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Lamed Lamed Hey
for four-part mixed chorus

Ranier Gross, "Lamed Lamed Hey," 2013 - 2014, oil and pigments on paper, 20 x 20", 51 x 51cm

Lamed Lamed Hey is my contribution to the Chorus 72 project - a series of 72 choral pieces by 72 composers, each inspired by a panel of Ranier Gross's painting "72 Names." The 72 panels - each a painting of a sequence of three Hebrew letters - depict the 72 Names of God from the Kabbalah.

date: 2018
duration: 1:00
premiere: September 24, 2018, Wayne, NJ; William Paterson University New Music Series; CompCord Chorus, Peter Jarvis - conductor.