Digital Concert Hall

The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
with Shem Tov Levi (vocals, piano, flute)
Conductor: Yuval Benozer

Shem Tov Levi—composer, singer, pianist, flutist, and arranger—is one of Israel’s most respected and prolific musicians and songwriters. His music, rooted in classical training, blends melodic and harmonic richness with rhythmic sensitivity, offering fertile ground for collaboration with the Ensemble’s vocalists. The program centers on Levi’s beloved Israeli classics: Lu Bat, Havazzelet HaSharon, Sham Yesh, Tavas HaZahav, Amud HaEsh, Shuvi LeVeitech, Belelot HaStav, and more, interwoven with selections from the classical repertoire.

Program:
All music is by Shem Tov Levi, unless otherwise noted.

HaNasikh Hakatan (The Little Prince)
arr.: Tzvi Sherf
Lyrics: Yehonatan Geffen

Ahava MiMabat Rishon (Love at First Sight)
Arr.: Tzvi Sherf
lyrics: Arik Einstein

Nigra Sum sed Formosa
(“I am black but comely”)
Text: Songs of Songs 1: 5
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Havatselet HaSharon (The Rose of Sharon)
Text: Song of Songs 2:1

Kaval Sviri (The Flute Plays)
Bulgarian folk melody and text

Yemei Horpi (The Days of my Youth)
Text: a piyyut by Rabbi Israel Najara

Lu Bat (If Only You Had Come)
Lyrics: Yonatan Ratosh