Saturday, March 15, 2025

"Love is in the Airs" - the Carmel Quartet and Cecila Ensemble perform works on the subject of love from madigals of William Byrd to Eric Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs"

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  Photo: Yoel Levy The Carmel Quartet's recent concert was very different from past events of its "Strings and More" series. I...
Monday, February 24, 2025

A recently issued CD - "Last Dance". Michael Tsalka and Diana Weston perform works from J.C.F.Bach to contemporary music on square piano and harpsichord

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  Keyboard artists Diana Weston and Michael Tsalka have recently recorded a second disc of classical and contemporary works for square piano...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

Pianist Shir Semmel joins the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet in a varied program of European chamber music at the Eden-Tamir Music Center, Jerusalem

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Shir Semmel (www.jamd.ac.il)   Tel Aviv Wind Quintet  Ⓒ   Dan Erez A flying musical visit to Europe via works spanning from the Baroque to t...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Hallelujah - Philippe Pierlot conducts the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, the Israeli Vocal Ensemble and soloists in a program of works by two friends - Handel and Telemann

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Maestro Philippe Pierlot  ©  Yoel Levy   No new face to the Israeli concert scene, Belgian conductor Philippe Pierlot directed "Hallelu...
Thursday, January 9, 2025

At the Brigham Young University Center for Near Eastern Studies, baritone Oded Reich performs Schubert's "Winterreise" to Andrew Middleton's setting for wind quintet

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Oded Reich (Courtesy Israeli Opera)   Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was a prolific composer. He worked fast whenever and wherever inspiration s...
Saturday, January 4, 2025

"All-Night Vigil" - the Israeli Vocal Ensemble (music director: Yuval Benozer) performs works of Samuel Barber, John Tavener, Hugo Wolf and Sergei Rachmaninov at St. Andrew's Scots Memorial Church, Jerusalem

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Maestro Yuval Benozer (ivocal.co.il)   The all-night vigil is a service of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, consisting ...
Sunday, December 29, 2024

"On Wings of Song" - the Israel Camerata Jerusalem hosts soprano Daniela Skorka and Maestro Alexandre Bloch (France). Works by Thierry Escaich, Luciano Berio, Joseph Canteloube and Beethoven

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Daniela Skorka (Michael Pavia)   Maestro Alexandre Bloch (alexandrebloch.com) When it comes to interesting programming, the Israel Camerata ...