"This music reminds us that such a thing called peace, such a thing called love exists on earth." That's what legendary klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman said after he heard the concert version of the tune "Shabbat Rosh Hodesh" fro [+]"This music reminds us that such a thing called peace, such a thing called love exists on earth." That's what legendary klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman said after he heard the concert version of the tune "Shabbat Rosh Hodesh" from the Techelet Ensemble's new album, "And I Will Hope for Him."
It happened on Shlomo Yisraeli's program, Maavarim [Passages], on Israel's classical and contemporary music station, the Voice of Music. Giora Feidman had been invited to present his new album, a tribute to Astor Piazzolla. Then the host, Shlomo Yisraeli, played Yoel Taieb's composition, "Shabbat Rosh Hodesh," recorded live at the Renanot Jewish Music Festival, and asked Giora what he thought. This is what he said:
"It's beautiful, so beautiful to make music like that. You can see that this group is really, really searching. On the other hand, the idea of the shepherd keeping his flock in the field . . . Where we are today, it's hard to go out into the field, but at least, through music, it's possible. . . . This group is creating a kind of Jewish-Israeli chamber music. It reminds one that there are such things as love and peace in this world. There are such things. Really, there are.
Techelet Ensemble: Jewish Mysticism and Musical Improvisation
By Yossef ben Raphael - from the Jerusalem Post (French edition) December 2001
With the appearance of their first album, "Vehikiti Lashem ...Vekiviti Lo," we meet the Techelet Ensemble, an Israeli music group whose highly original music links Jewish mysticism and musical improvisation. If you ask the members of Techelet to describe the kind of music they produce, they will answer, "MaYiM" -- an acronym for "modern Jewish music" (in Hebrew, musica yehudit modernit).
This is derived from the verse in Isaiah: "You shall dr
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