Recording: Not yet available Lyrics: Yitzhak Lamdan Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Synopsis: Leilot Bemasada is the last composition in Lavry’s opus book. It’s interesting to note that this is one of the very few songs the composer wrote specifically for a baritone voice. Lyrics: Leilot Bemasada / Yitzhak Lamdan (transliterated from Hebrew to English) Yeshnam…
Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Kol Zion Lagola Choir (The Broadcasting Service Choir) Recorded on April 15, 1956 Lyrics: Yitzhak Shalev Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990037129540205171, 990035288790205171 Synopsis: Yitzhak Shalev wrote the lyrics and invited Marc Lavry to…
Recording: Not yet available Lyrics: Shmuel Huppert Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990037130120205171, 990038368990205171, 990038368980205171 Synopsis: In 1965 Marc Lavry, who moved to Haifa, composed 3 songs by poet Shmuel Huppert, also from Haifa: Shki’ah Beerushalayim (Jerusalem at Sunset), Song, Op. 342, Yalda Ohav (I…
Recording: Not yet available Lyrics: Shmuel Huppert Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990037139940205171, 990038501030205171 Synopsis: In 1965 Marc Lavry, who moved to Haifa, composed 3 songs by poet Shmuel Huppert, also from Haifa: Shki’ah Beerushalayim (Jerusalem at Sunset), Song, Op. 342, Yalda Ohav (I Will…
A recording from September 30, 1959: Netania Davrath, Soprano Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Lyrics: Avraham Broides Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society (the sheet music is currently missing) Synopsis: In 1959, Lavry wrote three popular songs: Kach Tov Li (I Feel So Good), Opus 283, Hikiti La’isha (I…
Note: Ma Dodech Midod is an Aria from the Oratorio Song of Songs, Op. 137. Yaffa Yarkoni, Voice Kol Zion Lagola Choir (The Broadcasting Service Choir) Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Marc Lavry, Conductor Lyrics: Song of Songs Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society Transliteration: Ma dodech midod, Hayafa banashim? Ma dodech…
Rachel Nachmias, Mezzo-Soprano Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Israel Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Lyrics: Yaacov Kahan Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society Synopsis: The lullaby Yeshan Machmadi (Sleep My Darling) was composed by Lavry in Haifa, Israel on December 29, 1963 to the lyrics of Yaacov Cahan. Lyrics: Yeshan Machmadi / Yaacov Kahan (Transliteration…
At Moledet for Soprano and Orchestra: Netania Davrath, Soprano Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Lyrics: Leah Goldberg Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Synopsis: The song At Moledet (My Homeland) is one of the many songs Lavry composed to lyrics by prominent poets, right after immigrating to Israel, and which related…
A Recording from September 30, 1959: Netania Davrath, Soprano Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Note: Chikiti La’isha was originally written for Soprano and Piano. As he often did, Lavry composed an arrangement for Soprano and orchestral accompaniment for his recording with singer Netania Davrath. Lyrics: Rafael Eliaz Publisher: The…
A historical recording from 1952: Kol Zion Lagola Choir Lyrics: Liturgical hymn Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society Synopsis: “Shalom Aleichem Malachei Hashalom” is a Jewish hymn recited on Friday night before the Sabbath (Shabbat) meal. The poem is based on the legend of the sages in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Shabbat. The composition was…
Performance: Cantor Zvee Aroni Lyrics: S. Shalom See lyrics in Hebrew Note: Also known as Chalamti Chalom Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Synopsis: The song “Halamti Halom” (I Dreamed a Dream) was written a few months after the establishment of the state of Israel. This is a patriotic song in which the poet S. Shalom is…
Ronenay Hacarmel Choir Marc Lavry (Conductor) Lyrics: Michael Desheh Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Lyrics: Hayom Shabbat/Michael Desheh (transliterated from Hebrew to English) Hayom lashemesh yoter or, Hayom raki’a ram, tahor, Hatziporim smechot gam hen, Velaprachim kiflayim chen. Gam ima chaviva kol kach Ve’aba tov umevudach, Mekushatim kol ben uvat, Hayom shabbat, hayom shabbat! Shabbat shalom…
Recording: Not Available yet Lyrics: Michael Desheh Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society Lyrics: Shir Le’Eilat/Michael Desheh (transliterated from Hebrew to English) Beinot risey tzurim, besa’arot yamim, Ayelet yam alit, yafa vachasufa; Tirot harey rikma otrot lach tznif ramim Ve’et libot ha’am lachadet besufa. Yefat harim, kchulat einayim, Ayelet arava Yomam valeil yushar lach Halel…
A historic recording of the song Shir Eres for alto, choir and orchestral accompaniment: Tsiporah Kuperman, Alto Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Zion Lagola Choir Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Lyrics: Shaul Tchernichovsky Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Synopsis: In his article titled “Tchernichovsky in Music” musicologist Menashe Ravinah wrote about Shir Eres: “In…
Netania Davrath, Soprano Marc Lavry, Conductor Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra) Lyrics: Psalms 137 Additional details: email music@marclavry.org Lyrics:Im Eshkachech Yerushakayim (transliterated from Hebrew to English) Im eshkachech yerushalayim Tishkach yemini Tidbak leshoni lechiki Im lo ezkerechi Im lo a’aleh et yerushalayim Al rosh simchati Translation (Psalms 137) If I forget thee,…
