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SHOWCASING OUR OWN MUSICIANS SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm by Indian Hill Music, Littleton, Mass. Orchestra sections are showcased in a program of diverse works, with featured pianist Monica Tessitore, including Ernest Bloch's Concerto Grosso No. 1.
Israeli director shoots film for Mexican director Guillermo Arriaga's international cinema project 'Words with Gods.' The film includes both Hebrew and Arabic dialogue while the soundtrack has been edited from the third part of Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), a piece written by Jewish-American composer Ernest Bloch. It was composed in 1933 to the words of a Shabbat Hebrew prayer famous in Reform synagogue in the United States.
Sacred Service by Salt Lake Choral Artists. The Salt Lake Choral Artists, under the direction of Dr. Brady R. Allred, will be performing the Bloch "Sacred Service" in concert on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music of the University of Utah. The concert will be repeated on Sunday, April 29th at Salt Lake City's Cathedral of the Madeleine as part of the Madeleine Choral Festival. Dr Allred, who received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, is exceedingly well-known both nationally and internationally for his expertise in choral conducting and also for the excellence of his choirs. A concert by the Salt Lake Choral Artists in September of 2011 was judged 'one of the top 10 concert events' of the entire year by the primary music critic of the Salt Lake Deseret News. Further information regarding our organization, including press and videos, are available on our website. We also have a YouTube page!
A broadcast from RTBF (Belgium French Radio-Television)
The Winston-Salem Symphony presents "Cello-bration" on January 15 & 17 -- The spirit of Solomon's words will soon "sing" through a solo cello in Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo, Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra," which the Winston-Salem Symphony will perform next weekend at the Stevens Center.
Ernest Bloch at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1925-1930 - Osher Salon - Free, no tickets required
Professor Leta Miller from the University of California-Santa Cruz discusses Ernest Bloch's years as director of the Conservatory (1925-30) in an illustrated lecture stemming from her new book Music and Politics in San Francisco. Following the lecture is a performance of Bloch's "Nigun" from the Baal Shem suite and "Prayer," part of the suite From Jewish Life. Musicians: Axel Strauss violin - Yun Ting Chiu cello - Amy Chiu piano
From 1925 to 1930, the famous Swiss composer Ernest Bloch was director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In an era marked by rampant factionalism, Bloch brought to the city—and to his position—a utopian view of music as a unifier of various races, religions and classes. While in San Francisco he wrote a piece inspired by Chinatown, a grandiose tribute to the United States (his adopted country) dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman and a beautiful solo for violin and piano, prompted by his meeting 11-year-old Yehudi Menuhin.
On Sunday, January 22 at 2 p.m., Leta Miller , professor of music at the University of California-Santa Cruz, will discuss Bloch's years as director of the Conservatory in an illustrated lecture stemming from her new book Music and Politics in San Francisco . The lecture will be accompanied by rare photos and audio examples. It will be followed by performances of Bloch's "Nigun" from the Baal Shem suite and "Prayer," part of the suite From Jewish Life . After the lecture/performance, all are welcome to view a Bloch exhibit in the Conservatory's library.
Miller is a specialist in twentieth-century music of the United States. Her book Music and Politics in San Francisco: From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War was published by the University of California Press in October 2011. Miller has also written two books on composer Lou Harrison (coauthored with Fredric Lieberman) and published two dozen articles on Harrison, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Charles Ives and various aspects of music in the San Francisco area. Although no longer active on the concert stage, Miller previously performed widely on modern and baroque flute and has been featured as soloist on more than 15 recordings.
Here above we have one of hundreds of examples of Bloch's music posted on YouTube.com.
The Importance of Being Ernest Bloch
Ida Haendel performs Ernest Bloch's Baal Shem (Nigun), the second piece from the "Three Pictures of Chassidic Life" at the Great Synagogue (Plzeň Velká Synagoga ) at Pilsen, Czech Republic, on September 17, 2009. The pianist is Misha Dacic. Perry J. Greenbum.blogspot
This SOUNDCLOUD item shows another digital direction for listening to Bloch's music.
Sometimes people remember the composer this way - Mehmet Okonsa!
Our symphony orchestra, conducted by the outstanding Ukrainian musician Ihor Blazhkov (he currently resides and works in Germany), will perform Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo and Toru Takemitsu’s Requiem with the participation of former Lvivite, cellist Marcel Bergman.
Notes From the Past
[On the occasion of finding an old photo: "A wonderful photograph of Ernest Bloch was found today, again with the help of Conservatory staff member Chris Basso! The image is fading, but the autograph can still be read … “To Ada, for the snowy days, Ernie”."]
The fascinating background of Ernest Bloch's first Concerto Grosso
