https://youtu.be/-eDayduKfKU## Adon Olam C.G. Verrinder***Adon Olam*** is a singularly important *piyyut* and not only from the point of view of its content. As my friend Jonathan Greenstein - *kapellmeister* of the *Kolot Ha’esnoga* - points out, it’s the memory of that melody that congregants take with them as they depart the synagogue and make their way to the *kiddush*; and depending on the quality of single malt, maybe well beyond.The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London has a roster of ten or more melodies for ***Adon Olam***. Some of them are home-grown - three were composed by members of the congregation’s clergy, while others are borrowed compositions.The present recording falls into the latter category, It was composed by Charles Garland Verrinder, an Anglican, who was the organist and choirmaster at the Reform West London Synagogue during the second half of the nineteenth century. He also served as the organist at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, so his weekends were pretty much booked up. His best known Jewish liturgical composition is a much loved and admired setting for Ps. 121, ***Essa Enai***, which is included in the United Synagogue Blue Book and sung in many orthodox congregations across the United Kingdom. His composition for ***Adon Olam*** is less well known, but reveals a deep understanding of the *piyyut’s *meaning and poetry.This rendition is based on an arrangement by Jacob Hadida, choirmaster of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London between 1933 and 1937 and again from 1945 to 1954.Please like and share.