Ne sedi, Djemo (Don't sit, Djemo) – Yale Russian Chorus | Boston Concert 2023
A medley of two traditional Serbian/Macedonian folk songs, "Ne sedi, Djemo" (Don't sit, Djemo), is performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at Arlington Street Church in Boston.
Arranged by Bruce Lieberman, alumnus and conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Bruce Lieberman arranged and introduced this medley into the Yale Russian Chorus repertoire in 1968. Bruce passed away a year ago, but he had a big influence on the Chorus. Most recently, we published the hymn "Plotiyu usnuv" (Having Fallen Asleep in the Flesh), which also came into our Chorus' repertoire thanks to Bruce Lieberman: • Плотию уснув (А. Глазунов) – Русский хор Й...
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction (subtitles available)
00:33 "Ne sedi, Djemo" (Don't sit, Djemo)
Conductor: Steven Lipsitt.
Introduction: Ben Rifkin.
Filmed by Art Nava.
April 30, 2023, Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA, USA.
🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L’eta! 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus, Vol. 2: Russian, American, and Other Songs" are available for listening on various streaming platforms: https://band.link/FgIJc
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"Ne sedi, Djemo" (Don't sit, Djemo) is a medley of two traditional folk songs (Serbian and Macedonian), arranged by Bruce Lieberman in 1968.
The lyrics are based on the legend of Micko Krstić-Porečki (1855 - 1909), a Serbian rebel leader born in Latovo, near Makedonski Brod in the Poreče region, at the time part of the Sanjak of Monastir, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia). This excerpt of the song tells of the moment before Micko Krstić-Porečki's massacre of Dzhemail (Džemail) Aga, which was in revenge for an older encounter when Dzhemail Aga beat Micko's father with a sword until the sword broke and then charged Micko a hefty penalty for the broken sword.
Musically, it employs the characteristic “limping” meter of Balkan music and includes measures of 9, 10, 11, and 13 beats.
📌 Lyrics:
Don’t sit, Djemo, idle Djemo,
Idling under that pear tree.
[nonsense syllables] idling.
This year, a bad year,
It raised its head.
[nonsense syllables] raised.
It raised its head, Djemo,
They grabbed a Turkish girl.
[nonsense syllables] grabbed.
They grabbed a Turkish girl, Djemo,
Even your sister Fatima.
[nonsense syllables] Fatima.
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The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.
Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.
Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".
The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.
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