I am not at war | KONTRARIE


‘I am not at war’ performed by solidarity choir KONTRARIE at the 20th commemoration of Transport XX on 21 April 2013 in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium. Theme this 20th commemoration : “In the track of Transport XX after 70 years”. Dutch: 20e herdenking – “In het spoor van Transport XX na 70 jaar”.

With a roaring special contribution by a helicopter 😉

I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone

I give my love to Iraq, and to America
I give my love to Israel, and to Palestine
We could live as one
Between the sea and sun
I am not at war with anyone

I don’t need to be friends with everyone
But I’d like to live in peace with everyone
This rush to war is wrong
And so I sing this song
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone

I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone

I am not at war ~ Performance : April 21, 2013 by Strijdkoor KONTRARIE | kontrarie.be ~ Words and Music: Luka Bloom ~ Music Adaptation: Luc Wynants (conductor KONTRARIE) ~ Film : 20201130 Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

Sailing to Skye


Sailing to Skye ~
Filmed summer 2018 on the clipper Wilhelmina (wadgenieten.nl) sailing the dutch Wadden Sea.
Before (20181129) my documentary ‘Clipper Wilhelmina Sailing the Wadden Sea’ was posted here https://michelvanderburg.com/2018/11/29/clipper-wilhelmina-sailing-the-wadden-sea/ .

Sailing to Skye ~ Music : Skye Boat Song (Traditional Scottish arr D Reiter) by Healing Muses | Magnatune (id 1110030198116) ~ Film : 20200811 Michel van der Burg | Miracles.Media ~ Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

Donna Donna — INEJNEM


Klezmer band INEJNEM (English: Together) in front of Restaurant Ester in the heart of Kazimierz , Kraków , Poland , on May 26th , 2012.
INEJNEM – with Iryna Stefanyuk singing , Myroslav Bandrivskyy on clarinet, Jurij Bejchuk on guitar, and Jarosław Filipiak on contrabass. More about Inejnem on facebook – http://www.facebook.com/Inejnem – web site inejnem.pl .
Sorry .. I recorded not all of their song .. I stopped filming thinking ‘can’t use this online for copyright reasons’ but now I believe I was wrong… so here that strong emotional song .. the first part .. all I have recorded – that Saturday in the heart of Kazimierz – the old Jewish district of Kraków (Poland) , after visiting there the Center for Jewish Culture (Judaica Foundation) the day before together with Simon Gronowski , and the Auschwitz camps May 24 with Simon and Koenraad Tinel (and Flemish TV with director Marianne Soetewey, working there too on a documentary). I posted 3 other songs of INEJNEM here https://michelvanderburg.com/?s=INEJNEM
① memo 20190502 ~ Donna Donna — INEJNEM ~ Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com

Igls New Year’s Concert – Unterinntaler Volksmusikanten


Impression of the New Year’s concert by the five ‘Unterinntaler Volksmusikanten’ folk musicians today 10 years ago – 2 Jan 2009 – featuring the ocarina (Okarina) , hammered dulcimer (Hackbrett), harmonika (accordion), harp, contrabass and more … in the Haus des Gastes Igls , Innsbruck, Tirol , Austria.
Film ① memo 20190102 ~ Igls New Year’s Concert – Unterinntaler Volksmusikanten ~ Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com

Hang


Sébastiaan plays his handpan drum on deck of the clipper Wilhelmina last summer in the harbor of the dutch Wadden Sea island Vlieland. (Part of this was published before.).
Filmed with an iPhone X – using the Sennheiser Ambeo headset for recording binaural 3D sound. Best listen with your headphones.
① memo 20181001 ~ Hang

Update Oct 1 22:34  – Just learned from Sébastiaan about a new album “Hangen op Vlieland” recorded that July month … More soon  ..