At St.Martin in the Fields Cantor Heller, March 25, 2022September 21, 2023 As guests for the interfaith first ‘Faithful Voices’ concert on 24 March St Martin-in-the-Fields. sponsored by the Zemel Choir, the Belsize Square Synagogue Professional Choir together with St. Martin’s own Chamber Choir, the West London Choir, the Zemel Choir with their soloist Cantor Robert Brody; Divyanand Caird (Saraswati Veena) and Prathap Ramachandra (Mridangam), the latter ones brought back reminiscences of “Oregon”, and I even could spend time doing some meditation during their performance in this one of my favourite venues to listen to great artists. Finally, I got to sing with it’s organ, and the famous Psalm 121 with sitar, mridangam and more than 100 choristers, here a little sample of what will always stay as a memorable evening. Related Hazzanut CantorialinterfaithThe Professional Choir Belsize Square Synagogue
Hazzanut In Budapest at the Rumbach Synagogue for the 14th European Cantors Association annual convention November 7, 2022October 5, 2023 Attending the 14th European Cantors Association annual convention in Budapest at this beautiful Synagogue built 1872 and restored in 2021 by the Hungarian government. For 5 days, almost a 100 of us, coming to pray from all over the world to share experiences, knowledge and our music. Two choirs joining… Read More
Cantorial My music online May 19, 2021November 1, 2022 Being a Cantor under the pandemic For Our Congregation -June 2020 By Cantor Paul Heller When asked by the editors of Our Cong (our Synagogue magazine) to share my experiences in the last months of lockdown, this came to my mind. In the introduction to my own homepage I wrote… Read More
Hazzanut Come and Sing: Lewandowski’s Psalm 92 July 31, 2026 Last week I wrote about one of our Lewandowski masterpieces, Tavo Lefanecha, and the High Holidays approaching. Today I want to invite you to something simpler and equally beautiful: our Friday night services, where another jewel from Lewandowski’s pen is part of it. Psalm 92 is part of Kabbalat Shabbat, the… Read More