Chamber Music Cello,
Piano
SKU:
CF.B3473
Composed by
Ernest Bloch. Edited by
Julian Schwarz. Set of
Score and Parts. 12+4
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#B3473. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.B3473).
ISBN 9781491161999.
UPC: 680160920679. Key: C
major.
Composed in
1924, Ernest
Bloch’s
Méditation
Hébraϊque is a
plaintive and reverent
musical reflection that
flows through many
emotions in a series of
uninterrupted movements:
Moderato, Allegro deciso,
and Moderato. Passionate
rubato phrases are
flecked with light
touches of ornamentation,
much like the inflections
of a cantor's voice.
Hemiola rhythms, dynamic
swells, and contrapuntal
interaction with the
piano lead the soulful
voice of the cello to its
upper range in a dramatic
dialogue that eventually
descends to a more
subdued and stately
resolution. Cellist and
teacher Julian Schwarz
provides practical
fingerings and phrase
markings to achieve the
alternating bright and
warm tone that are
essential to adequately
express the sacred
beauty of the
music. .