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Ashamnu (Thesele Kemane): Live Video, Kol Nidre Service Sept 2013

2013-10-03T18:46:54+02:00

Ashamnu (Thesele Kemane, Baritone Soloist)

Vocal Quartet: Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat, Katherine Moon, Leanne Jacobson & Albert Combrink (Piano)
(Jewish Traditional Arranged by Albert Combrink, Sung in Hebrew)

Filmed Live during the “Kol Nidre” service at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

Read More about Thesele Kemane HERE:
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Ashamnu: Brief Discussion

I have  been able to establish the neither the dentity of the composer, nor the history of this setting, of the Asahmnu. I will have to go with Jewish traditional [read more…]

Ashamnu (Thesele Kemane): Live Video, Kol Nidre Service Sept 20132013-10-03T18:46:54+02:00

Titbarach Adonai, Kiel poel, Sh’ma Yisrael – Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat (Live Video 2013)

2013-10-01T13:21:16+02:00

Titbarach Adonai, Kiel poel, Sh’ma Yisrael – Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat

Vocal Quartet: Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat, Katherine Moon, Leanne Jacobson & Albert Combrink (Piano)
(Jewish Traditional Arranged by Albert Combrink, Sung in Hebrew, Sh’ma Yisrael Composed by Albert Combrink)

Filmed Live during the “Rosh Hashanah” service at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

Titbarach Adonai (Text in Hebrew)

Titbarach, Adonai Eloheinu,
al shevach maaseih yadecha
v’al m’orei or she-asita,
y’faarucha selah.
(Or chadash al Tzion tair,
v’nizkeh chulanu m’heirah l’oro. – Not included in this version)
Baruch atah, Adonai, yotzeir ham’orot.

Titbarach Adonai (Text in English)

Be praised, Adonai our God, for [read more…]

Titbarach Adonai, Kiel poel, Sh’ma Yisrael – Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat (Live Video 2013)2013-10-01T13:21:16+02:00

Mi Chamocha, Tzur Ysrael, Adonai (Temple Israel, Cape Town 2013) Live Video

2013-10-01T11:45:15+02:00

Mi Chamocha, Tzur Ysrael, Adonai

Vocal Quartet: Thesele Kemane, Beverley Chiat, Katherine Moon, Leanne Jacobson & Albert Combrink (Piano)
(Jewish Traditional Arranged by Albert Combrink, Sung in Hebrew)

Filmed Live during the “Yom Kippur” service at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

 

Mi Chamocha 00:10
Tzur Ysrael 01:20
Adonai S’ fa tai tiftach 02:20

Mi Chamocha (Text in Hebrew)

Mi chamocha, ba’elim, Adonai?
Mi kamocha, nedar bakodesh, nora tehilot, osei feleh?

Shira chadasha shib’chu ge’ulim le’shimcha al s’fat hayam;
Yachad kulam hodu ve’himlichu ve’amru:
“Adonai yimloch le’olam va’ed.”

Mi Chamocha (Text in English)

Who is like you, Adonai, among other gods?
Who is like you, glorious [read more…]

Mi Chamocha, Tzur Ysrael, Adonai (Temple Israel, Cape Town 2013) Live Video2013-10-01T11:45:15+02:00

Chatzi Kaddish (Thesele Kemane): Live Video

2013-10-01T11:05:41+02:00

Chatzi Kaddish & Bar’ chu: Thesele Kemane (Baritone) & Albert Combrink (Piano) & Vocal Trio: Beverley Chiat, Katherine Moon, Leanne Jacobson (Jewish Traditional Arranged by Albert Combrink, Sung in Hebrew)

Filmed Live during the “Rosh Hashanah” service at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

Read more about the Kaddish HERE:

Text to Barechu in Hebrew:

Ba r’ chu et Adonai
ha m’ vorach
l’ olam vaed

Text to Barechu in English:
Praise the Lord, to whom our praise is due

Thesele Kemane
Born in Kimberley, South Africa, Thesele has made a name for himself as one of the country’s [read more…]

Chatzi Kaddish (Thesele Kemane): Live Video2013-10-01T11:05:41+02:00

Kol Nidre – Thesele Kemane (Baritone) Live Video

2013-10-01T10:57:17+02:00

Kol Nidre (All Vows): Thesele Kemane (Baritone) & Albert Combrink (Piano) & Vocal Trio: Beverley Chiat, Katherine Moon, Leanne Jacobson

(Jewish Traditional Arranged by Henry Russotto & Albert Combrink, Sung in Hebrew)

Filmed Live during the “Kol Nidre” service at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2013

The prayer “Kol Nidrei” is sung Three Times, and follows without interruptions to the next sections of the Service.

