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Celebrate With Song

Musical Director: Benjamin Wolf

Assistant Musical Director: Maureen Creese

Soprano (Tracks 4,5) Louise Barnett

Soprano (Track 8) Angela Lawrence

Mezzo Soprano (Tracks 2, 3) Ann Sadan

Tenor (Tracks 1,5,15,16,17,18,20) Robert Brody

Tenor (Tracks 7,9 ) Marc Finer

Piano (Tracks 1-3,7,13,16,17,19) Michael Clayton

1) Yom Zeh L’Yisrael/Yismach Moshe, Jacobson

2) Lebn Zol Columbus, Perlmutter/Rand

3) A Nign, Weiner arr Jacobson

4) Ken Bakodesh, Aldema

5) Tsvei Brivelach, Aldema

6) Ai di di di dai, Aldema

7) Avinu Malkenu, Janowski

8) Eli Eli, Senesh/Zahavi arr. Saunders

9) Hava Nagila, Factori

10) Shir Tsiltsulim, Mohar/Wilensky

11) Uri Tsafon, Carmel arr. Braun

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12) Dayenu, Cohen

13) Adio Kerida, Skeaping

14) Durme Durme, Aldema

15) Adon Olam, Wolf

16) Havdoloh, Zilberts

17) Kiddush, Weill

18) Sh’hecheyonu, Machtenburg

19) I have a little Dreydl, Gelbart arr.Lazar

20) Chad Gadyo, Ellstein/Oysher

The English Tradition of Jewish Choral Music

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Conductor: Robert Max

Cantor: Moshe Haschel

Assistant Musical Director: Maureen Creese

Organist: Carys Hughes

Other soloists from within The Zemel Choir

1) Esa Aynai el-hahariym, Lipkin

2) Tzadik Katamar, Lipkin

3) Baruch Shenatan Torah, Josephs

4) Kadish, Mombach

5) Hodo al Eretz, Mombach

6) LeDovid Mizmor, Mombach

7) Ets Chayim hi, Wilfred Josephs

8) V’tov B’einecha,trad (arr Knapp)

9) Meditation, Singer

10) Oseh Shalom, Hirsh (arr Singer)

11) Innocence, Alman

12) Fughetta, Alman

13) Ma Tovu, Saqui

14) Ma Y’didot, Salaman

15) Boruch Habbo, Mombach (arr Alman)

16) Shomeir Yisroel, Alman

17) Etz Chayim, Schlessinger (arr Goldstein)

18) Zacharti Lach, Brill (arr Winternitz)

19) Zochreinu Bezikkoron, Alman

20) Aneh Ani, Verrinder

21) Psalm 23, Rideout

22) Tal Tein, Alman

23) Sefiras Ho’omer, Alman

24) Psalm 117, Singer

Viennese Synagogue Music in the Age of Schubert

Conductor: Malcolm Singer

Cantors: Lawrence Fine (baritone) Bryan Kesselman (baritone) Robert Brody (tenor)

Organ: Philip Deane,

Harp: Danielle Perrett

Other soloists from within The Zemel Choir

1) Mah Towu, Salomon Sulzer

2) L’choh Dodi,Salomon Sulzer

3) Waj’chullu & Elokeinu, Salomon Sulzer

4) V’ahavos’cho, Wolf Singer

5) Hodu, Aharon Beer En Comocho, Salomon Sulzer

6) Waj’hi Binsoa, Salomon Sulzer

7) Adoshem Adoshem, Salomon Sulzer

8) Sch’ma & Echod, Salomon Sulzer

9 J’Hal’lu & Hodo al Erez, Salomon Sulzer

10) Ez Chajim, Salomon Sulzer

11) Adon Olom, Salomon Sulzer

12) Hallelujah, Salomon Sulzer

13) B’rosch Haschonoh & Emes, Salomon Sulzer

14) Kol Nid’re, Salomon Sulzer

15) Boruch Habboh Mi Addir & M’hero, Salomon Sulzer

16) Schiwisi, Salomon Sulzer

17) Schochene Wotte Chomer, Salomon Sulzer

18) Tow L’Hodos, Franz Schubert

19) Hinneh Ma Tov, Salomon Sulzer

Louis Lewandowski-Choral and Cantorial Works

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Musical Director: Robert Max

Asst Musical Director: Maureen Creese

Organist: Carys Hughes

Cantor (Tracks1,4-7, 9-13, 15) Robert Brody

Soprano (Tracks 3,4,19) Sandra Lee

Alto (Tracks 3,4,19) Ann Sadan

Tenor (Tracks 3,4,14,19) Robert Brody

Tenor (Track14) Don Carter

Bass/Baritone (Tracks 14, 19) Adam Cohen

Bass (Track 14) Michael Morris

1) Ma Towu (F major)

2) Ma Towu (B flat major)

3) L’cho Dodi

4) Tow L’Hodoss

5) Adoshem Moloch

6) Whogen Ba’Adenu-Uw’Tsel

7) W’schomru

8) L’cho Adoshem

9) J’hahalu-Hodo-Al-Erez

10) Ladoshem Ho’orets

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11) Uw’Nucho Jomar

12) Adon Olam

13) Ki K’Schimcho

14) Hajom Harass Olom

15) Kol Nidre

16) Sshuvi Nafschi

17) Enosch, K’Chozir Jomrow

18) Halalujoh

19) Preise, Meine Seele

Earlier Recordings

1957 Zemel Choral Society at Conway Hall (Warren Recordings)

1960 Zemel Choral Society (Universal Programmes Corporation Ltd)

1962 The Living Bible read by Sir Laurence Olivier - conducted by Dudley Cohen (HMV 12 LPs)

1964 Zemel Choir (Warren Recordings)

1969 The Zemel Choir- conducted by Dudley Cohen (Music for Pleasure - LP)

1972 The Zemel Choir of London- conducted by Dudley Cohen (RCA - LP)

1979 The Sacred Service by Ernest Bloch - with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Simon (Chandos - LP later issued on CD)

1981 Israeli Art and Folk Songs — conducted by Antony Saunders - LP

1989 The Zemel Choir with Cantor Alberto Mizrahi — conducted by Malcolm Singer – audio cassette

Copyright & copy; All rights reserved 2009, Zemel Choir is a Registered Charity No. 252572/ACL. Patrons: Steven Isserlis CBE, Jeremy Menuhin, Malcolm Singer. 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 by Dudley Cohen, Zemel's wide ranging repertoire compiled over the fifty four years of the choir’s existence embraces all the traditional Jewish cultures, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Yiddish and Israeli. The repertoire includes works by both Jewish and non-Jewish composers – both liturgical and secular, light and serious. We have performed works spanning ten centuries of Jewish music, from the plainchant of Ovadiah the monk to new works commissioned by the choir and other living composers. We are also proud to perform in a mixture of languages, particularly Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish, as well as English. In recent years we have performed works by well known European composers of Jewish music such as Rossi, Lewandowski and Sulzer, British composers such as Mombach and Alman, Israeli composers such as Ben Haim, Gil Aldema and Yehezkel Braun, and American composers including Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin and Weill. The Zemel choir regularly perform in major venues throughout the U.K. and overseas.

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