The Esoterics is a Seattle-based vocal Ensemble that is dedicated to performing and perpetuating contemporary a cappella choral settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world. While cultivating artistic expression and cultura...  moreThe Esoterics is a Seattle-based vocal Ensemble that is dedicated to performing and perpetuating contemporary a cappella choral settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world. While cultivating artistic expression and cultural understanding among its singers and audience alike, The Esoterics aspires to reflect the beauty, power, and significance that are inherent in the music of our time.  

(1988, rev. 1999) Music: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5315 Text: Used by permission of Haim Guri with the kind...  more(1988, rev. 1999) Music: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5315 Text: Used by permission of Haim Guri with the kind assistance of ACUM, Tel Aviv, Israel. English translation by Mark Elliott Shapiro.  

Live recording 14/6/2015 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Bibione (VE) ITALY

Concert: "Si tú no estás aquí " Recorded live 25th March 2017

https://youtu.be/WpRok6AuNBk Words by Emma Lazarus Music by Stanley M. Hoffman for SATB Chorus and Harp (Piano), Trumpet, Horn in F, and Crash Cymbals NotePerformer 3 audio and scrolling score video in search of live performances. Music: © Copyright...  morehttps://youtu.be/WpRok6AuNBk Words by Emma Lazarus Music by Stanley M. Hoffman for SATB Chorus and Harp (Piano), Trumpet, Horn in F, and Crash Cymbals NotePerformer 3 audio and scrolling score video in search of live performances. Music: © Copyright 2021 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved Used by permission.. The sheet music is available from Canticle Distributing. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 8974A. --- TEXT Kindle the taper like the steadfast star ablaze on evening’s forehead o’er the earth, and add each night a luster till afar an eight-fold splendor shine above thy (your) hearth. Clash, Israel, the cymbals, touch the lyre, blow the brass trumpet and the harsh-tongued horn; chant psalms of victory till the heart take fire, the Maccabean spirit leap new-born. —Emma Lazarus Modernization by Stanley M. Hoffman  less