From Ukraine to Jerusalem: After a series of successful performances in peripheral cities, the composer-musician Meir Tsurtakov was revealed for the first time in an official, invested production, the first of its kind, with each location carefully chosen - around the globe.
With a helmet on his head, Meir Tsurtakov provides for the first time a particularly moving Shabbat experience, illustrating the flavor of Shabbat in every corner of the world, whether it is in ancient Jerusalem's Kretzma or somewhere on the banks of the Ukrainian river alongside the foreigners.
In his debut video, produced by Michael Tsi, from the Tsurtakov group, who also serves as a prayer leader, a moving performance of Shabbat prayer, Komzitz is carried away with the students of the 'Mishnat Shimon' yeshiva, and also a pulsating solo song with which he chose to welcome Shabbat HaMalka.
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In the sweeping string of melodies that have long since become ironclad assets in the world of Hasidic music, starting with "Hashem Oz" from the Hasidic Kabbalat Shabbat, through Pinky Weber's "Shveteinu," to "Mekdesh Melech" and "Lecha Dodi" by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and "Got Shabbat" by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, may God bless him.
Additional melodies incorporated into the rosary are "Hatanari" by Yoel Tzalik, "Boai Beshalom" by Mordechai Ben David, "Tuv Dodun" by Hasidut Squira, "Lahgid Bukar" by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and "Vashmaru" by Adi Ran.
The musical arrangement was entrusted to David Toiv, the mixing to Haim Gottesman, and the digital and PR to the production house of the 'Bahazit' team.
Watch, get excited, and welcome Shabbat Kodesh in an uplifting atmosphere!
Credits:
Musical and vocal arrangement: David Toiv | Percussion: Gadi Sari, Moti Fischer | Guitars: Avi Singolda, Avraham Oved, Meir Chertkov | Flute: Nitzan Ein Habar, Moishe Yankovitz | Keyboards: David Toiv, Yosef Yitzhak Farkash | Choir: David Toiv, Yaakov Rotblatt, Israel Weizmann, Israel Goldfreund | Recording technician: Dodi Roth | Production and recording: Tenor Studios - Michael Tzi | Audience recording: 'Meir and the Friends' Gal Kol Studios | Mix: Haim Gottesman | Video clip production: Michael Tzi | Direction and editing: Hershy Segal | Photography: Yitzhak Kalman, Roni Nathan | Amplification: Laser Klein | Sound: Simcha Feigenbaum | Graphics: Nachman Tsurtkov | Digital and PR: In the forefront.
Thanks to the students of the Mishnat Shimon yeshiva, Rabbi Weinbach and Rabbi Reichman, Moshe Deitch from the Yanukovych estate in Ukraine, Yosef Segal from the Center for Israeli Wine Culture, and Isaac's Catering.
