Juliusz Wolfsohn (1880–1944)
Two Paraphrases on Old Jewish Folk Tunes for piano
Alexander Weprik (1899–1958)
Kaddisch for saxophone and piano
Alberto Hemsi (1898–1975)
Three songs from Coplas Sefardies for voice and piano
Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930)
Eli Zion (Paraphrase on a folk theme and trop of "Song of Songs“) for bassoon and piano
Alexander Krein (1883–1951)
Ornaments for saxophone and piano
Viktor Ullman (1898–1944)
Variations and Fugue on a Hebrew Folk Song for piano
Julius Chajes (1910–1985)
Hebrew Suite
Reception to Follow
Performers: Jascha Nemtsov, Jeffrey Siegfried, Aviva Klein, JoAna Rusche, Cassie Nielsen, Tobiah Murphy, Ben Penzner, Heewon Uhm
Jascha Nemtsov, pianist and musicologist
The oldest part of Jewish music culture is the ritualized presentation of texts from the Hebrew Bible (tanakh) organized through a complex and highly diversified system of strict musical rules and distinct motifs (cantillations). This system was essentially created during the Biblical times; it was then passed on orally for several centuries and codified in the 9th century with special signs (teamim). Since the beginning of the 20th century, the motifs of biblical cantillations have been perceived by Jewish composers as the “most authentic” part of the Jewish musical tradition and used as a source of inspiration and “building material” in many works. As a rule, in this context the motifs of cantillation lost their connection to the liturgy and their direct relation to the text and were merely identified as the musical embodiment of the Jewishness. By their archaic character and their shortness of breath they also significantly influenced the musical style of the new Jewish art music.
Jacob Schoenberg (1900–1956)
Nigun from the “Chassidic Suite” for piano
Janot S. Roskin (1884–1946)
Three Yiddish songs for voice, violin and piano
Alexander Weprik (1899–1958)
Sonata No. 2 for piano
Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982)
Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959)
Pieces for cello and piano
Hugo Chaim Adler (1894–1955)
Shalom Rav for voice and piano (trans. for cello)
Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
Wind Sextet, "Cantillations"
*****Program Change*****
In place of Joseph Achron's Wind Sextet:
Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
Selections from Children's Suite for Solo Piano
Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982)
Four Jewish Dance Pieces
Reception to Follow
Performers: Jascha Nemtsov, Gregory Gropper, Aviva Chertok, Emily Camras, Aviva Klein, Jillian Kouzel, Rebecca Williamson, Oliver Barron, Rebecca Epstein-Boley