Revered by all three Abrahamic religions, the psalms were often recited, read, and sung in routine worship.
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Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
The work, which King has described as a meditation on love, resilience and inner-strength, is set to Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music, features vocals by the great singer Lisa Fischer and a score by piano great Jason Moran, artists with whom the collab-happy King has worked before.
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
The music, much of it consisting of Shaker spirituals rearranged by Daniel Blumberg (who won an Oscar for last year’s The Brutalist, directed by Fastvold’s husband and co-writer Brady Corbet), is lyrical, emotional, sometimes even angry.
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