Stranger Songs
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 with Mike Regenstreif
Part 1 – Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern, artistic director of The Semer Ensemble; Part 2 – "I'll sing you this October song."
The themes on this edition of Stranger Songs are "Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble" in part 1 of the show, and "I'll sing you this October song" in part 2.
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fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Part 1 – Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern, artistic director of The Semer Ensemble.
The conversation with Alan Bern was recorded on September 14 via Zoom. The Semer Ensemble concert in Ottawa is Wednesday October 4, 7 pm, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Tickets for the concert – sponsored by the Embassy of Germany – are free of charge, but you do need to register in advance at this link. https://sogerman.ca/events/the-semer-ensemble-live-in-concert-ottawa/ |
Ich Tanz’ Und Mein Herz Weint Semer Ensemble featuring Lorin Sklamberg - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana |
Conversation, Part 1 Mike Regenstreif & Alan Bern - |
Simchu Bi Jeruschalajm/E’ise Pele Semer Ensemble - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana |
Conversation, Part 2 Mike Regenstreif & Alan Bern - |
Vorbei Semer Ensemble featuring Sasha Lurje - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana |
fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Part 2 – "I'll sing you this October song." |
October Song Gordon Bok & Cindy Kallet - Neighbors - Timberhead |
White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy - Two for the Early Dew - Shanachie |
October Reasons Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window - Philo |
October Winds Bill Staines - The First Million Miles - Rounder |
Rondi’s Birthday Anne Hills - October Child - Flying Fish |
The Wild Goose Chris Rawlings - Autumn Gold - Cookingfat Music |
This October Day Cindy Church - Love on the Range - Stony Plain |
October Mornin' Malcolm Holcombe - Come Hell or High Water - Gypsy Eyes |
October's Lament Mama's Broke - Narrow Line - Free Dirt |
October in the Railroad Earth Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth - Frontera |
There Used to Be Horses Here Amy Speace - There Used to Be Horses Here - Windbone |
Cold October Day Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche - Mud & Apples - Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche |
October Roses Cindy Mangsen - Songs of Experience - Redwing Music |
Turning Toward the Morning Short Sisters - A Planet Dancing Slow - Black Socks Press |
October Dave Clarke - GuitarSongs - Crossties |
Good show today, Mike. I always enjoy the stories that your guest bring (even if their roots are less than happy), and the October theme just seems to suit the winding down of the year.
4:25 PM, October 3rd, 2023