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I Lift My Lamp - Immigrant Songs for Piano / Jacqueline Schwab
Sono Luminus

I Lift My Lamp - Immigrant Songs for Piano / Jacqueline Schwab

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Details

Composer
Traditional African American, Harold Arlen, Felix Arndt, Traditional Bulgarian, Ignacio Verdugo, Tra
Artist
Jacqueline Schwab
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Aug 05, 2022
Catalog #
DSL-92257
UPC
053479225726

About

“Let me invite you to listen to this potpourri of favorite musical stories spotlighting some of the rich contributions from American immigrants and other countries. Laden with cultural pride, they celebrate people like my Scottish friend Stuart, who capped a fulfilling international career with retirement to Cape Cod but never forgot his roots–and would sing the old song I Belong to Glasgow, at the drop of a hat.

"I Lift My Lamp pays musical homage to his Glaswegian pride—and the pride of so many other immigrants for their homelands. In a conversation between old and new, it honors living, community traditions not set in stone. Influenced by my work with storyteller Ken Burns, I feature vintage immigrant songs and dances from my Pittsburgh childhood, later life in Boston and travels–my own arrangements of American standards, lesser-known gems, and imported and homegrown creations, from countryside to Tin Pan Alley...” (Jacqueline Schwab)

REVIEWS:

Beyond performances that are engaged and expressive, what distinguishes I Lift My Lamp is its programme. On this sixty-five-minute collection, pianist Jacqueline Schwab presents songs from numerous countries, some familiar and some not but all performed with deep feeling. As the songs are associated with the American immigrant experience, many are filled with longing for the countries left behind.

This isn’t the first time Schwab, a graduate of Boston’s New England Conservatory who lived for many years at Cape Cod before returning to Boston, has given her attention to such material; in fact, much of her career has been devoted to projects celebrating the American experience in one form or another...None of the material was written by her, but the songs feel no less like personal expressions in her hands.

Dances and ballads consistently alternate, with examples of each coming from various parts of the world and Schwab executing them all with equal attention to detail and tone. Adding to the release’s appeal, in-depth liner notes presenting background for each composition were written for it by Stephanie Smith, one-time Archives Director of the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Many of these tunes—what Twain called “remembrancers,” apparently—were written long ago, but the feelings they express and the message they impart transcend time and resonate afresh in Schwab’s inspired readings.

-- Textura

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name (Ar éirinn ní neosfainn cé hí) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 04:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name (Ar éirinn ní neosfainn cé hí) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  2. 2 The Blarney Pilgrim (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 02:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Blarney Pilgrim (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  3. 3 The Shieling in the Braes of Rannochv (Bothan airidh 'm braighe raineach) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 03:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Shieling in the Braes of Rannochv (Bothan airidh 'm braighe raineach) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  4. 4 The Marchioness of Huntly's Strathspey (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 02:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Marchioness of Huntly's Strathspey (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    William Marshall
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  5. 5 Miss Dumbreck (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 01:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Miss Dumbreck (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  6. 6 Miss Stevenson's Reel (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 01:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    Miss Stevenson's Reel (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Robert Mackintosh
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  7. 7 Finlandia, Op. 26 (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 03:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Finlandia, Op. 26 (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  8. 8 Vals efter Soling Anders (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 01:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Vals efter Soling Anders (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  9. 9 Ada's kujawiak No. 1 (after T. Kwieciński and R. Sadowsk's Na Wierzbowym Listku (On a Willow Leaf)) 04:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ada's kujawiak No. 1 (after T. Kwieciński and R. Sadowsk's Na Wierzbowym Listku (On a Willow Leaf))
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Jacqueline Schwab
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  10. 10 Oyfn pripetshik (On the Hearth) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 04:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Oyfn pripetshik (On the Hearth) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Mark Markovich Warshawsky
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  11. 11 Trăgnala Rumjana (Rumjana Went to Get Water) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 02:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    Trăgnala Rumjana (Rumjana Went to Get Water) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  12. 12 Neapolitan Tarantella (Tarantella Napoletana) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 02:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Neapolitan Tarantella (Tarantella Napoletana) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Alfred Pasquale Zambarano
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  13. 13 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 05:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  14. 14 La paloma (The Dove) (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 06:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    La paloma (The Dove) (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Sebastián de Iradier
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  15. 15 Take Me Out to the Ballgame (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 01:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    Take Me Out to the Ballgame (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Jack Norworth, Albert von Tilzer
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  16. 16 Nola (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 03:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    Nola (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Felix Arndt
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  17. 17 St. Louis Woman: I Had Myself a True Love (arr. for piano) 04:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    St. Louis Woman: I Had Myself a True Love (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  18. 18 Carioca (arr. for piano) 05:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    Carioca (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Ernesto Nazareth
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab
  19. 19 El copihue rojo (arr. J. Schwab for piano) 03:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    El copihue rojo (arr. J. Schwab for piano)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Juan M. Sepúlveda V
    Performer
    Jacqueline Schwab