Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 52: The Whole World Is a Very Narrow Bridge (Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od) for SATB Chorus unaccompanied (2018)
- Stanley M. Hoffman
- Sep 29, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 30, 2024
The Whole World Is a Very Narrow Bridge (Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od) - (Hebrew - text by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and from Isaiah 41:10) - SATB chorus unaccompanied - 2018; sung in Hebrew.
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