Hanukkah Songs and Jewish Music

Pulitzer prizewinning composer Shulamit Ran provides a grand statement in praise of the pursuit of knowledge. Wisdom, understanding, and learning are highlighted as the means to justice, judgment, and

Robert Applebaum offers three versions each of the three settings from the much "beloved" Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon. Each title features printed matter containing a Hebrew transliteration guide, the

This arrangement of Ani Ma'amin employs an old Jewish folk melody. It is said that during the Holocaust of WWII, Jewish prisoners in German concentration camps sang this song as they were being

Setting the powerful Hebrew text by the prophet Amos, this piece is lively and full of optimism. Contemporary harmonies, optional handclaps, and a rhythmic ostinato set the joyous tone of the work. "But let

This work, whose title translates as "Even though a power dominates"  was composed for one of the girl's barracks in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during the Holocaust.  Its intent was

Robert Applebaum offers three versions each of the three settings from the much "beloved" Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon. Each title features printed matter containing a Hebrew transliteration guide, the

SATB A cappella, Yiddish Text. Adapted to celebrate one of Chanukah's favorite foods: "Fire, fire, oy! It's hot! Hot latkes!"

Yiddish Text, SATB, a cappella.

Lampl creates a gorgeous soundscape of a cappella texture with flowing voice leading, cluster chords, extended phrases and overlapping harmonies. The Hebrew text is a modern plea for peace, and the

This lively setting of a traditional Hebrew folk song brings to life the joy of love. Treble groups will have fun with the rhythmic energy of this piece and will discover that this arrangement showcases

Robert Applebaum offers three versions each of the three settings from the much "beloved" Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon. Each title features printed matter containing a Hebrew transliteration guide, the

"The whole world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing is not to be afraid at all." Set in the original Hebrew, with dramatic rhythmic intensity, this setting of an 18th-century text by Rebbe

SATB a cappella. In English and Hebrew. Shabbat.

SATB, a cappella  - Yiddish Text. The Chanukah candles evoke a bittersweet contrast between the Chanukah story and the plight of Jews in the Russia of Czar Alexander III.

Yiddish Text, a cappella. This piece celebrates the calm of twilight - loose translation "O come, quiet evening, and rock the fields to sleep. How quiet it has become; the air is turning cool. The

A setting of a portion of the Hebrew prayer Al HaNissim (On the Miracles), recited on the Jewish festival of Chanukah. The prayer is an expression of gratitude for God's intervention on behalf of the Jews

The first of three movements from the larger work "Paths of Stone and Water." The text of Shir Moledet is by Yehuda Amichai and portrays a complex relationship of the poet to the city of Jerusalem,

Juxtaposing words in Hebrew with modern English translations of 13th century Muslim poet Rumi, this work calls out against violence and invites the listener to an abstract place without war. Unique!

Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes as it is a set of original compositions based on them. The first piece, Oh, Chanukah/Y'meit

Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes as it is a set of original compositions based on them. The second setting features a jazz-influenced,