congregational talent show

[cellio]

Last night was my congregation's annual talent show. (There have been two, so they can now use the word "annual".) There was quite a range of material -- poetry, Yiddish songs, 70s popular music, classical piano music, lots of show tunes, and one religious song (hi). I sang Neshama Carlebach's "Min Hametzar", a song of yearning for God. The performance wasn't perfect (better sight lines between the piano and the bimah would have helped), but I thought it went pretty well and I got a lot of compliments.

This time I was able to get someone to record it and, with permission of the author, share it (the intro contains a text overview):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtX9yWSLwTs

Edit: lyrics and an explanation.

Comments

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaay!

[cellio]

Indeed! :-)

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[cellio]

Thank you!

[egoldberg.livejournal.com]

You look good! Never seen you sing in Hebrew before! So cool.

[cellio]

Thanks! I haven't had a lot of opportunities to sing (solo) in Hebrew, and fewer still that were recorded.

[steven.livejournal.com]

Applause! Applause!

That was very nice, and I'm glad you posted it. It's also interesting to see video and hear the voice of someone I've known online for this long a time!

[cellio]

Thanks! Yeah, it's neat to see and hear people we only know via the written word. Sometimes people will do phone posts and I'll be completely surprised by their voices.

[steven.livejournal.com]

Ha ... a phone post! I think I've done one, and it was years ago. I wish I'd tagged it (if that was even possible at the time).

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to listen to this! Every time I hear you sing on my work mix I smile.

[cellio]

Thank you. :-)

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

Well done, Monica. You have a lovely voice!