Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale
Sunday | June 12 2022 | 7 pm
$17 senior and student tickets are available by phone or in person. Call the box office at 212 501 3330.
Nashir! returns to the concert stage with songs of celebration and love. This year’s repertoire ranges from Renaissance pieces to modern music and includes text in Hebrew, Ladino and English. Ben Gruder conducts the ensemble. Nashir! is dedicated to performing Jewish music spanning centuries and continents. In residence at Lucy Moses School since 1975, Nashir! brings a sense of joy and passion to repertoire both spiritual and whimsical.
Program
Shehecheyanu
Lyrics: Liturgy
Music: Andrea Jill Higgins
Hodu Ladonai
Lyrics: Psalm 118
Music: Bob Applebaum
Hayoshevet Baganim
Lyrics: Song of Songs 8:13-14
Melody: Nissijm Cohen Hav-Ron
Arranged by: Aryeh Levanon
Adijo Kerida
Lyrics and melody: Sephardic folksong
Arrangment: Joshua Jacobson
Tsena Ur’ena
Lyrics: Song of Songs. 3:11
Music: Yehezkel Braun
Eitz Chayim
Lyrics: Liturgy
Music: Bob Applebaum
The Last Words of David
Lyrics: Second Samuel, 23: 3,4
Music: Randall Thompson
Let the Heavens Rejoice
Lyrics: Psalm 96
Music: Andrew Bleckner
Percussionist: Riley Palmer
Hazamir
Lyrics: Jacob Fichman
Music: Leo Low
Piano arrangement: Joshua Jacobson
Hallelujah (Rossi)
Lyrics: Psalm 146
Music: Salamone Rossi
Esa Einai
Lyrics: Psalm 121
Music: Elliot Z. Levine
Tsur Mishelo
Lyrics: Sabbath liturgy
Music: Meir Finkelstein
Percussionist: Riley Palmer
Chevlei Mashiach
Melody and Lyrics: Naomi Shemer
Choral Arrangement: Gil Aldema
Adapted by: Eleanor Epstein
Soloist: Michal Ardit-Alon
Adonai Malach
Text: Psalm 97: 1-2, 10-12
Music: Steve Cohen
Soloists: Nora Endlich, Rita Kozlowski, Vivian Gelber
Tsur Mishelo Russian Style
Text: Sabbath liturgy
Music: Folk tune
Arrangement: Joel Caplan
Soloist: Cathy Yohay
