[HANASHIR:12434] Re: when God made the world

[Dr. Alan Mason <dralanmason...>]

     "This Is Very Good" becomes very, very elevated when sung  seriously at 
a medium tempo, with a perfectly and beautifully executed rolling 
accompaniment played legatissimo on the piano.  At a recent Interfaith 
service I programmed it back to back with "God of the Sparrow, God of the 
Whale" from the Methodist Hymnal, and "Gracias Senor" from a Spanish 
Catholic Hymnal.  Sandwiched inbetween was a blast of the shofar, and as 
outlandish as this all sounds, it was incredible.
     Someone asked for the words we use in Spanish.....my Argentinian cantor 
is in New York this week, taking in the full BJ experience, but I will have 
her assist with the Spanish text next week when she returns to Miami.
     Alan Mason
     Temple Israel
     Miami, Florida





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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:55:37 EDT


In a message dated 10/8/02 1:06:09 PM, dralanmason (at) hotmail(dot)com writes:


 > He introduced
 > us to this song, and we use it on Yom Kippur afternoon.  We also sing it 
in
 > Spanish during our monthly Spanish Kabbalat Shabbat.  The Musical 
Director
 > at St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Miami Beach is now also using this
 > song in her liturgy.
 >
 >

this is fascinating!!   I use the song as a fun and silly way of teaching 5
year olds about parshat b'reishit!    I'm trying to imagine how the song is
done in either a cathedral or at a solemn yom kippur service.   are we
talking about the same song?   am I singing it incorrectly?   WOW!   talk
about a versitile song...

Raquel Gershon
singer/songwriter/
jewish music specialist - solomon schechter academy - dallas, tx




Alan Mason
Doctor of Musical Arts
Pi Kappa Lambda


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