Kol Nidre 1 – 00:00
Kol Nidre 2 – 05:20
Kol Nidre 3 – 10:19
Slach Na la’avon ha’am haze – 15:10
Vayomer Adonai – 15:42
Shehechiyanu – 16:36

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Kol Nidre – Thesele Kemane (Baritone) Live Video2013-10-01T10:57:17+02:00

Hashkiveinu (Louis Lewandowski)

2013-09-29T17:53:13+02:00

Photo: Albert Combrink Sunset

Hashkiveinu (Louis Lewandowski)

A simple prayer at bedtime. Such a familiar experience in many homes; a mother tucking in the children, father before the evening meal as the family sits round the table, little ones in the pajamas freshly bathed and brushed. “Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” Lullabies and bedtime prayers are often indistinguishable  as musical genres, so ingrained is this need to wrap up the day and reach out to the Protectors-in-charge who must keep the Earth turning while we float into unconsciousness.

Sometimes the [read more…]

Hashkiveinu (Louis Lewandowski)2013-09-29T17:53:13+02:00

Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, op 38 – Allegretto quasi Menuetto (Guest author Sara Acres)

2013-09-03T13:44:49+02:00

Caspar David Friedrich: "Frau vor die untergehende Sonne"

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, op 38   Allegretto quasi  Menuetto

During the troubled months leading up to Schumann’s death, the 21-year-old Brahms lived in the Schumann household,  looking after their six children during Clara’s frequent concert tours and growing emotionally closer to  Clara herself.  It was, no doubt a stressful time for everyone so it comes as no surprise that Brahms was also battling persistent writer‘s block caused by what he perceived to be a plateau in his creativity. [read more…]

Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, op 38 – Allegretto quasi Menuetto (Guest author Sara Acres)2013-09-03T13:44:49+02:00

Die Mainacht Op. 43 No. 2 (Johannes Brahms)

2013-09-02T20:25:50+02:00

Albert Combrink: Brahms Die Mainacht

“Die Mainacht” Op. 43 No. 2 (Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)), written 1866, published 1879, text by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776)

One of Brahms’ most beloved songs, this is one of the great, quintessential Romantic Period song-diary creations, an exquisitely crafted Nature-Nocturne. Brahms’s songs often use a modified strophic form, which seems to help Brahms contain both the forward-looking, personal element of his art, as well as remaining firmly rooted in the Classical Tradition; the technique leads to a form at once grounded in the solid formal [read more…]

Die Mainacht Op. 43 No. 2 (Johannes Brahms)2013-09-02T20:25:50+02:00

Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 (Schubert)

2013-09-01T16:11:50+02:00

 

Caspar David Friedrich: "The Tree of Crows" Caspar David Friedrich: “The Tree of Crows”

 

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My sheet music states quite clearly:

Schubert:  Sonata in A minor Arpeggione D. 821 for Cello and Piano
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But others state something different:

Schubert:  Sonata in A minor Arpeggione D. 821 for Viola and Piano

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So, this must be a transcription of the Cello work, Right?

Wrong.

Schubert:  Sonata in A minor D. 821 for Arpeggione and [read more…]

Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 (Schubert)2013-09-01T16:11:50+02:00

“Liebestreu” Op. 3 No. 1: (Johannes Brahms)

2013-08-31T13:52:35+02:00

Achenbach “Clearing Up” by one of the painters of the Düsseldorf School (with whom the poet of this song was associated,) Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910).

 

“Liebestreu”, op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1853) by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Dedicated to Bettina von Arnim

Text by Robert Reinick (1805 – 1852) , title unknown, from Lieder, in 2. Romanzen und Bilder, no. 26, published 1844

 

Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, photographed in 1853 Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, photographed in 1853

What a dashing young man Brahms was. When [read more…]

“Liebestreu” Op. 3 No. 1: (Johannes Brahms)2013-08-31T13:52:35+02:00

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“The pianist with magic fingers”
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