Uri Sharlin (piano, accordion, glockenshpiel), and additionally performed and interpreted by Megan Weeder (violin) and Yoed Nir (cello)

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A musical tribute to Abraham Joshua Heschel Basya Schechter of Pharaoh's Daughter presents her settings of the transcendent Yiddish poetry of the revered.

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Basya Schechter sets ten of them inventively, dressing them in affectingly nagging melodies and rich musical detail: ticking strings and glockenspiel on Palaces In Time, Klezmer trumpet from Frank London, and a guitar thrash to close Youngest Desire. Get alerts on Arts when a new story is published.

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Basya Schechter, 2010. Several years ago a fan of the t Basya Schechter approached her with a copy of a book of Yiddish poems. The verses were by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who arrived in the United States from Europe in 1940, when he was 33 years old. Heschel was born in Poland and gained renown for his theological works and for his role as a Civil Rights activist. Yet take it up she did, and the result-a melodic mix of Middle Eastern, African, and lesser-known Hasidic influences-can be heard on Songs of Wonder, a new album out from Tzadik. Basya Schechter invites Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry into her home in downtown Manhattan to talk about the connections between Heschel’s little-known poetry and his later works, and about her own journey from yeshiva girl to widely acclaimed singer-songwriter.

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A brand new album that transforms the prayers of Kabbalat Shabbat into a genre-defying work of Sacred Pop Art! Created by. Darshan Project. Raza - New Darshan Album ft. Basya Schechter" is being spearheaded by a member of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation network and has been awarded a matching grant. Schusterman is a global organization that seeks to ignite the passion and unleash the power in young people to create positive change for themselves, the Jewish community and the broader world.

She had been introduced to Heschel's poetry in 2005 after receiving a volume of it from a congregant at B'nai Jeshurun Other work. Schechter is a cantor and musical director for the Romemu congregation. She has also been the cantor at the Fire Island Synagogue since 2012