Reply To: Frolicking Selichos Concert

Whether we like it or not, Many chazzanim have had choir’s backing them up for years. As it says in Koheles (1:9)
וְאֵ֥ין כָּל־חָדָ֖שׁ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ: While these Selichot services are not my type, R’ Shlomo Carlebach led them for years. As I mentioned somewhere else, while there is no musical accompaniment, the videos of the singing of Verushalayim Ircha by the mispallelim of Aish Kodesh (Rabbi Weinberger Woodmere, NY) (available on Youtube) after selichos each year is (for me) tremendously uplifting, especially how the rav dances with the person leading the selichos.