Haunting melody

[Spottedtalon21]

Oh! My choir is doing this and i get to play clarinet for it! Wow... such a beautiful piece! So excited :D

[mandyrivas232]

We sang this song for my high school choir and we didnt sound anything like that... great job. It really is a beautiful song

[GUCIGIRL]

In 2005 a local show choir performed this arrangement of Bashana Haba'ah and it brought tears to my dad's eyes. Am Yisrael Chai!

[lakai451]

i sang this at frestival in october

[guitarsandkittens]

wow, this is pretty good....lol at the audience clapping too soon. typical, haha.

[simnos1]

That is beautiful.

[cheesemasterchan]

So very beautiful. I sang this with my high school A'Cappella choir in 2003 along with Daemon Irrepit Callidus. I love singing classical pieces in other languages. I cry from the sheer beauty of the sound.

[lizzyhart951]

i love this song i sing it with my choir and i love it. this versions is so sad  lovr it

[bkornre]

I am Israeli and think that this version of Bashana HaBa'a is absolutely beautiful. It speaks of the coming year hand how good it is going to be. I enjoy the irony of the sad tune. It is beautiful, as is Israel, but we never know how happy the upcoming year will be. I can not believe that this is a high school choir. Beautiful.

[chrishavel]

Thanks. I'll pass your comments along to the group.

This is a _Junior High_ group.

[eilat59]

This is one of the most upbeat Israeli songs published. When American choirs sing it something happens - it becomes sad. Find the original version by Ilan and Ilanit - it's magical.

[chrishavel]

Heard it. I like both. Thanks.

[sabradan]

Finally, someone who agrees with me!

[RocketRodder]

@eilat59 I heard the upbeat version too. It's nice. But.. don't you appreciate how it becomes passionate here? I'm not jewish or anything, but because of THIS song played this way, I have a greater appreciation for the culture.

[IthegreatTaco1234]

@RocketRodder Should'nt you appreciate all cultures anyway? Not meaning to be preachy, but when i read that last sentence a red flag went up in my head.

[flowerchild617]

i'm singing this song at school. its beautiful. i love it. great job! <333

[scott19711011]

Great job!

[chrishavel]

Yeah, they know. But the world is infinite in its variety, so just try to appreciate it for what it is.

[sabradan]

when choirs sing this song like this it makes me sad. Ehud Manor is rolling in his grave. This is supposed to be a happy, lively song. Not a sad song.

[tteez57]

I never even knew it was supposed to be a happy song. I mean, I understand the lyrics, so it seems obvious enough that the song WOULD be a happy one, but I've only ever heard the song sung in a sad way.

[supanamu]

I highly doubt Ehud Manor would roll in his grave because a group of talented young singers and musicians paid him the greatest honor of a beautiful delivery and studied tribute...regardless of the mood. This version (and your daughter's performance) is fantastic.

[sabradan]

I disagree, obviously. I'm not trying to take away from the talent or performance of the choir, especially for their age they are great! But a choir director should have the knowledge/foresight when arranging traditional melodies to know how they are traditionally sung/what their mood and messages are, so if, for example like this one, its a happy song, they don't arrange it all in low-range minor chords making it so damn depressing. Leshana Haba'ah B'Yerushalaim l'kulam. And remember be happy!!

[supanamu]

I understand completely what you're saying, and I don't disagree that it's great when pieces are done as they were intended - but where is the harm in creatively interpreting the works of others, in your own fashion? Great masterpieces have come from people willing to do something completely opposite from what was originally intended. I think it's entirely possible that the choir director fully realized that the song was written as a cheerful, uplifting piece. :)