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Boston Children Chorus || The song about the child

Concert


Boston Children Chorus ||

The song about the child

Text: Salman Masalha
Composer: Sivan Eldar
The Terezen Music Foundation


GALA CONCERT,
Symphony Hall, Boston 2015



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Spanish Synagogue, Prague 2015






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