{"id":3472,"date":"2015-12-30T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2018-06-26T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T04:43:08","slug":"dedicated-to-marc-chagall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/dedicated-to-marc-chagall\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDedicated to Marc Chagall\u201d (\u201cHava Nagila\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"elementor elementor-3472\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"0be95cf\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be95cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"821cca7\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821cca7 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"da07155\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da07155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-element_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jewish Rhapsody for Wind Orchestra \/ String Orchestra (with Optional\nPiano) \/ Brass Ensemble \/ Saxophone Quartet \/ Solo Bayan<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"8af13ba\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af13ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"1ef3cd6\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef3cd6 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"0ff13ed\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff13ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-element_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Duration: ca. 9 minutes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"11ff2f9\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ff2f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"4ba2794\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba2794 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"f586878\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f586878 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>My work <em>Dedicated to Marc Chagall<\/em> is based on the popular Jewish song<em> Hava Nagila<\/em>, which means <em>Let us rejoice<\/em>.<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I had originally intended<\/span>\u00a0to write a rhapsody based on <em>Hava Nagila<\/em>, but I found myself writing episodes that were not derived from <em>Hava Nagila<\/em>. Suddenly, I realized that I was actually composing a tone poem,\u00a0evoking scenes of a small Jewish town at the beginning of the 20th century. Such images and moods typify novels by Shalom Aleichem and the earlier paintings by Marc Chagall. I felt <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a particularly strong association <\/span> to Chagall&#8217;s pictures. For this reason, I named the piece <em>Dedicated to Marc Chagall<\/em>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in addition to the secondary title of\u00a0<\/span><em>Jewish Rhapsody &#8220;Hava Nagila&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p><p>I composed the piece in 2003, for wind orchestra, and then for string orchestra (with optional piano). The main part of both versions is similar, but\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the nature of strings required a completely different\u00a0<\/span>introduction for the string version.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"6818161\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6818161 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"14477aa\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14477aa elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"80d22be\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d22be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The wind orchestra version premiered in 2003, performed by the Petach-Tikva Conservatoire Symphonic Band at Festival Kfar-Saba (in Israel), and conducted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pigovat.com\/wordpress\/michael-delman\/\">Michael Delman<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"92b45dc\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b45dc elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"0f49089\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f49089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-element_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<aside id=\"wp-widget-media_audio-0f49089\" class=\"widget widget_media_audio\"><div class=\"mejs-audio-container-wrapper\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3472-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_Marc_Chagall_2003.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_Marc_Chagall_2003.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_Marc_Chagall_2003.mp3\">https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_Marc_Chagall_2003.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/aside>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"06a1b85\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a1b85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"cc8d53f\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8d53f elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"61caf33\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61caf33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The premiere of the string-orchestra was in 2005, performed by the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra (in Israel), and conducted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avivron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aviv Ron<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"05b06b2\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b06b2 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"f767876\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f767876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-element_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<aside id=\"wp-widget-media_audio-f767876\" class=\"widget widget_media_audio\"><div class=\"mejs-audio-container-wrapper\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3472-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_M._Chagall_for_String_Orchestra_2003.mp3?_=2\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_M._Chagall_for_String_Orchestra_2003.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_M._Chagall_for_String_Orchestra_2003.mp3\">https:\/\/pigovat.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dedicated_to_M._Chagall_for_String_Orchestra_2003.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/aside>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"aa2fab8\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2fab8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"83a8759\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a8759 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"4b54346\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b54346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Later, both versions were performed many times in Israel and around the world.<br \/>In 2015, the wind-orchestra version was also performed at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasbe.org\/conference-details.php?id=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WASBE Conference in San Jose<\/a>, California, by the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.nli.org.il\/sites\/NLI\/English\/music\/news\/Pages\/Band.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel Youth Wind Orchestra<\/a>, conducted by Motti Miron. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have a recording of that performance. However, below is the recording of a different performance of theirs, in Israel, in 2012:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"697ec47\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697ec47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"c312dd9\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c312dd9 elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"03e6901\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e6901 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"f95fa04\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95fa04 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-element_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOBob19xBYM?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"ab6b3f2\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab6b3f2 elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"8550919\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8550919 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"b17a276\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b17a276 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"ebf7959\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf7959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>In 2005, I was contacted by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandtbrass.com\/ob-ansamble.html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandt-Brass Ensemble<\/a> from Saratov, Russia. They <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sough a challenging\u00a0<\/span>piece to perform for international competition, and I prepared for them a version of <em>Dedicated to Marc Chagall<\/em>\u00a0for brass ensemble.<\/p><p>In 2015, I also prepared a version for saxophone quartet; below is recording of that version performed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MestizoSaxQuartet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mestizo Saxophone Quartet<\/a>, in 2018:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"2beaef1\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2beaef1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"db705aa\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db705aa elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"1ece06d\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ece06d elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"d6385f1\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6385f1 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-element_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoqiNvzl-KA?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"69e87d5\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e87d5 elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"07a6d6d\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a6d6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"0185e91\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0185e91 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"e56fac3\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56fac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>In 2012, I received an unexpected application from Ukrainian accordionist Pavel Fenyuk, asking for my permission to write an arrangement of the piece for solo bayan (chromatic button accordion). Below, is his virtuoso performance of that version:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"8f1453a\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1453a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"acb0a7a\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acb0a7a elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"7e9a754\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9a754 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"4090ff3\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4090ff3 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-element_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIB1njNiMgw?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"4e0078f\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0078f elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"5af5c0c\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af5c0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"5e378ea\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e378ea elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"3df1b00\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df1b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-element_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The piece <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has already seen many variations,\u00a0and who knows where else it will go?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-id=\"83bbbe7\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bbbe7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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minutes My work Dedicated to Marc Chagall is based on the popular Jewish song Hava Nagila, which means Let us rejoice. 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