Illumine Our Hearts

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Album Summary

Performers

• Stan Nelson (Cantor)
• Lester Seigel (Organ)
• David Higgenbotham (Voice)
• Randy Mayo (Voice)
• Gloria Parvin (Mezzo Soprano)
• Virginia Goodall (Voice)
• S. Taylor (Timpani)
• Rebecca Harris
• Daniel Seigel (Voice)
• Jane Seigel (Voice)

Conductor

• Seigel, Lester

Ensemble

• Sursum Corda

Composers

• Tzvi Avni (1927 - )
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• Jewish Traditional
• Ron Nelson (Composer) (1929 - )
• Anonymous
• Robert Starer (1924 - 2001)
• Isadore Freed
• American Traditional
• Salomone Rossi (1570 - circa 1630)
• Alexander Olshanetsky (1892 - 1944)
• Heinrich Schalit (1886 - 1976)
• Frank Ticheli (1958 - )
• Sephardic Traditional

Notes & Reviews:

This collection of liturgical and secular Jewish choral music is sung by Sursum Corda, a 16-member vocal ensemble based in Birmingham, Alabama that has received critical acclaim for performances ranging from Medieval to modern works.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Br (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Br (11/2008).

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Works Details

Rossi, Salomone : 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Rossi, Salomone : B'Tseit Yisrael, for chorus

• Performer: Stan Nelson (Cantor)
• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Avni, Tzvi : Mizmorei Tehillim, for chorus

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Anonymous : O Kum, Shoyn Shtiler Ovnt

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.

Olshanetsky, Alexander : Vilne

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bloch, Ernest : Prelude, for string quartet (also arr. for organ by Marsh)

• Performer: Lester Seigel (Organ)
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1925

Starer, Robert : Give Thanks Unto the Lord

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Schalit, Heinrich : Mi Yitneini, for chorus

• Performers: David Higgenbotham (Voice); Randy Mayo (Voice); Gloria Parvin (Mezzo Soprano); Virginia Goodall (Voice)
• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Jewish : Hayo, Haya

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.

Bloch, Ernest : Processional, for organ

• Performer: Lester Seigel (Organ)
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Freed, Isadore : Va'Ani S'Filosi, for chorus

• Performers: S. Taylor (Timpani); Rebecca Harris
• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.

Ticheli, Frank : There will be rest, for chorus

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional, Jewish : Avinu Malkeinu

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.

Nelson, Ron : Cause Us, O Lord Our God, for chorus

• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, American : Creep Along, moses

• Performer: Daniel Seigel (Voice)
• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.

Traditional, Sephardic : Quando el rey Nimrod

• Performer: Jane Seigel (Voice)
• Conductor: Lester Seigel
• Ensemble: Sursum Corda
• Notes: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Brook, Alabama (11/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Vocal