For some of us it is a New Year! To one and all, here are Camerata’s wishes for a season of firm resolve, courage, and hope, as we strive to make the world a better place.
One such striver was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to Jewish tradition, those who die on the New Year are “tsadikim,” persons of unusual righteousness. And so it is, surely, with her.
This medieval hymn, “Lord of the World,” is heard here in a majestic setting for double choir by Salomone Rossi (1565-1628).
Translation:
My Rock in sorrow’s darkest day;
A Help and Refuge unto me,
My Portion sure, my Shield and Stay.
…. I will not fear.