Higaleh Nah
for soprano solo, viola, SATB chorus, and piano
(2018)

Winner of the University of Michigan 2019 Brehm Prize in Choral Composition and a 2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award

University of Michigan Chamber Choir
Maggie Burk, solo soprano
Jimmy Cunningham, solo viola
Scott VanOrnum, piano
Eugene Rogers, conductor
(9.21.2019, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan).

Y’did Nefesh is a Jewish liturgical poem, or piyut, in four stanzas. The poem is commonly attributed to the 16th century Kabbalist, writer, and poet Rabbi Elazar ben Moshe Azkari, and is typically sung and prayed during Kabbalat Shabbat, the Friday night Sabbath service. The Higaleh Nah stanza is the fourth and final stanza of this stunning piyut.

"Higaleh nah u’fros, chaviv alai et sukat sh’lomach, tair eretz mi’k’vodach, nagilah v’nis’mechah vach, maher ahuv ki va moed
v’choneini kimei olam, almaya…"

"Please, reveal yourself, my beloved, and spread upon me the shelter of Your peace. Illuminate the earth with Your glory, so that we may celebrate and rejoice within You. Quickly, my love, for the time has come. Have mercy on me for all days, forever."

Higaleh Nah - soprano solo, viola, SATB chorus, and piano - (2018)

pianist, banjoist, composer
PHL → BOS → A2 → PHL
👨‍🎓 NEC | UMich 
💼 TempleU (Boyer) | WCUPA (Wells)

Higaleh Nah - soprano solo, viola, SATB chorus, and piano - (2018)

Ari Sussman