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BLOCH – Prayer (from ‘Jewish Life No.1) – 5 CELLOS or SOLOIST CELLO WITH CELLO ORCHESTRA

Other Identification:
Ernest Bloch composed his three pieces From Jewish Life in 1924 and dedicated the set to Hans Kindler, solo cellist of the New York Philharmonic, who had previously given the successful premiere of the Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra “Schelomo” (Solomon), Bloch’s best known work.

Movements or sections:
Erik Levi suggests “In essence Bloch’s Jewish music is emotional in feeling and colored by an exotic atmosphere. The melodic lines are declamatory, emphasizing intervals of an augmented second, and are often supported by impressionist harmonies.”

These qualities are felt especially powerfully in From Jewish Life; the three pieces are titled:
1. “Prayer” (Andante moderato)
2. “Supplication” (Allegro non troppo)
3. “Jewish Song” (Moderato).

The overall atmosphere is one of intense sadness and introspection, and the series is concerned far less with virtuosity than with the peculiar power of expression that invariably distinguished such archaic and timeless themes as Bloch chose to employ in this work.

Instrumentation:
QUINTET OF FIVE CELLOS
or
SOLOIST CELLO ACCOMPANIED BY A CELLO ORCHESTRA
Arranged by David Johnstone

1 PDF, containing the five individual cello parts
Note – Johnstone uses the piano accompaniment part to write the four accompanying cello lines (cellos 2 to 5). In chamber music (quintets) then all lines should be obvious if the solo cellist can lead the music. If a score is needed for larger cello ensembles then please use the piano accompaniment part for the conductor, commercially published by various publishers, and you should not have any problems!

Approximate difficulty:
Medium to Difficult (above all for the tonal production)

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
The cello ensemble version was originally created for the Argentine-Spanish cellist Rodolfo Zanni

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by:
BLOCH, Ernest – Prayer (from ‘Jewish Life’), arranged for 5 Cellos cellist John Koen (playing all parts…)

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