Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem staged at the Tel Aviv Opera. The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Israeli Opera Chorus, the Moran Children's Choir, vocal soloists. Conductor: Alexander Joel. Director: Ido Ricklin.

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  Photo: Yossi Zwecker The first performance of the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten took place at the dedication of the new St. Michael’s Ca...
Sunday, December 8, 2024

A NEW SONG, HALLELUJAH - Assaf Bènraf directs the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, choirs and soloists in the festive opening of the 2024 Hallelujah Festival

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Irena Svetova (Courtesy IS)   Maestro  Assaf Bènraf (Uri Elkayam) Eliyahu Svetov (Courtesy ES) Drawing a large audience to the Henry Crown A...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Gideon (Gidi) Meir performs organ works of Buxtehude, J.S.Bach, Sweelinck and Byrd at the Brigham Young University, Jerusalem Center

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  Gideon Meir (Alexander Kotov) The auditorium of the Brigham Young University, Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, boasts one of the...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Flute sounds in Ein Kerem: Noam Buchman (flute) and string-playing friends perform mostly serenades at the Eden-Tamir Music Center, Jerusalem

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  Noam Buchman (Ilan Besor) The musical terms "serenade" and "divertimento", with several examples appearing in 18th-cen...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Yuval Rabin performs organ works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Lewandowski and Y.Rabin at a house concert in Jerusalem

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  Courtesy Terra Sancta Organ Festival Among the instruments on view in the music room of Yuval Rabin's home in Jerusalem are an upright...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Lahav Shani, performs a concert of the Hatikva Project in Jerusalem. Soloists: Shay Bloch, Dmitry Ratush

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  Courtesy Miri Shamir Offering 18 concerts in 13 cities throughout Israel over the course of five days, the Hatikva Project was conceived b...
Monday, October 28, 2024

A new recording by Myrna Herzog and Tal Arbel - "MATTHEW LOCKE: DUOS on Lewis viols from the same tree" - performed on twin historic bass viols

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  From what we have read, composer/theorist Matthew Locke (?1621-1677) was a headstrong, outspoken character who bore grudges and spoke his ...