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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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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, Israel Symphony, Schelomo, Baal Shem Suite, From Jewish Life, Two Last Poems.

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...

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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...

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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...

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