Many of the most inspired works in the choral repertory are settings of texts created for sacred liturgies. Some of the composers of this music were not followers of a faith tradition themselves, but were drawn to creating works that were much broader in scope and intended for a concert audience rather than a congregational setting. Their imaginations were drawn to questions of meaning and mortality that have always resonated deeply in human awareness.
REMEMBER
Ernest Bloch - Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Sunday, May 19 at 5:00 Temple Rodeph Shalom (Phila.)
Sunday, June 2 at 4:00 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Doylestown
with Nashirah - The Jewish Chorale
of Greater Philadelphia, Julia Zavadsky, director
Timothy Harrell, organ
and Cantor Benjamin Warschawski
Remembering the history of family, loved ones, and community is the cornerstone of Jewish liturgy. We conclude our season with the preeminent concert setting of these inspired texts, Ernest Bloch’s dramatic and luminous Avodath Hakodesh. For two special performances in Doylestown and at Temple Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, we will be joined by Nashirah – The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia. The program will also include the premiere of a new work by Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn, and Thomas Lloyd’s recent setting of Psalm 46, River of Gladness.
Julia Zavadsky
Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn