In cantorial circles, Netanel Hershtik is a superstar. Cantor of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., and with 13 generations of cantors in his family behind him, the art of Middle Eastern microtonal ornamentation is in his blood. He and his synagogue’s 12-voice male choir, assisted by the Amernet String Quartet and pianist Alan Mason, offered an evening of “Cantorial Masterpieces” as the first of this season’s Pro Musica Hebraica concerts (chaired by The Post’s Charles Krauthammer) in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on Thursday, and they even had the large and appreciative audience joining in on the “May the Holy Temple Be Rebuilt” encore.
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