Performers:

Josefin Bölz, soprano
Lea Kohnen, soprano
Aiko Bormann, alto
Berk Altan, tenor
Grigorii Andrulis, tenor
Cantor Elizabeth Shammash
Adi Choir, Israel – Conductor: Oded Shomrony
Hidden Voices, Philadelphia, USA – Conductor: Julia Zavadsky
Leipziger Synagogalchor, Germany – Conductor: Philipp GoldmannSynagogalEnsemble Berlin, Germany &
Lewandowski String Quintet – Conductor: Regina Yantian

BERLIN – GERMANY

Enosh Music: Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)
Text: Psalm 103, 15-17 (part of the memorial service)

L’Dowid

Music: Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)
Text: Psalm 144+67+121
Soloist: Aiko Bormann, alto

Tzaddik Kattomor Music: Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)(End of the 92nd Psalm, prayed at the beginning of Shabbat)

MANTUA – ITALY

Adon Olam 1623 Music: Salamone Rossi (1570-1630)
Text: Religious poem by Salomon Ibn Gavirol (1021-1070)

AMSTERDAM – NETHERLANDS

Chischki Chiski Music: Abraham Caceres (1718-1740)
Text: Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693)

SOBOLEVKA – RUSSIA

Shomer Yisroel Music: Samuel Alman (1877-1947)
Text: Morning prayer on weekday
Soloist: Josefin Bölz, soprano

ODESSA – UKRAINE

Adonoj S’choronu

Music: David Nowakowski (1848-1921)
Text: Psalm 115, 12-15
Soloist: Grigorii Andrulis, tenor

MUNICH – GERMANY

W’Schomeru

Music: Heinrich Schalit (1886-1976)
Text: Prayer – Shabbat as a sign of the covenant between God and his people Israel

Howu Ladonoj

Music: Max Löwenstamm (1814-1881)
Text: Psalm 29

Paris – France

Etz Chajim

Music: Samuel Naumbourg (1817-1880)
Text: Prayer at the lifting up of the Torah

Rome – Italy

Shir HaMa’alot

Music: Angelo Spizzichino (*1966)
Text: Psalm 133
Soloist: Josefin Bölz, soprano

Mismor LeDawid

Music: Ezechiello Levi (1826-1889)
Text: Psalm 29

USA

Adon Olam

Music: Charles Davidson (1929-2024)Text: Religious Poetry by Solomon Ibn Gavirol (1021-1070)
Soloist: Berk Altan, Tenor

Samachti BeOmrim Li

Music: Charles Osborne (*1949)
Text: Psalm 122

L’Dor WaDor

Music: Meir Finkelstein (*1951)
Text: Part of the Eighteen Prayer
Soloist: Lea Kohnen, soprano

ISRAEL

Yes-ala, Yes-ala

Music: Trad. Melody from Morocco
Text: Israel ben Moses Najara (c.1555-c.1625)
Awraham Eilam-Amzallag (*1941)
Soloist: Lea Kohnen, soprano

Dror Jikra

Music: Trad. Melodies from Turkey, Aden, Jerusalem Sephardic.
Text: Shabbat song
Arrangement: Yehezkel Braun (1922-2014)

Shir HaNoded

Music: Traditional melody from Bukhara
Text: David Shimoni (1891-1984)
Arrangement: Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)
Soloist: Aiko Bormann, alto

Scheleg Al Iri

Music: Naomi Schemer (1930-2004)
Text: Naomi Schemer
Arrangement: Gil Aldema (1928-2014)

Yerushalaim Shel Sahav

Music: Naomi Schemer (1930-2004)
Text: Naomi Schemer
Arrangement: Gil Aldema (1928-2014 )

German blessing

Music: Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890)
Text: Priestly Blessing (4th Book of Moses, 6:4-6)
Cantor Elizabeth Schammash, Philadelphia

All the works, which were accompanied by the Lewandowski String Quintet, were newly arranged by the Israeli composer Anna Segal.