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Weill - In Search of Youkali: Songs | Chandos CHAN20359

Weill - In Search of Youkali: Songs

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN20359

Barcode: 0095115235928

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Expected Release Date: 9th January 2026

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Contents

Works

Weill, Kurt

Berlin im Licht
Buddy on the Nightshift
Complainte de la Seine
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
» Barbara Song
» Overture
Happy End
» Surabaya Johnny
Huckleberry Finn
» Apple Jack
» This Time Next Year
Je ne t'aime pas
Knickerbocker Holiday
» September Song
Lady in the Dark
» My Ship
Marie Galante
» J'attends un navire
Nannas Lied
One Touch of Venus
» Speak Low
Youkali

Artists

Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano)
Murray Grainger (accordion)
Marianne Schofield (double-bass)
William Vann (piano)

Works

Weill, Kurt

Berlin im Licht
Buddy on the Nightshift
Complainte de la Seine
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
» Barbara Song
» Overture
Happy End
» Surabaya Johnny
Huckleberry Finn
» Apple Jack
» This Time Next Year
Je ne t'aime pas
Knickerbocker Holiday
» September Song
Lady in the Dark
» My Ship
Marie Galante
» J'attends un navire
Nannas Lied
One Touch of Venus
» Speak Low
Youkali

Artists

Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano)
Murray Grainger (accordion)
Marianne Schofield (double-bass)
William Vann (piano)

About

Winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, the British mezzo-soprano Katie Bray has become known for her magnetic stage presence and gleaming, expressive tone.

Katie writes:

“Youkali,
It is the land of our desires,
It is happiness, it is pleasure...
But it is a dream, a folly,
There is no Youkali!

“This song was my first encounter with Kurt Weill, more than twenty years ago, and that yearning, mesmerising tango has been a constant companion ever since. The sentiment behind ‘Youkali’ touched me deeply, and seemed to echo Weill’s own search for a place of personal and artistic freedom, a German Jew forced into exile in 1933 owing to the rise of the Nazi regime. He moved around the world, and with each new country came a reinvention of himself and some more miraculous musical shape-shifting. ‘Youkali’ is Weill’s ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’, an idea that resonates strongly with me, and seems painfully relevant to us all as I write this, in 2025, yet again living in a world at war. My performances of Weill’s songs have always centred around ‘Youkali’ and Weill’s search for a place to belong and to be free. I have wanted to make this album for many years, and am thrilled finally to have had the chance to do so with such a special team of collaborators and friends. It is my tribute to Kurt Weill, the chameleon, in all his glory, and a tribute to us all in our search for kindness, love, and peace.”

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