Mayanot Souls on Fire concert in Australia a tremendous success!
Seder niggunim may never be the same again. Before a full house at the Phoenix Theatre in Melbourne (Thursday night, 24 October 2013), a talented group of musicians and others delighted the crowd with an interpretation of a series of Chassidic nigunim, in support of Mayanot Institute in Israel. It was apparent early that this would be a special night indeed. The stage was setup with a farbrengen table to one side, and a giant empty canvas to the other. Before each of the niggunim, a short spoken word piece was delivered by David Werdiger and young local mashpi’im R’ Yirmi Caspi and Rabbi Dovid Tsap , to introduce and set the mood. Throughout the concert, local Sydney artist David Asher Brook worked frenetically to deliver a masterpiece, inspired by the music. From niggun sholosh tenuos to a magnificent finale of rachamono d’onei featuring all the performers, the interpretations were intense, innovative, and had the audience enraptured. The lechatchila ariber ni