Adio Kerida performed by the Zemel Choir, under the Musical Direction of Benjamin Wolf


13 Adio Kerida

The Zemel Choir acknowledges the passing of Yehezkiel Braun in Israel in August 2014, at the age of 92.   Over the years, the Choir has performed and recorded a lot of Braun's music (including the world premiere of his Leyl No'amon for soprano, chorus and orchestra at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1985).  This recording of Uri Tzafon, one of his many miniatures for a cappella choir, is our small tribute to a good friend and a giant of Israeli and Jewish music."

Uri Tsafon

Blessed are You, Lord God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. Blessed are you, Lord God, King of the Universe, who sanctified us with His commandments and desired us, and who granted us with love and desire His holy Sabbath. For this is the foremost day among all of those we call holy, in memory of the exodus from Egypt. For You chose us and sanctified us above all the other nations, and granted us through love and desire Your holy Sabbath. Blessed are You , Lord God, King of the Universe, who sanctifies the Sabbath. Amen.

Weill was one of several leading Jewish composers (others included Milhaud, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Leonard Bernstein) who were commissioned in the late 1940s to contribute compositions to an anthology entitled Synagogue Music by Contemporary Composers, edited by Cantor David Putterman of New York’s Park Avenue Synagogue and published in 1951. This piece was Weill’s contribution. The treatment here is very bluesy, and makes effective use of the interplay between synagogue cantor and accompanying choir. Weill’s 1946 version of the piece is dedicated to his father Albert, who was a cantor in Dessau, Germany.

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Dayenu-
        Performed bu the Zemel Choir in 2008-on the Celebrate With Song CD--
      
        Conductor-Benjamin Wolf--
      
        Piano-Michael Cayton---
      
        Composed by Dudley Cohen-Founder of the Zemel Choir

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Conducted by Robert Max
Tenor Soloist- Robert Brody
Assistant Musical Director-Maureen Creese

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The Zemel Choir, under the musical direction of Benjamin Wolf, is proud of its international reputation as one of the world’s finest mixed voice Jewish choirs. Established in 1955 by Dudley Cohen, Zemel's wide ranging repertoire embraces all the traditional Jewish cultures, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Yiddish and Israeli. The Zemel choir regularly perform in major venues throughout the U.K. and overseas, and besides singing well known favourites, are particularly proud to present new music, often specially commissioned, from contemporary composers.

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