"Nefesh" with Yuval Ron - Sept. 3, 2022

2022 Golden Thread Concert Series
A passionate, soulful and inspired performance of Jewish sacred music arranged for the Middle Eastern Lute known as the oud. Contemplative, meditative and deeply moving, this performance showcases the various expressive sounds of the oud, an ancient biblical instrument that was used to inspire the Hebrew prophets and many Near East poets.
09:48 - Ken Bakodesh (Psalm 63) - Traditional East-European Jewish
18:20 - Halelu - Traditional Sufi-Qawwali/ Jewish-American
24:15 - The King’s Precious Diamond (A teaching story)
37:10 - Avinu Malkeinu - Traditional East-European Jewish
47:58 - Hatikva - Traditional East-European
53:30 - Yonat Rechokim - Traditional Iraqi-Jewish
Yuval Ron is an award-winning composer, record producer, touring and performance artist, peace activist, author and educator, who began playing the oud with the Bedouin tribes in the Sinai desert. Later on, he worked with Turkish, Iraqi-Israeli, Palestinian and Armenian master-musicians. His style of playing is also influenced by Gypsy-Flamenco, Andalusian, Blues and Jazz music.