https://youtu.be/mpDDx4P3tAE# Yitgadal - de Casseres | Amsterdam"One asks and expounds upon the laws of Pesach thirty days before the festival." So states the Talmud in Masechet Pesachim. The idea is simple enough: preparing for the holiday is not something that happens overnight — it requires time, study, and reflection.And if this is true of the laws and customs of Pesach, it should be no less true of its music. Just as we prepare intellectually and practically for the festival, we should also reconnect with its melodies and musical traditions.With that in mind, between now and Ereb Pesach, I hope to add several new pieces to the 26 recordings already available in the Pesach playlist.This setting for the Yitgadal before Barekhu is traditionally sung in Amsterdam's Portuguese community on the evenings of the seventh day of Pesach and Shemini Hag Atseret. Its melodic framework is derived from an early 18th-century composition for 'Hamesiach Ilemim' by Abraham de Casseres, who served as the congregation's composer-in-residence. While originally conceived as a fixed-tempo polyphonic work, over the centuries a highly ornamented version of the piece has evolved, and in the current practice of the Esnoga this Yitgadal selection is rendered in a non-metric, monophonic style by the Hazzan.The present recording, beginning with the closing verse of Psalm 107, is an attempt to remain faithful to the structure of the de Casseres composition and includes harmonic elements inspired by the original setting.Please like and share.H/T Nachshon Rodrigues Pereira