Candlelight: Music and Choir of the Jewish Tradition

⭐ Candlelight, is your magical musical experience in beautiful candlelit venues in Paris. Buy your tickets now and rediscover traditional Jewish music performed by an organist, vocal quartet and hazzan at the INJA!

General Info
📍 Venue: National Institute for Young Blind People (Paris 7)
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: approximately 60 minutes. Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the concert. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years and over. People under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: the venue is not wheelchair accessible
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Program

Yerushalayim shel zahav "Jerusalem of Gold" – Text and composition: Naomi Shemer – Arrangement Vincent Lecornier

Cycle "Shabbat"

• Mi Khamokha on Friday evening - "Nobody is like you": biblical verse recited at morning and evening services – Composer Jules Franck
• Friday Evening Demi Kaddish – Aramaic text sanctifying the divine name, of which there are several versions (demi-kaddish, kaddish titkabal, kaddish derabannan, kadish des endeuillés or kaddish Yatom) - Composer Jules Franck
• Lekha Dodi – Poem by Solomon Alkabetz (acrostic), allegory of shabbat – Composer Léon Algazi after a theme by Solomon Rossi

Cycle "Major holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur"

• Mi Khamokha of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – Composer Samuel David
• Avinou Malkeinou (extracts) – "Our father our king, we have sinned against you" prayer recited during the ten days of penitence between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – Composer Samuel Naumbourg
• Ono tovo – Confession of sins (Vidouï) – Composer Jules Franck
• Enosh – "Man is like the flower of the fields, he blooms and as soon as a breath passes he is no more" (extracts of psalm 103) – Composer Louis Lewandowski
• Adon Olam – "The master of the world reigned before anything was created" - Composer Solomon Rossi

Cycle "Three Pilgrimage Festivals" (Pesach – Shavuot – Sukkot)

• Mi Khamokha of Pesach – Composer Samuel Naumbourg
• Hodou of Shavuot – Part of the Hallel (Psalm 118) recited at each solemnity to pay tribute to the Lord – Composer Jules Franck
• Kaddish du Tal – Composer Samuel David
• Vaani Tefilati – "Accept my prayer" (extracts of Psalm 69) recited in the morning service – Composer Emile Jonas
• Keter – Sanctification of the divine name written by the prophet Isaiah here in its Sephardic version (Portuguese rite) – Composer Emile Jonas

Performers

• Organ - Nicole Wiener
• Vocal Quartet - Ensemble Kol Nidré: Vincent Lecornier (bass), Pierre Vaello (tenor), Evelyne Brun (soprano) and Danielle Michel (alto)
• Hazzan - Benjamin Huglo

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