Illumine Our Hearts
Liturgical and Secular Jewish Choral Music
MSR Classics 1295
Sursum Corda
Lester Seigel (Conductor, organ)
Schantz Organ (54-rank instrument, installed 1962)
2009
Alan Taylor
Bert Pitts
Caitlin Huie
Daniel Seigel
David Higginbotham
Ellen Thomas
Gloria Parvin
Jane Seigel
Jennifer Faulkner
Joy Ryder
Kirk Alford
Randy Mayo
Rebecca Harris
Stan Nelson
Ted Clark
Virginia Goodall
  1. Salamone Rossi (ca.1570-1620) : Al Naharot Bavel
  2. B'tseit Yisrael / In Exitu Israel (Sephardic/Gregorian chants, arr. Jacobson)
  3. Tzvi Avni (b. 1927) : Mizmorei Tehillim, Psalm 47: 1-2, 6, 8
  4. Tzvi Avni (b. 1927) : Mizmorei Tehillim, Psalm 48: 2
  5. Tzvi Avni (b. 1927) : Mizmorei Tehillim, Psalm 150
  6. O Kum, Shoyn Shtiler Ovnt (anon, arr. Mark Zuckerman)
  7. Alexander Olshanetsky (1892-1946) : Vilne (arr. M. Zuckerman)
  8. Ernest Bloch (1880-1989) : Prelude [organ solo]
  9. Robert Starer (1924-2001) : Give Thanks Unto The Lord
  10. Heinrich Schalit (1886-1976) : Mi Yitneini
  11. Hayo, Haya (Chanukah folksong, arr. Prussing)
  12. Ernest Bloch (1880-1989): Processional [organ solo]
  13. Isadore Freed (1900-1960) : Va ani S filosi
  14. Frank Ticheli (b.1958)i : There Will Be Rest
  15. Avinu Malkeinu (traditional tune, arr. L. Seigel)
  16. Ron Nelson (b.1929) : Cause Us, O Lord Our God
  17. Creep Along, Moses (American folk song, arr. Gail Kubik)
  18. Cuando El Rey Nimrod (Ladino folk song, arr. L. Seigel)