Carl Fischer

BLOCH - NIGUN NO 2 FROM BAAL SHEM VIOLIN/PIANO

$38.95

BLOCH - NIGUN NO 2 FROM BAAL SHEM VIOLIN/PIANO

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  • SKU: B1857
  • Brand: Carl Fischer
  • Type: Strings
  • Availability: In Stock

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"What interests me," wrote Bloch, "is the Jewish soul, the enigmatic, ardent, turbulent soul that I feel vibrating throughout the Bible...it is all this that I endeavor to hear in myself and to transcribe into my music; the venerable emotion of the race that slumbers way down in our souls." Bloch's Baal Shem is made up of I. "Vidui" (Contrition) -- Un poco lento; II. "Nigun" (Improvisation) -- Adagio non troppo; III. "Simchas Torah" (Rejoicing) -- Allegro giocoso. Nigun is the most extrovert composition. Bloch attempts to recreate the feeling of ecstatic religious chanting through a highly charged and ornate melodic line that rises to a fever pitch of spiritual intensity before dying away to a gentle close.

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