2015年1月22日

Prayer - from Jewish Life, by Ernest Bloch ( Music Scores for Piano & Cello )

Prayer (from Jewish Life), a fabulous work of chamber music by Swiss composer Ernest Bloch, completed in 1924. 

Bloch's Jewish music is emotional, expressionist and despite a slow, sombre mood, is colored by an exotic ambience which reflects his increasingly Jewish voice. 

* the following video is a demonstration played by a world-famous cellist, Ying-Jun Wei, who played cello to UK's Prince Charles in Buckingham Palace.



Cello part Music Score

For Cello with Piano accompaniment, Prayer has an atmosphere of intense sadness and inward feeling, and the three pieces here are far less linked with virtuosity than with the power of expression and faith.

Piano part Music Score