Shalom Aleichem (round)
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 10 April 2014 3 part round, 12 bars BUY the sheet music – $1.50 (lead sheet)
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Shalom (chant/round)
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 12 April 2013 I made this 2 part round up during a Saturday morning service at the end of the Amidah, after the final blessing, as an alternative to Elohai N’tzor, Yih’yu L’ratson, or Oseh Shalom. It’s simple, and instantly learnable.
Lo Yisa Goi (No.1) / Sim Shalom
Music and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Nov. 2018 BUY the sheet music – $9 (4 copies @ $2.25) (Apologies for my falsetto parts in this ad hoc recording – I’ll post a better recording when I next have sopranos in my studio!) This 4 part round, prophesying the end of war, partners with a second …
‘You have all been shown’ – its music and meaning
Music and recording © Alexander Massey 19 May 2016 BUY the sheet music (2 vces & pno) – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) The sheet music is also available as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. “You have all been shown what is good, and what God seeks from you. Do justice, love kindness, and walk …
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Kumi Lach Rayati / Rise Up, My Love
In Hebrew In English – ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one’ Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 9 Dec 2015 This recording and a version of this article were published on Ritual Well (USA) as ‘Arise, my love‘. English duet version (a recording with women’s voices is coming soon!) Hebrew duet version (a recording with …
Making music holy (Oxford CCJ)
(Interfaith) Making music holy: connecting prayer, text and music – free talk with live musical illustrations, by Jewish composer and singer Alexander Massey (Oxford) – for Oxford Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) – 14 March, 7.30pm – Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TD Sacred music can delight us or express our deepest …
Libavtini achoti chalah – ‘You have ravished my heart, my sister’
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 9 Dec 2015 BUY the sheet music (voice, guitar chords, optional flute part) – $4.50 (2 copies @ $2.25) BUY the sheet music (lead sheet) – $3.95 This recording and a version of this article were published on Ritual Well (USA) as ‘You have ravished my heart, my sister‘. …
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Yom HaShoah with Oxford Unitarians
Excerpts from: ‘A CCJ Branch in a Global Centre of Learning Excellence’ in Common Ground, Summer 2014, Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) “A memorable service on Holocaust Memorial Day, was led for us by the Revd. Peter Hewis, a retired Minister and former Chair of the Oxford branch of the Council of Christians and …
‘I was pricked by Thornflower’s message of love’ (Oxford Mail)
Katherine Shock: ‘I was pricked by Thornflower’s message of love’ – article in the Oxford Mail – read here
Holy Mountain (Ps 87)
Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 14 June 2012 BUY the sheet music (solo & pno) – $4.95 BUY the sheet music (SATB & pno) – $11.25 (5 copies @ $2.25) At first glance, Psalm 87 appears to be quite disjointed, with no clear emotional or theological point to make. While a line from it …