Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 25: Yism’chu.
Written in 2003, Yism’chu is an original two-minute work for Soprano Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied. Sung in Hebrew, this is a setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer; the Anglicized transliteration is my own.
The ECS Publishing Group Catalog Number for this title is 6225.
Follow the next link to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor, Margaret Hunter, soprano soloist.
Follow the next link to see a partial PDF sample of the score, or to purchase performance copies.
Follow the next link to see and hear my YouTube music video for this title.
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Editorial: A plea to choral directors, choirs, and performing ensembles of all kinds on the occasion of my 65th birthday: PERFORM JEWISH-CENTRIC MUSIC!
So much of Jewish-centric music has been and continues to be ignored, or worse, boycotted, today because of the crazy, divisive, upside-down times in which we live. A rich treasure-trove of Jewish-centric music exists.
Explore creative programming options from the time of the Renaissance through the music of today. Many reliable databases of sacred and secular Jewish-centric music exist.
Contact me for more programming ideas about my Jewish-centric music, and the music of countless other composers and arrangers, who include both Jews and Gentiles. I will be happy to help point you in whatever direction I am able.
If you are truly devoted to "diversity," then you simply cannot arbitrarily exclude the music of a culture that is over 3500 years old because of geopolitics; to do so is the acme of hypocrisy.
Thank you for your time and attention. Be well, and god bless.
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