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Nigunim, Vol. III: Live in the Choir Loft

by Joey Weisenberg

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Bina's Nigun 04:04
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Anim Z'mirot 05:35
אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת וְשִׁירִים אֶאֱרֹג כִּי אֵלֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי תַּעֲרֹג נַפְשִׁי חַמְּדָה בְּצֵל יָדֶךָ לָדַעַת כָּל רָז סוֹדֶךָ מִדֵּי דַּבְּרִי בִּכְבוֹדֶךָ הוֹמֶה לִבִּי אֶל דּוֹדֶיךָ עַל כֵּן אֲדַבֵּר בְּךָ נִכְבָּדוֹת וְשִׁמְךָ אֲכַבֵּד בְּשִׁירֵי יְדִידוֹת שִׁית הֲמוֹן שִׁירַי נָא עָלֶיךָ וְרִנָּתִי תִּקְרַב אֵלֶיךָ תְּהִלָּתִי תְּהִי לְרֹאשְׁךָ עֲטֶרֶת וּתְפִלָּתִי תִּכּוֹן קְטֹרֶת תִּיקַר שִׁירַת רָשׁ בְּעֵינֶיךָ כְּשִּׁיר יוּשַׁר עַל קָרְבָּנֶיךָ בִּרְכָתִי תַעֲלֶה לְרֹאשׁ מַשְׁבִּיר מְחוֹלֵל וּמוֹלִיד צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר יֶעֱרַב נָא שִׂיחִי עָלֶיךָ כִּי נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ Anim z'mirot v'shirim e-erog Ki eleicha nafshi ta-arog Nafshi chamda b'tzel yadecha Lada-at kol raz sodecha Midei dab'ri bichvodecha Homeh libi el dodeicha Al ken adaber b'cha nichbadot V'shimcha achabed b'shirei y'didot Sheet hamon shirai na aleycha V'rinati tikrav eleycha T'hilati t'hi l'roshcha ateret Ut'filati tikon k'toret Tikar shirat rash b'eineicha K'shir yushar al korbaneicha Birchati ta-aleh l'rosh mashbir M'cholel umolid tzadik kabir Ye-erav na sikhi aleicha Ki nafshi ta-arog aleicha Soothing songs and poems I weave because my soul longs for You. My soul desires the shadow of your hand, to know every one of Your secrets. Each time I speak of Your glory, my heart longs for Your love. Therefore I will speak about You, about Your glories. Your name I shall honor with love songs.
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נִשְׁמַת כָּל חַי תְּבָרֵךְ אֶת שִׁמְךָ הַשֵּׁם, הַשֵּׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי תֹּאמַרְנָה הַשֵּׁם, הַשֵּׁם מִי כָמוֹךָ 𝑁𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑜𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖 𝑇'𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚, ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝐸𝑙𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝐾𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑧𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚, ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑀𝑖 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑎
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לְמִקְדָּשָׁךְ תּוּב וּלְקֹדֶשׁ קֻדְשִׁין תּוּב אֲתַר דִּי בֵיהּ יֶחֱדוּן רוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין וִיזַמְּרוּן לָךְ שִׁירִין וְרֲחֲשִׁין בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קַרְתָּא דְשֻׁפְרַיָּא 𝐿'𝑚𝑖𝑘𝑑𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑢𝑣 𝑈'𝑙'𝑘𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑘𝑢𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑣 𝐴𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖 𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛 𝑅𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛, 𝑟𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑣'𝑛𝑎𝑓𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑚𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑣'𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑎 𝑑'𝑠ℎ𝑢𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑎 To Your Sanctuary return and to the Holy of Holies The place where spirits and souls will rejoice And utter songs and praises In Jerusalem, city of beauty
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אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ עוֹד יְהַלְלוּךָ סֶּלָה אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיֲהוָה אֱלֹהָיו תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד אֲרוֹמִמְךָ אֱלֹוֹהַי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַאֲבָרְכָה שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד בְּכָל־יוֹם אֲבָרְכֶךָּ וַאֲהַלְלָה שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד גָּדוֹל יְהֹוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד וְלִגְדֻלָּתוֹ אֵין חֵקֶר דּוֹר לְדוֹר יְשַׁבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וּגְבוּרֹתֶיךָ יַגִּידוּ הֲדַר כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶךָ וְדִבְרֵי נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ אָשִׂיחָה וֶעֱזוּז נוֹרְאֹתֶיךָ יֹאמֵרוּ וּגְדֻלָּתְךָ אֲסַפְּרֶנָּה זֵכֶר רַב־טוּבְךָ יַבִּיעוּ וְצִדְקָתְךָ יְרַנֵּנוּ חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם יְהֹוָה אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וּגְדָל־חָסֶד טוֹב־יְהֹוָה לַכֹּל וְרַחֲמָיו עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָׂיו יוֹדוּךָ יְהֹוָה כָּל־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וַחֲסִידֶיךָ יְבָרְכוּכָה פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת־יָדֶךָ וּמַשְׂבִּיעַ לְכָל־חַי רָצוֹן צַדִּיק יְהֹוָה בְּכָל־דְּרָכָיו וְחָסִיד בְּכָל־מַעֲשָׂיו קָרוֹב יְהֹוָה לְכָל־קֹרְאָיו לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָאֻהוּ בֶאֱמֶת תְּהִלַּת יְהֹוָה יְדַבֶּר פִּי וִיבָרֵךְ כָּל־בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם הַלְלוּיָהּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם הַלְלוּיָהּ 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑖 𝑦𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑣𝑒𝑖 𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑂𝑑 𝑦𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑙'𝑙𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑘𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑙𝑜 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑖 ℎ𝑎-𝑎𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑒-𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖 𝐸𝑙𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑣 Praiseworthy are those who dwell in Your house May they always praise You, Selah! Praiseworthy is the people for whom this is so Praiseworthy is the people whose God is Hashem

