A celebration of classic songs from the stage and screen on concert grand piano with brass and rhythm section, including selections from Fiddler on the Roof, Yentl, Schindler’s List, and the Yiddush theater.
- Far From the Home I Love - Jerry Bock
from "Fiddler on the Roof," 1964 - Sunrise, Sunset - Jerry Bock
from "Fiddler on the Roof," 1964 - Shalom - Jerry Herman
from "Milk and Honey," 1961 - Papa Can You Hear Me? - Michel Legrand
from "Yentl," 1983 - Bei Mir Bistu Shein (To Me You're Beautiful) - Shalom Secunda
from the Yiddish Theater, 1937 - Theme from Exodus/Hatikvah - Ernest Gold/N. Imber
from the movie, "Exodus," 1960 Hatikvah (The Hope)
the Israeli National Anthem, dating from the late 1800's - Matchmaker - Jerry Bock
from "Fiddler on the Roof," 1964 - Theme from Schindler's List/I Believe - John Williams
from the movie, "Schindler's List"
I Believe (Ani Ma'amin) was composed and sung by the Jews during the Holocaust - Tradition - Jerry Bock
from "Fiddler on the Roof," 1964
Jon Simon - piano
Lon Ephraim - Acoustic Guitar
Randy Mattson - Electric and Acoustic Bass
Steve Fidyk - Drums
All arrangements by Jon Simon
Orchestration by Lon Ephraim
Recorded, edited, and mastered at Ward Recital Hall, Washington, DC
by Alan Wonneberger, Prodigital Studios
Recorded at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio and Harmony Hall, Oxon Hill, Maryland.