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Nigun of the Seven Circles:

Ben-Amots wrote Niggun of the Seven Circles for the last scene of Act II of opera The Dybbuk. It portrays a marriage ceremony and focuses on the custom of sheva jakafot—seven circles, voz., the bride circling the bridegroom seven times under the Huppa, or marriage canopy. It is in this scene that Leah is haunted unexpectedly by the spirit of her deceased love, Hanan, and she becomes possessed by the demon. In its original version, the piece was scored for clarinet, piano, and percussion. The current, subsequently adapted version is for clarinet and piano.

 

 

Gideon Gee-Bum Kim, managing/artistic directo
 
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