By Angus McKay
I was asked to orchestrate this song so Caleb could play it with his school orchestra at the end of this school year. I had never heard it before, but since beginning work on it, I have listened to it probably 100 times and I have never grown tired of hearing it. It is an amazing and moving piece of music. It comes from a compilation called "Three Portraits of Chasidic Life". I know nothing about Ernest Bloch, but I will be definitely looking into his other works now.
Song: Baal Shem: Nigun
Composer: Ernest Bloch
Performer: Joshua Bell
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Sorry, there's a typo there. The composer is Ernest Bloch. Carl Bloch is a painter.
ReplyDeleteMostly...it's still there in the last sentence. I do love the works of Carl Bloch too, which is probably why I accidentally typed it up that way.
ReplyDeleteThat was beautiful.
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