The next afternoon, in the middle of my business meeting, I realized I’d completely forgotten to make a Kaddish on Thursday, 30 June 2011. It was the first day I’d failed to keep my promise.
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A podcast of the daily recordings of Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish” for solo horn, by Erin L. Vang, usually but not always on horn and often including improvisations and collaborations with Mira Z. Amiras and guest artists.
daily kaddish: still in Beijing
The next morning, I figured I’d better record the Kaddish right away, before I forgot about it. After a few cups of tea and an hour or two of catching up on client email, I got right to it.
daily kaddish: from beijing
I think it was 3:30 in the morning when we realized that bedtime had come and gone, and I still needed to make a Kaddish. Oy.
daily kaddish: exhausted
This was a Kaddish recorded only because I said I would record one every day for a year no matter. Hardest one so far.
daily kaddish: for lyra
A modest Kaddish for a modest cat. Lyra, may you rest in peace.
daily kaddish: from my ryokan
A jetlagged Kaddish recorded from my room in a peaceful sanctuary of a ryokan, Yoshimizu Ginza in Tokyo.
daily kaddish: for shay
Today’s Kaddish is for my friend Kathleen Comalli Dillon’s beloved dog Shay, whose Yahrtzeit was last Saturday, 18 June.
daily kaddish: for adele
Today’s Kaddish is for Reb Deb’s cousin Adele; may she rest in peace.
daily kaddish: scatting
Yet another daily kaddish made while away from the instrument petting zoo… Since I’m shy about my singing voice, I did a scat version, because an up-tempo improv would be over faster.
daily kaddish: just another day in our year
Mira and I have been talking backstage about the themes in the daily Kaddish. Sometimes I ask her, “What should today’s Kaddish be about?” or a variation of that question, because there’s just nobody or nothing specific I have in mind.