Description | Price |
Duo (Clarinet and Accordion) | £600 |
Trio (plus Bass OR Percussion) | £900 |
Quartet (full band) | £1200 |
Quartet plus dance caller | £1500 |
Based in London, UK 'Klezmer Foygl', meaning 'Klezmer Songbird' is an exciting new ensemble playing both traditional and original Klezmer repertoire.
Led by Clarinettist John Macnaughton, and featuring some of the UK's leading Klezmer musicians, the group is deeply grounded in traditional Yiddish music, whilst simultaneously seeking to innovate upon it, and bring a contemporary London twist to its music.
It is appropriate that 'Foygl' - meaning 'bird' is a symbol of Yiddishkeit..
Based in Bromley, Kent
Klezmer/Jewish events;
Simcha rep;
Siman Tov
Chosen Kale Mazel Tov
Hevenu Shalom
Hava Nagila
Ose Shalom
Moshiach
Od Yishama
Yasis
Seu Shearim
Yismechu
Moshe Emes
Hannukah;
Dreidl Song
Moaz Tsur
Oh Hannukah!
Dances;
Yesh
Nigun Atik
Mayim Mayim
Hora Chadera
Tzadik Katamar
Ciuleandra
Kolomeyke
Patsh Tanz
Sher
Freylekhs
Bulgar
Zhok/Hora
Khosidl
Waltz
Polka
Sirba
Yiddish Song;
Belz
Ale Brider
Erster Vals
Shnirele Perele
Papirossen
Proik
Klaybt Zikh Tsunoyf
Yiddishe Mamme
Idich
A Zemerl Aza
Mi Godea
Mi Firt Di Kole
etc.
Jazz/Blues/Swing;
Bei Mir Bist Du Shein
You Are My Sunshine
Summertime
La Vie En Rose
In The Mood
St James Infirmary
Joe Avery Blues
Balkan;
Adje Jano
Jovano Jovanke
Makedonsko Devojce
Domakine
Mesecinka
Bo-ca-ce-zo (Serbian Rhumba)
Nejatov Cocek
Belmont
Albanski Cocek
Niski Cocek
Stretchko Cocek
Niski Sa Sa
Uzichko Kolo
Sharena Gaida
Misirlou
We need a performance space of a least 3x 4 meters (in our Quartet lineup). We require one parking space and at least one power socket.
We can provide a PA if needed
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue
Yes we can provide this
The band is recently formed, but members have played at venues including; BBC Radio Theatre, BBC Maida Vale Studios, The Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, The Barbican, Twickenham Stadium etc..
We are influenced by many of the great Klezmer musicians of the past and present; Dave Tarras, Naftule Brandwein, Joseph Moskowitz, Avram Bughici, Belf, Abe Schwartz, Brave Old World, Veretski Pass etc.
Klezmer Foygl is made up of some of the UK's finest Klezmer musicians. With members playing hundreds of weddings and other functions over the past decade, aswell as performing internationally at festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany), Yiddish Summer Wiemar (Germany), Buskers Bern (Switzerland), and Spectaculo Brunnen (Switzerland), and being faculty at Yiddishist Festivals such as Klezfest London, KlezNorth, and KlezMargate.
We have played many types of events; birthday parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, wedding anniversaries, funerals, religious festivals, music festivals, art centers, rural touring etc.
We really love the energy of playing for a lively simcha! Playing for joyful dancers is what we do best :)
We usually need around 1 hour to setup. Performances are commonly 2x 45minute sets with a short break in between
Yes, but provisions must be made incase of rain
Yes, if you have something specific you want then let us know!
Clients often describe our music as "beautiful", and having "created a wonderful atmosphere" - re music for ceremonies, or background sets, and "high energy ", "uplifting", "so much fun" re dance sets, or the chairs/simcha
The band is recently formed, but members have played at venues including; BBC Radio Theatre, BBC Maida Vale Studios, The Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, The Barbican, Twickenham Stadium etc..