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Andris Nelsons conducts Ernest Bloch with Sheku Kanneh-Mason on cello
Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Bloch’s Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque, for cello and orchestra with with Sheku Kanneh-Mason on cello.
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- Central Oregon Coast Kicks Off Holidays with Two Cheery Events in Newport
- Cantorion Llandeilo Singers' concert to aid TENOVUS | South Wales Guardian
- Santa Fe Pro Musica, Syrian virtuoso clarinetist go for the grosso | Music | santafenewmexican.com
- Squamish Chief Events - Vetta Chamber Music Presents: Land and Sea
- Chamber Orchestra of Louisville plays Baroque and Baroque-inspired concertos
- Sound & Sense - Jewish Music @ York: San Francisco Bay Area Jewish composers
- Obituary: Nina Bloch Fishman - Atlanta Jewish Times
- Nina Fishman Obituary (2024) - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Legacy.com
- WCLV Program Guide 10-19-2024 | Ideastream Public Media
- America – An Epic Rhapsody: Ernst Bloch's 1926 Tribute to the United States | California ...
- Oct 19 | Emerald City Music | Kristin Lee: American Sketches | Seattle, WA Patch
- Hi-energy nutrients | Norman Lebrecht | The Critic Magazine
- LEBRECHT LISTENS | Pablo Barragan, Noa Wildschut & Frank Dupree Create Magic On Balagan
- Your Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur soundtrack is on WRTI
- Newport Symphony launches its 2024-25 season with performances Saturday, Sunday
Bloch Sesquicentennial
2030 will mark the 150th anniversary of Bloch’s birth. Musicians and organisations world-wide, professional and amateur, are gearing up to perform Bloch’s music. All are invited to participate in this anniversary year. Please contact info@ernestbloch.net with information about what you are planning, so we can publicise it. For information about how to source Bloch scores, contact info@ernestbloch.net.
Ken Burns’ newest documentary series The U.S. and the Holocaust [September 18, 2022] starts their credits with “Prayer (From Jewish Life, No. 1)” written by Ernest Bloch.
BBC Music Magazine’s Bloch’s Top 7!
In the BBC Music Magazine’s Classical Music issue of December 2021, critic Alec Evans selects the Seven Greatest Works by Ernest Bloch. We may not agree with his choices, but he’s entitled to them, nevertheless. If the list stimulates listeners to pursue pieces they may not otherwise be aware of, it’s a good thing. His choices (in chronological order) are: Hiver-Printemps, Macbeth,
Twelve-year-old cellist plays ‘Prayer’ by Ernest Bloch – March 14, 2022
Siblings Anouk-Minou and Manoush Ruken Toth dedicate their performance for peace in Ukraine.
The Hand of God, directed by Paolo Sorrentino – 2021
Features “From Jewish Life, B. 55: I. Prayer” composed by Ernest Bloch and performed by Sol Gabetta.
Woman in Gold, directed by Simon Curtis – 2015
Features “Prayer From Jewish Life” composed by Ernest Bloch and performed by Rebecca Jordan.
Where the Green Ants Dream, directed by Werner Herzog – 1984
Features ‘Voice in the wilderness’ by Ernest Bloch.
Past Events
Out of the Wilderness – Rediscovering Ernest Bloch
Sunday 2 November 2014 Many great artists have met the challenges of the power of Ernest Bloch’s music – few more splendidly than the three world renowned musicians that came together, at IEBS’ invitation, in the Recital Hall at the Royal College of Music. See the...
Chamber Concert Wigmore Hall
April 2009 IEBS Chamber Concert Wigmore Hall Goldner Quartet, Piers Lane piano
Launch of the International Ernest Bloch Society
July 2008 As the 50th anniversary of Ernest Bloch’s death in July 1959 approached Dr Alexander Knapp (the noted Bloch scholar and formerly the Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music at SOAS, University of London) brought together a group of people under the auspices...
Bloch Jubilee International Conference
Ernest Bloch: the man and his music for the 21st Century Bloch Jubilee International Conference Fitzwilliam College Cambridge UniversitySunday 29 July – Tuesday 31 July 2007 Key Bloch scholars from around the world presented papers on many aspects of the man...