Ballade

The ballads are all inspired by lyrics and melodies from the Jewish culture. Some of these texts were originally in Yiddish, Ladino, or other in Hebrew. The first ballad is about the desire for peace, the second about hope and the third about the tragedy of unrequited love. The music is composed and arranged by Leonard Leutscher, the pianist of the Orion Ensemble. With one of his compositions, Ale Brider (track 3 on the CD), was the Orion Ensemble finalist in 2008 and winner of the First International Jewish Music Competition in Amsterdam. The Orion Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble with a solid core piano trio. It was founded in 2000. It gives many concerts on the Dutch stages with feature programming without borders, in style and time. One of the strengths of the ensemble is the original way link between classical, jazz, Jewish, Spanish and Argentine music. BALLAD is the ninth CD album of the Orion Ensemble. The CD Touched by Orion, also published by O.A.P. Records, was No. 1 for two weeks in the Classical Top 50 of TROS Dutch radio. Line up: Leonard Leutscher - Piano Pauline Terlouw - Violin Carla Schrijner - Cello Produced by O.A.P. Records Producer & Engineer: Barry Olthof Photography: Jan Ploeg, Asley Terlouw Graphic Design: Sjaak van der Vooren Recordings made by Olthof Audio Productions in The O.A.P. Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 2013. Mixed & mastered in The O.A.P. Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 2013. Cat. Nr: OAPR1305 Ⓟ & Ⓒ O.A.P. Records 2013 All rights reserved. www.oaprecords.com