{"id":3465,"date":"2010-02-21T22:54:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T05:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2010-03-22T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T20:17:55","slug":"yair-rosenblum-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=3465","title":{"rendered":"Yair Rosenblum Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Boaz Mauda\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The honey-toned arabesques of Boaz Mauda\u2019s voice welcomed the audience gathered on Friday afternoon at the Cameri Theatre to pay tribute to Yair Rosenblum. Mauda sang \u201cCome, Bride\u201d which Rosenblum composed to a poem by Avraham Shlonsky, on the occasion of the poet\u2019s 71st<\/sup> birthday. Composing music to poems, liturgical texts and lyrics written by some of the most popular writers of his time, Rosenblum composed 1,200 songs, an amazing body of work whose rhythm is the heartbeat of Israeli culture and history.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Natan Datner\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Natan Datner was the guide on this musical journey, telling the story of Rosenblum\u2019s life and career with warmth and humor.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

The presence of many of the original performers added to the excitement of the concert. Dorit Reuveni, who performed \u201cAround the Bonfire\u201d (lyrics: Natan Alterman) recalled that the song was intended for Gidi Gov, to sing at the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the Palmach in 1971 which caused an uproar in the troupe. Gov left the troupe, Reuveni got the solo, and in 1977 Avi Nesher immortalized the story in his film \u201cThe Troupe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Cameri Ensemble\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those who missed the heyday of the military ensembles, the Cameri ensemble of young performers played the part with all the energy, enthusiasm and innocence of youth. Although with Yuval Caspin\u2019s military \u2013 inspired costumes, they were much better dressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRosenblum brought new life to the military ensembles,\u201d said Datner, \u201cmoving the music in the direction of rock and pop.\u201d This was not always met with enthusiasm by the music establishment. Datner introduced a video clip of songwriter Naomi Shemer visiting a Nahal Troupe rehearsal of her song. Suffice to say, Shemer did not approve and expressed her criticism, saying, \u201cI wanted it legato\u2026this is a lot of noise for me,\u201d while the young and beautiful singer Yardena Arazi can be seen looking dismayed. A short segment of this video can be glimpsed in the clip below:
\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Ola Schur-Selektar\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cameri actress Ola Schur-Selektar brought the power and expressive beauty of her voice to the song \u201cWithin\u201d (lyrics: Yael Tevet). \u201cI am water flowing towards you\/I am a singing bird\/and without you I have no song\u2026\u201d The appreciative audience continued clapping long after she left the stage, perhaps hoping that she would return to sing another song.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Netanela\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n

It was an afternoon of one high point after another, as Netanela took the stage to sing \u201cBe My Friend, Be My Brother\u201d (lyrics: Yoram Teharlev), a song which reveals a different aspect of Rosenblum\u2019s work. It is ironic, and perhaps in some sense typically Israeli, that a composer who is so identified with the military ensembles, should also be the one who so eloquently expresses the pain, the loss, and the waste of war.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Gabi Sadeh\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n

Gabi Sadeh sang \u201cVeNetana Tokef\u201d written to commemorate 11 young men from Kibbutz Beit HaShita who were killed in the Yom Kippur War.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Liel Kolet\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n

Liel Kolet graced the stage with her lovely voice. Another Israeli cultural legend was remembered as Datner sang Yossi Banai\u2019s \u201cI Sing to Pass the Time,\u201d and the audience clapped along with him. There were smiles everywhere – onstage, in the audience, behind the scenes and even on the stairs…<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Mira Awad\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n

Mira Awad sang \u201cA Song for an Ordinary Day\u201d imbuing it with all the beauty of simplicity, then picked up the tempo for \u201cThe Ballad of Hedva and Shlomik.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Hanan Yovel\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n

Hearing Hanan Yovel sing \u201cIf I was a Pirate,\u201d it was as if time stood still.<\/p>\n

The sense of travelling back in time was enhanced by a video segment showing the Naval Ensemble, with a boyish Shlomo Artzi in a striped shirt, and Rivka Zohar in a crisp white uniform, singing \u201cHow Shall I Bless\u201d (lyrics: Rachel Shapira).<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then she walked onstage, radiant, to sing in a voice that always seemed to come from another world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n
\n

Revealing yet another dimension to Rosenblum\u2019s endless creativity, the afternoon closed with a medley of humorous songs composed for HaGashash HaHiver (literally, in Hebrew: the pale trackers, known as HaGashashim, the Trackers). These were performed by the talented Avi Grinek, Dvid Bendak and Tomer Sharon.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Avi Grinek, Dvir Bendak, Tomer Sharon\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A true celebration in every sense of the word, the concert was produced by Avi Gez, researched by Rami Samo, texts written by Adva Bola, filmed and broadcast by Channel 23.
\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

AYELET DEKEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The honey-toned arabesques of Boaz Mauda\u2019s voice welcomed the audience gathered on Friday afternoon at the Cameri Theatre to pay tribute to Yair Rosenblum. Mauda sang \u201cCome, Bride\u201d which Rosenblum composed to a poem by Avraham Shlonsky, on the occasion of the poet\u2019s 71st birthday. Composing music to poems, liturgical texts and lyrics written by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}