High Holy Days traditions
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble concludes its two-part series devoted to the heritage of music for the Jewish High Holy Days. The Birthday of the World: Music and Traditions of the High Holy Days, Part II; Yom Kippur features the major prayers, rituals Eind songs of the deeply moving Yom Kippur service (Part I is devoted to Rosh Hashanah.). It opens with the haunting melodies of Kol Nidre and concludes with Avinu Malkeinu and the traditonal long blast from the sliofar (ram's horn) heralding the start of the new year.
Actor Leonard Nimoy provides the spoken commentary which describes the music and guides the listener through the Yom Kippur service. Four cantors, a
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble has a two-part series of High Holy Days music. Inset:
Narrator Leonard Nimoy.
chamber choir consisting of the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble and other accomplished singers present both composed music and prayers sung in the traditional performance stylo of cantor and meshoreim (improvised vocal accompaniment).
The BiriJiday of tlie World was honored as one of the first recipients of a grant from Steven Spielberg's Righteous Persons Foundation, which is funded by profits from the movie Schindler's List.
The Birthday of the World, Part H will be distributed to public radio stations around the world by Public Radio International. It will be aired in mid-September. □
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