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This music is the result of an eight-month weekly residency in the “Choir Loft” at the Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn. More than 150 years ago, the space was designed for a choir to sing “from on high” down to the congregants. In 2013, a group of Kane Street congregants cleared out what seemed like a century’s worth of accumulated shul accoutrements and reclaimed the loft as a space for music—only this time, our band brought the audience up to the loft with us! The loft itself—with its beautiful acoustics, grand view, and the lovely group of supporters—became the creative soil in which the music could develop and flourish.

Like the space, the music itself comes from eras past but is reclaimed for the present. Older styles of Jewish music—nigunim (wordless melodies), z’mirot (Shabbos table melodies), choral music, and traditional nusach (prayer chant)—organically melt into the spontaneous improvisation, liberated harmonies and indie soul music of our Brooklyn soundscape.

Using my open-ended compositions as starting points, this incredibly sensitive group of musicians and singers improvised and invented arrangements on the fly. That open process left us vulnerable to making mistakes, but also left open the possibility of moments of unscripted surging beauty and power. The rumbling cars, chirping birds, cracking voices, audience shuffles, and other sounds of the real world added their unique flavor to this recording, which was recorded live and presented here with nothing added or taken away. We hope you enjoy it!

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released October 1, 2013

All music composed and directed by Joey Weisenberg.

Recorded Live in the Choir Loft at the Kane Street Synagogue on May 5-8, 2013.

Singers and Musicians:

Joey Weisenberg: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
Mattisyahu Brown: Harmony Vocals, Lead Vocals on #7,10
Deborah Sacks: Harmony Vocals, Lead Vocals on #7,10
Eléonore Weill: Harmony Vocals, Wooden Flute
Yoshie Fruchter: Harmony Vocals, Upright Bass
Myk Freedman: Lap Steel
Sam Weisenberg: Tom Drum, percussion
Jake Shulman-Ment: Violin

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Don Godwin.
Design and Illustrations by David Meslin

All words are traditional.

Thank you so much to all of the singers and musicians who made this music - what a pleasure to get to play every week! Thank you to the Kane Street Synagogue for hosting the Choir Loft Music Series, and to all of the Kane Streeters who supported this creative process. Huge thanks to Don Godwin for his masterful engineering and mastering work, to David Meslin for the design and layout of this CD, and to Josh Freed for filming the live sessions. Thank you to all of our teachers, friends, supporters and students who have made this work possible, especially Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and the Hadar Institute, Dr Chaim Kranzler (cameo harmonies on “Ashrei”), Rabbi Sam Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, and to some of the great Jewish singers who have inspired this music, in particular Rabbi Michel Twerski and my teacher Cantor Noach Schall. Thank you especially to Molly Weingrod and our children Lev, Mozi and Bina, who continuously encourage and support these endeavors.

This album is a project of the Rising Song Institute, which cultivates Jewish spiritual life through song: www.risingsong.org

Filmed versions of these songs are available here: www.youtube.com/user/joeyweisenberg
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Joey Weisenberg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, composer and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, cultivating grassroots musical-spiritual creativity in Jewish community. He has released seven albums with the Hadar Ensemble and is author of The Torah of Music (2017 winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities. ... more

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