Musical Works for Synagogue 2017
by Dr. Leonard J. Lehrman, Music Director, Jericho Jewish Center
High Holidays Music Director, Metropolitan Synagogue, Manhattan

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
performed several times 2009-11 by Helene Williams, Faith Steinsnyder, David Perper
and Charles Osborne, conducted from the piano by the composer
and posted on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqP3x9hRi0

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 (on YouTube here 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
No. 21 performed regularly at Jericho Jewish Center on High Holidays
No.s 2, 4, 10, 14, 21 performed (& videoed) at Amsterdam Rosh Hashonah Service, 9/4/13
No.s 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17 performed (& videoed) at Amsterdam Yom Kippur Service, 9/13/13
No.s 1, 10, 17, 19, 21 performed (& recorded) at Metropolitan Synagogue on High Holidays, 2014
No.s 1, 4, 10, 21 performed (& recorded) at Metropolitan Synagogue on High Holidays, 2015
No.s 1, 4, 10, 17, 21 performed (& recorded) at Metropolitan Synagogue on High Holidays, 2016
No.s 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, performed (& recorded, audio & video) at
Metropolitan Synagogue/Community Church of NY Interfaith Service, Feb. 3, 2017