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| Carol Boyd Leon - News & Reviews |
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Nov. 16, 2005 – Spiritual Americana Heals
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From the Jerusalem Post (by Ben Jacobsen):
The Olam Tikvah Chorale
A Healing Service in Song
Under the leadership of Carol Boyd Leon, who serves as the ensemble's music director and the DVD's producer, the Olam Tikvah Chorale has recently released this live performance of a cycle of compositions subtitled "Inspirational and Healing Music Based on Jewish Liturgy."
The back cover of the DVD describes the choir as "a haimish group of congregational singers," and the home-made feel carries throughout. Healing is a fashionable theme in today's art, and the choir, who are in residence at the Olam Tikvah Conservative synagogue in Virginia, has assembled in what looks like someone's living room to present the material using digital video - a strange format choice. Single-camera, single-microphone footage of the living room concert is spliced with photos.
The material chosen reads like an all-star lineup of today's American composers of Jewish liturgy, including three Debbie Friedman pieces, one by Craig "Craig'N'Co" Taubman, two Carol Boyd Leon originals, and a Psalms medley by Cantor Charles Osborne of Temple Emanuel of Newton, Massachusetts. In addition, Olam Tikvah performs a spirited version of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's "Esa Einai" and a beautiful rendition of Doug Cotler's elegantly phrased "Hashiveinu."
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