Niggun Meron from Ajar by CHUTNEY
The Limmud Oz Festival gave CHUTNEY its first stage, so it was a delight to play for Festival Chair Sarah’s wedding. This tune was a special request that later transmogrified into one of our staples. A niggun is a wordless tune traditionally hummed or ‘yai-dai-dai’-ed by Jews, especially ultra-orthodox Chassidim; and Meron is a town in northern Israel, renowned for its large parties and bonfires in annual celebration of the Jewish festival Lag B’Omer. Our arrangement opens with a wisp of the Shabbat song ‘Shalom Aleichem’ wafting down an ancient limestone laneway.
Tracklist
| 9. | Niggun Meron | 4:52 |
Credits
Trad., arr. CHUTNEY
License
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CHUTNEY is a klezmer band with a twist. Drawing on their Eastern European & Middle Eastern Jewish heritage, they present a hot, spicy and energetic mix of originals and arrangements of traditional dance tunes.
With violin, clarinet, keyboard, bass, percussion and drums, the musicians’ chemistry is electric as they traverse genres from folk to pop, jazz to tango, classical to funk, east to west.