Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Five Hebrew Love Songs (1996)

Emily Hamilton, soprano

Sadie Hamrin, violin

Kerry Agnew, piano

Recorded on April 26, 2023 in Pollack Hall at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec during Emily's Final Bachelor's Recital

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1. Temuná

Temuná belibí charuntá;

Nodédet beyn ór uveyn ófel:

Min dmamá shekazó et guféch kach otá,

Usaréch al pańa’ich kach nófel.

2. Kalá kallá

Kalá kallá

Kulá shelí,

U’ve kalút

Tishákhílí!

3. Lárov

“Laróv,” amár gag la’shama’im,

“Hamerchák shebeynéynu hu ad;

Ach lifnéy zman alu lechán shna’im,

Uveynéynu nishár sentiméter echad”

4. Éyze shéleg

Ézye shéleg!

Kmo chalomót ktaníim

Noflím mehashamá im.

5. Rakút

Hu hayá malé rakút;

Hi haytá kasha

Vechól káma shenistá lehishaér kach,

Pashút, uvlí sibá tová,

Lakách otá el toch atzmó,

Veheníach Bamakóm hachí rach.

- Hila Plitmann (b. 1973)