Musicians in Israel are mourning the death today of Eyal Bat, a prolific choral composer and arranger who wrote for both adults and children. As the seriousness of his illness became known, a tribute concert was given last week in Tel Aviv.
He was marvellously inventive. The accompaniment here is for musical saw:
This is his setting of two poems by Paul Celan:
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