Daniel Halfon

I have just released a new album, "Kedushah Melodies in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition”. It features 12 selections: five from London, four from Amsterdam, two from New York, and one from Suriname. The album is now available on Spotify and will be available on all other major music streaming services.Please share.

https://youtu.be/31glOMLwSTE# Keter - Simon Duque | AmsterdamOne of the many endearing features of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is the impressively short time it takes to complete the reading of Musaf, which on most occasions is done without a repetition. The rendering of the Kedusha is generally accomplished within two to three minutes, a conciseness which often contrasts hugely with the ...

https://youtu.be/31glOMLwSTE# Keter - Simon Duque | AmsterdamOne of the many endearing features of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is the impressively short time it takes to complete the reading of Musaf, which on most occasions is done without a repetition. The rendering of the Kedusha is generally accomplished within two to three minutes, a conciseness which often contrasts hugely with the ...

This album featuring 12 melodies for the Kaddish is the first in a series of selections from the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire organised by category. Future releases will include melodies for Hallel, Kedusha, home ceremonies, the Yamim Nora’im and more.They will available on Spotify and all other major music streaming services.

This album featuring 12 melodies for the Kaddish is the first in a series of selections from the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire organised by category. Future releases will include melodies for Hallel, Kedusha, home ceremonies, the Yamim Nora’im and more.They will available on Spotify and all other major music streaming services.

https://youtu.be/Imfkhonz07s# Tehilat Hashem - Birkat Hamazon | MozartThe practice of borrowing pieces from the classical repertoire and recasting them as liturgical settings is well established in Western Jewish music.In the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition several examples come to mind of this phenomenon. They include the London community's Hanukkah setting for En Kelohenu taken from Ha...

https://youtu.be/Imfkhonz07s# Tehilat Hashem - Birkat Hamazon | MozartThe practice of borrowing pieces from the classical repertoire and recasting them as liturgical settings is well established in Western Jewish music.In the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition several examples come to mind of this phenomenon. They include the London community's Hanukkah setting for En Kelohenu taken from Ha...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvd3h2QBHjxQ0sTH5jtgsH32ykW5L9PuUThree selections from the London Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi community sung on Simchat Torah and Shabbat Beresheet.A healthy winter to all!

Musical climax of today's Hosha'anot.

Musical climax of today's Hosha'anot.

https://youtu.be/JfiLTuN45Cg# Hosha’ana - R. Sa’adiah Gaon | New YorkThere is a difference of opinion among the Geonim regarding when in the order of service the Hosha'anot should be read on Sukkot. R. Amram rules that they should be recited following Musaf, whereas R. Sa'adiah is of the opinion that they should be read after the Hallel. While the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is in accordance ...

https://youtu.be/JfiLTuN45Cg# Hosha’ana - R. Sa’adiah Gaon | New YorkThere is a difference of opinion among the Geonim regarding when in the order of service the Hosha'anot should be read on Sukkot. R. Amram rules that they should be recited following Musaf, whereas R. Sa'adiah is of the opinion that they should be read after the Hallel. While the Spanish and Portuguese tradition is in accordance ...

https://youtu.be/evnQBqipyq4# El Nora Alilah | AmsterdamVirtually all melodies for El Nora Alilah share a common musical DNA, with the vast majority of them being sung in a highly rhythmic mercato style.An exception to this general rule is the variant found in Amsterdam which is rendered in the form of a poignant recitative. Reflecting faithfully the thoughts expressed in the piyyut by its author ...

https://youtu.be/evnQBqipyq4# El Nora Alilah | AmsterdamVirtually all melodies for El Nora Alilah share a common musical DNA, with the vast majority of them being sung in a highly rhythmic mercato style.An exception to this general rule is the variant found in Amsterdam which is rendered in the form of a poignant recitative. Reflecting faithfully the thoughts expressed in the piyyut by its author ...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvd3h2QBHjxRC5cGNlE_frXW2TGPzsIRqPlaylist of Spanish and Portuguese melodies associated with Rosh Hashanah and Kippur.תזכו לשנים רבות נעימות וטובות

https://youtu.be/2zMCsrg_-_A# Shema Koli | AmsterdamIn the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition the service on the eve of Kippur begins with this majestic Piyyut composed in the eleventh century by Rav Hai Gaon. Recounting the Almighty’s recurring acts of deliverance to our people and prophets in times of travail, it concludes with the prayer that our supplications be answered on this holiest...

https://youtu.be/2zMCsrg_-_A# Shema Koli | AmsterdamIn the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition the service on the eve of Kippur begins with this majestic Piyyut composed in the eleventh century by Rav Hai Gaon. Recounting the Almighty’s recurring acts of deliverance to our people and prophets in times of travail, it concludes with the prayer that our supplications be answered on this holiest...

https://youtu.be/RWR3LTaDA-c# Lekhu Venashuba- Introduction to Evening SelichotA unique feature of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition is the short form of Selichot embedded in the evening service that is recited from the day following Rosh Hodesh Elul until Ereb Yom Kippur. The present recording is of the five Pesukim sung as an introduction to these Selichot. The provenance of this dis...

https://youtu.be/RWR3LTaDA-c# Lekhu Venashuba- Introduction to Evening SelichotA unique feature of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition is the short form of Selichot embedded in the evening service that is recited from the day following Rosh Hodesh Elul until Ereb Yom Kippur. The present recording is of the five Pesukim sung as an introduction to these Selichot. The provenance of this dis...

https://youtu.be/x9XIT0_nacM# En Kelohenu - ‘Great Kaddish’ Melody | London - Jerusalem - AmsterdamKnown as the 'Kaddish' melody in London, or the ‘Great Kaddish’ melody in Amsterdam, this piece is one of the most iconic in the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire. Despite these designations, however, it seems highly probable that this tune was originally a composition for the piyyut En Kelohenu. Alm...

https://youtu.be/x9XIT0_nacM# En Kelohenu - ‘Great Kaddish’ Melody | London - Jerusalem - AmsterdamKnown as the 'Kaddish' melody in London, or the ‘Great Kaddish’ melody in Amsterdam, this piece is one of the most iconic in the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire. Despite these designations, however, it seems highly probable that this tune was originally a composition for the piyyut En Kelohenu. Alm...

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Just came across this..

https://youtu.be/aKeDH1S-NJ0Yehe Shemeh Rabba | London and Gibraltar Melodies The twentieth century was not, for the most part, one that smiled on cantorial innovation within the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London. This, in contrast to the preceding 250 years, which had seen the incorporation of a considerable number of additions to the community’s musical canon from a variety of source...

https://youtu.be/aKeDH1S-NJ0# Yehe Shemeh Rabba | London and Gibraltar Melodies The twentieth century was not, for the most part, one that smiled on cantorial innovation within the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London. This, in contrast to the preceding 250 years, which had seen the incorporation of a considerable number of additions to the community’s musical canon from a variety of sour...