Ella Fitzgerald said, ”The only thing better than singing is more singing!” Use song to find wellness in ourselves, each other, and our world. In each episode, Patricia introduces a song that she trusts to help her navigate life. These songs provide a great soundtrack to your day — whether it’s comfort, presence, delight, grief-tending, or simply easing the way. Periodic interviews with song creators add color and understanding. Songs have helped Patricia heal, adapt, and grow, and she hopes these selections will become companions for you as well. Visit the website, abreathofsong.com, to learn more and suggest a song!
Episodes
19 hours ago
19 hours ago
21 min
Song: Lo Yisa Goy
Music by: Judith Silver
Lyrics from: The Book of Isaiah, chapter 2, verse 4
Notes: I love the way Judith Silver connects the ancient desire to end war with a modern joyful, playful sound in this song. We'll be singing in Hebrew, but no worries -- we take time with the words, and you can always "Du-du" it, if Hebrew isn't one of your home languages. Next week, there's a conversation with Judith, and we get to all kinds of questions around faith and song and how they might intertwine, what happens when your government is doing things you disagree with intensely (something I may feel strongly about right now!), and how to sustain tending and care... but before we get there, drop into this song's lift! Dancing welcome...
Songwriter Info:
Judith has always sung, always harmonised, always felt better with a song on the go. She’s been composing since the 1980s, sharing songs and facilitating singing with people of all kinds since the 90s. She adores learning and teaching songs from all over the world, as well as encouraging the revisiting of known, favourite and forgotten songs. It’s a special joy and honour to share her own songs and have these shared further.
She specialises in Jewish music, composing her own settings for traditional texts and prayers and working within and outside the Jewish community to develop this strand of world music further. She’s passionate about interfaith dialogue and support, using song to facilitate these whenever and however she can. A number of her songs combine different languages and traditions and these interweavings are especially close to her heart.
Judith established Companion Voices in early 2014, to bring singers to the bedside of people who are dying, inspired by Kate Munger’s Threshold Choirs in the US and her own experience of singing for a dear friend at the end of her life. The movement is growing, with 14 groups around the UK and many more in the pipeline.
Sharing Info: The song is free to share in oral tradition groups, but please contact Judith for recording and/or performing permission.
Song Learning Time Stamps:
Start time of teaching: 00:03:37
Start time of reprise: 00:18:46
Links:
www.facebook.com/JudithSilverMusician
www.facebook.com/companionvoices
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VbQjkoQBK1LvRYbNsmSNU?si=BycKev3FQSmIx55CBr7g_w
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@judithsilver/videos
Available for purchase through website or emailing info@judithsilver.com:
‘Jewish Songs for Harmony Singing’ – book, CD and digital recordings
‘The Time of Singing is Come’ – a mix of Jewish and secular songs - book, CD and digital recordings
Sheet music for individual songs, as well as separate learning recordings, are available on request
Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, major, 4-layers
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