Kitka & Davka in Concert: Old and New World Jewish Music Songlist

KITKA Songs:
 

YERUSHOLAYIM SLAVNI GOROD is a joyful and humorous Russian song taught to Kitka by Jewish musician and scholar Michael Alpert. 

HUBAVA MILKA is a Bulgarian song about beautiful Milka, arranged by Nikolai Kaufman.

MA NAVU is an Israeli song by Yossi Spivak, arranged by Shira Cion, with a message of peace and salvation.

A LA UNA YO NACI is a Sephardic love song arranged by Briget Boyle with lyrics by Joaquin Diaz.

MAYN RUE PLATZ is a Yiddish song written by Morris Rosenfeld and arranged by Ethel Raim, which commemorates the lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911.

TSOMO LEKHO NAFSHI is a spiritual song in the Hasidic tradition, arranged by Janet Kutulas.

DAVKA Songs:

"ROAD TO SFAT" was written by Daniel Hoffman while living in Jerusalem. The tune reminded him of a journey, like the winding, slightly scary roads that climb up to the town of Sfat in Northern Israel- known as the center of Jewish mysticism. The recording was first released on our latest album, Davka Live in 2005 on Tzadik.

RHAPSODY FOR A YOUNG RHINO was written by Moses Sedler, Davka co-founder and cellist. The song is sort of a children's story. It tells the story of a happy-go-lucky and slightly clumsy young rhino. He wakes up in the morning and eats some unknown roots and starts to hallucinate that he is a giraffe, fitting into a pair of smart new slacks. It was originally released on Davka’s 3rd release, Judith in 1999 on Tzadik

MNT II is a Moses Sedler composition originally released on Davka Live in 2005.

Collaborative Songs:
 

YO HANINO, TU HANINA is a Bosnian Sephardic wedding song, arranged by Daniel Hoffman.

EL REY DE FRANCIA is a Sephardic song from Esmirna about a prophetic dream of the king of France’s youngest daughter. 

LAS ESUEGRAS DE AGORA is a Turkish Sephardic song about “the mothers-in-law of today”.

MOSHE EMET is a spiritual song in the Hasidic tradition arranged by Daniel Hoffman.