{"id":466,"date":"2022-03-25T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantorheller.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2023-09-21T08:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:15:22","slug":"at-st-martin-in-the-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantorheller.com\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"At St.Martin in the Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As guests for the interfaith first \u2018Faithful Voices\u2019 concert on 24 March St Martin-in-the-Fields. sponsored by the Zemel Choir, the Belsize Square Synagogue Professional Choir together with St. Martin&#8217;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 &#8220;Oregon&#8221;, and I even could spend time doing some meditation during their performance in this one of my favourite venues to listen to great artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/stsp\/to_webp%2Cq_lossy%2Cret_img\/https%3A\/\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=640%2C998&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?w=1141&amp;ssl=1 1141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=657%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 657w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=768%2C1197&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=985%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 985w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=300%2C468&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3563.jpg?resize=850%2C1325&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, I got to sing with it&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1080\" autoplay controls src=\"https:\/\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/InShot_20220325_085228019-1.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/InShot_20220325_101644343.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As guests for the interfaith first \u2018Faithful Voices\u2019 concert on 24 March St Martin-in-the-Fields. sponsored by the Zemel Choir, the Belsize Square Synagogue Professional Choir together with St. Martin&#8217;s own Chamber Choir, the West London Choir, the Zemel Choir with their soloist Cantor Robert Brody; Divyanand Caird (Saraswati Veena) and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,11,9],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cantorial-cantorial","tag-cantorial","tag-interfaith","tag-the-professional-choir-belsize-square-synagogue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/stsp\/to_webp,q_lossy,ret_img\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cantorheller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stmartin-1.png?fit=1385%2C759&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1468,"url":"https:\/\/cantorheller.com\/?p=1468","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":0},"title":"Celebrations at Belsize Square Synagogue","author":"Cantor Heller","date":"November 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Belsize Square Synagogue \u2014 Where Every Occasion Becomes a Memory. 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