Musical Works for Synagogue 2006
by Dr. Leonard J. Lehrman, Music Director, Jericho Jewish Center
1. *Adoration: May the Time Not Be Distant (for Metropolitan Synagogue, NYC) 6/79
for Soprano & Organ or for SATB with Organ/Orch; 92 St Y (ASJM) 6/83; American Church, Berlin 4/85;
Temple Beth Sholom (Roslyn) 4/87; Temple Sinai (Roslyn) 8/20/89; University Synagogue (L.A.) 1/27/95
2. *Avot V'Emahot [arr.] for SATB +opt. Organ; commissioned by North Shore Synagogue, Syosset NY;
dedicated to Rabbi Daniel Fogel prem. 4/11/97 (along with No.s 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19)
3. *Bar'chu for Cantor, unis. Choir & Organ/Orch
4. *#Hashkivenu (Heb. or Eng.-premiered in Eng.) for Cantor, SATB & Organ/Orch;
Honorable Mention, Jewish Music Commission Competition, 1997; publ. Transcontinental, 2007
5. Hillel Tripartite Mantra 4-part round in Heb. & Eng., 2006
6. #I'd Like to Go Away Alone for Soprano & Piano/Organ or Soprano, SATB & Piano/Organ
(Alena Synkova, Terezin 1942-44; tr. Jeanne Nemcova) prem. 6/23/91 by Helene Williams, Merkin Hall;
sung by Cantor Susan Alcott at 11/94 Kristallnacht Service for Congregation B'nai Elohim, Scarsdale
w/choru, Yom Hashoah Svce Asbury Church, Westchester, 4/27/95; HW & Workmen's Circle Chor, NYC 4/18/04
7. *Lo Yisa Goi [arr.] for SATB + opt. Organ/Orch
8. *May the Words (Eng.)(originally from Chanukah opera Hannah) for Solo or SATB with Organ/Orch
9. *Mi Chamocha for Cantor, unison Choir, & Organ/Orch
10. #Mi Shebeirach for solo, duet or SATB w/pno/organ prem. 7/3/97 ACC/GTM convention, Huntington NY
by Faith Steinsnyder & David Perper; choral version prem. 11/15/98 North Shore Choir at MalvernePresbyterian
11. *A New Song (Shir Chadash)(Heb.&Eng.) for antiphonal unison Choirs (adult & children's, or interfaith)
12. *Reader's (Chatsi) Kaddish (Heb.) for 2 Soli, SATB & Organ/Orch
*13. A Secular Kaddish (in Eng., adapted from Union Prayer Book) for Voice a cap or w/Va, Vc., Cl.orMarimba
perfs: Loretta Zien w/Va Hamburg 4/82; Mara Goodman w/Vc, People's Voice Cafe, NYC, Fall 1988
a cap: Sarah Bachman, 92 St Y NYC 6/83; Helene Williams, Temple Sinai, Roslyn, 8/20/89
w/marimba: Constance Beavon & Frank Cassara, Southampton Arts Ctr 8/30/97
14. *Shalom Rav for SATB +opt. violin obbligato [also performed 6/1/97 at HUC-JIR, Manhattan]
15. Shalom Rav (#2) for Two-Part Canon (2-4 parts) 1996 prem. 7/4/03 ACC/GTM convention, NY City
Eng. tr.: We Wish You Peace prem. 5/13/01 by Malverne Presbyterian Church Children's Choir
16. *Sh'ma unis. Choir with Organ/Orch
17. *V'sham'ru unis. Choir with Organ/Orch
18. Y'did Nefesh arr.(&Eng.tr.) for Mezzo, Clarinet & Piano, commissioned by Marion Capriotti 6/94 unperformed
19. *Yism'chu for Cantor, SATB & Organ - Metropolitan Synagogue, N.Y. City 4/79
#20. Zelophehad's Daughters for Sop or SSMAA & Piano or 9 instruments; mvt 3 of Sisters
perf'd 6/12/89 NatlCouncil ofWomen, 6/14/89 Weill Hl EzrathNashim benefit 8/20/49 Temple Sinai (Roslyn),
Ft. Lauderdale JCC 3/20/90, NYC Workmen's Circle 5/24/90, Merkin Hl 6/23/91 etc.
21. Zochrenu [arr.] for SATB, performed regularly at High Holiday Services, North Shore Synagogue 1996-2000
+translations of Rotblit-Rosenblum Shir L'Shalom and Naomi Shemer's Makar (Tomorrow)
and Goot Yuntif -- response to Tom Lehrer's "Chanukah in Santa Monica"
and #Adonai, Ma Adam for Cantor & Organ (Conservative Liturgy)
commissioned by Charles Osborne; performed by him at Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA, Yom Kippur '90-93
* included in A New Friday Evening Service (Trad. words in Hebrew & English) 1996
for Cantor, SATB, Children's Choir, Organ/Pno + obbligato Fl., Cl., Harp, Cello
commissioned by North Shore Synagogue, Syosset NY; dedicated to Rabbi Daniel Fogel prem. 4/11/97
Prelude, A New Song (Shir Chadash)(Heb. & Eng.), Reader's (Chatsi) Kaddish (Heb.), Bar'chu (Heb.), Sh'ma(Heb.), Avot V'imahot (Heb.[arr.]), Yism'chu (Heb.)), Zog nit keynmol (Yid.&Eng. [unis. arr.])
Shalom Rav (Heb.), Meditation, May the Words (Eng.), Adoration (Eng.), Kaddish Underscore,
Lo Yisa Goi (Heb. [arr.]), Postlude
# recorded on Holocaust Memorial Concert CD w/Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus, Temple Judea, Manhasset 4/3/03
No.s 4, 9, 10, 14, 17 performed 7/3/97 at ACC/GTM convention, Huntington NY
No.s 1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 115, 17 performed 11/15/98 at Interfaith Concert, Malverne Community Presbyterian Church
No.s 4, 7, 9, 10, 17, 20 performed 3/5/99 by Cantor Kenneth Jaffe & Helene Williams at Temple Israel, Miami FL
No.s 1, 6, 8, 10, 17 performed 7/3/01 by Helene Williams at ACC/GTM convention, Washington DC
No.s 6, 10, 17 performed 7/4/03 by Helene Williams at ACC/GTM convention, NY City
No.s 1, 6, 9, 10, 17, 20 performed 4/23/04 by Helene Williams at Synaplex, Cong. Kol Ami, White Plains, NY
No.s 9, 17, 20 performed by Helene Williams 6/24/06 in Haifa, 7/1/06 at Felicja Blumental Music Ctr, Tel Aviv
No.s 6, 20 recorded on cassette (reissued on CD) Helene Williams sings Songs of Conscience