They Are Holy-Nick Page strikes again with a dynamic uplifting unaccompanied tune beginning to be performed by your ensemble for Chanukah! Choirs will have lots of fun with this lively intense setting of the Hebrew text from Psalms 8 and 148 which also provides the opportunity to showcase a star soloist.
Text by Menachem Goldberg. These 2 rousing anthems by Low were composed for the 1st HaZamir Choral Societies founded in Poland 100 years ago as a cultural outgrowth of the Jewish nationalistic movement. For SATB and optional piano.
Joseph sets this introspective text on the transitory nature of life for a contemplative four-part choir. The text includes verses from the books of Psalms and Deuteronomy.
This piece has a memorable melody of the sort that we've come to expect from Steve Cohen along with a dash of fun and rhythm. Best of all it's for two-part choir and could easily be learned by a school or synagogue chorus. Level: Easy-Medium
Haneirot Halalalu and Neis Gadol-Another well-crafted choral work by the talented Elaine Broad-Ginsberg of several of the Chanukah melodies and texts we all love. Elaine is one of our most prolific and gifted composers and boasts a long list of awards for her work.
Peace-Choral directors nationwide have been clamoring for quite some time for this moving epic poignantly co-penned by the legendary Bonia Shur and his wife Fanchon with additional text by Reb Nachman. This piece is worth performing for its lyrics alone but its powerful setting gives chills as well. The piece alternates between English and Hebrew. For SATB choir with keyboard accompaniment.
I Am My Beloved's And My Beloved Is Mine Song of Solomon 6:1-4-Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) is beyond a doubt the most musical of all Biblical books - The Psalms notwithstanding. Here is another fine addition to this repertoire: Ani l'Dodi set to a simple melody with supporting choral parts is as accessible as it is lovely. Program this for a Passover or Spring concert or perhaps for a w…
We Reach This Season-This fun gospel-style piece is arranged for women's choir with solo and keyboard but can also be used with other vocal configurations by assigning the solo and SSA parts to various voices. It begins slow and soulfully themiddle section is fast and driving and the conclusion returns to the opening theme.
Another beautiful and original setting of the well-known Sabbath eve text. The modal harmony is Shukiar's own changing when you least expect it. Yet this piece for solo or unison choir and keyboard will be easily learned by amateur choirs - and quickly picked up by congregations who will enjoy its style. Level: Meduim
Open the gates pleads rising star Robert Applebaum's setting of the high holiday prayer with the perfect mix of trepidation and strength that often characterizes our approach to God at the yearly time of repentance. Musicians will enjoy the peppering of jazz harmonies in the accompaniment. This is a fantastic piece to program around the Jewish new year.
Schul was a German-Jewish composer who came to Prague seeking a haven from Nazi persecution. But in 1941 he was rounded up and sent to the Terezin concentration camp where his touching setting of the Sabbath evening prayer was sung. Useful for Holocaust programs which reference composers who died during the Holocaust. Available separately: SATB with solo and organ.
