🎶 Echoes of Spirit: The Jewish Soul

 

A beautiful evening of chamber music in an intimate home setting.
Enjoy an inspiring blend of heartfelt melodies and virtuosic energy as Jacques-Pierre Malan and Daniel Weiser perform masterpieces by Jewish composers and works inspired by klezmer traditions — all within a cozy atmosphere of music, food, and conversation.

 

🎻 First Half

Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
  – III. Adagio
  – IV. Molto allegro e vivace

Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

David Popper – Tarantella, Op. 33

Traditional Hebrew Melody – Adon Olam
  (arranged version, melody only; cello part optional)

Traditional Yiddish Song – Yossel, Yossel
  (also known as “Joseph, Joseph,” by Samuel Steinberg and Nellie Casman)

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✨ Intermission

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🎶 Second Half

Ernest Bloch – Nigun (No. 2 from “Baal Shem” Suite)
  (Alternative option: Bloch – Meditation hébraïque)

Ernest Bloch – Prayer (No. 1 from “From Jewish Life”)

Marc Lavry – Suite for Cello and Piano (Hebrew Suite)

Traditional / arr. Paul Schoenfield or similar – Five Melodies on Hebrew Themes
  – No. 1 Moyshele, Mayn Freund
  – No. 2 Oyfn Pripetshik
  – No. 5 Charleston
  (or just Nos. 2 & 5 if shortened)

Traditional Klezmer Suite – Klezmer Journey

David Popper – Concert-Polonaise, Op. 14

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