[Catherine Chandler]

Absolutely stunning work.

[Tim Murphy]

What I didn't say when I drafted the obituary, was that when Alan undertook this, he had just been told he had thirty days to live. Instead he lived fifteen months. Dr. D. is not a believer, but he is a world-class hematologist/oncologist, and he ascribes Alan's survival to his fierce will to live. I ascribe it to the Holy Spirit, who wanted his favorite poet translated for his English-speaking children by Alan and Seree.

[Andrew Frisardi]

Excellent introduction to the Psalms, Tim, and to Alan’s versions of them. I could smell the incense and I could feel David as poet. #133 is tremendous, in all the senses of that word.

My only disappointment was that Seree doesn’t read them in Hebrew first.

[Tim Murphy]

Andrew, you are a young man who has engaged, thoroughly engaged, Dante. You can't aim much higher than him. I am very pleased that our little recording pleases you. 133 is tremendous, but the poem I read was 33.

[Alex Pepple]

It took a while since Tim initially sent it to me (sorry, Tim!), but, part 2 has been added to the podcast. Check the first post of this thread.

Cheers,
...Alex

[Tim Murphy]

Andrew, now you can hear 133. My publisher will be bringing out The Poems of King David early next year, and I think we will sleeve these two recordings as a CD in the front jacket of the book. Most of the first recording was from Book I of the Psalms. Part II is the late, greater work.

[Andrew Frisardi]

Just saw and listened to this, Tim. I greatly enjoyed the reading. Psalm 144 was my favorite this time around. The chanted psalm is a good addition to the repertoire as well. These translations are alive and fresh and can help someone like me who has heard the psalms since childhood to hear them again in a new way. It’s a reminder of how mind-bogglingly profound these poems are. Thank you.