrer Trauer und Lebenskraft, die sich im Rhythmus ihrer Musik wieder findet. All diese Momente waren Triebfeder zur Gründung dieses Ensembles.

Das Quartett spielte schon häufig in Synagogen und arbeitete mit dem „Ballett Schindowski“ des „Musiktheaters im Revier“.

Norbert Labatzki, Klarinette, Bassklarinette  
Rainer Ortner, Akkordeon 
Christian Hammer, Gitarre  
Sven Vilhelmsson, Kontrabass

Badeken di Kallah  - Audio

• Badeken di Kallah - Video

Badeken di Kallah
‘Merryage’ times for Klezmer

The music of the Klezmer, the Yiddish ‘Spielleute,’ originates from the old world of the East European ‘Shtetl. This is a world of ordinary people with their dreams, desires and happiness; their sadness and vitality, which can be heard in the rhythm of their music. All those elements came together and led to the ensemble’s foundation.
The ensemble’s name, ‘Badeken di Kallah’, describes a Jewish wedding ritual where the bride’s face (= Kalle) is covered (= badeken) by a veil after the groom has seen her for a short moment. It is also the title of a composition by Leib Yakoov Rigler, which in the mid-1990s sparked clarinet player Noerbert Labatzki ’s interest in Klezmer music and inspired him to found the group ‘Badeken di Kallah’ in 1997. Their aim is not only to interpret traditional Klezmer pieces, but also to develop their own stylistically diverse compositions, combined with jazz elements which guitarist Christian Hammer brings in.

The quartet has often played at synagogues and has worked with the ‘Schindowski Ballet’ from the ‘Musiktheater im Revier’.

Norbert Labatzki – clarinet, bass clarinet
Rainer Ortner – accordion
Christian Hammer – guitar
Michael Ledig – bass