Re: clarinet music by Jewish composers

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Two relevant suggestions:

1) Though not by a Jewish composer, Profkofiev's "Overture on Hebrew 
Themes," for a chamber ensemble consisting of clarinet, string quartet, and 
piano, is based on Jewish folk melodies taught to Prokofiev by the virtuoso 
clarinetist Simeon (Simon) Bellison, and features a solo (klezmerish in 
melody) dance by the clarinet.

2) Sandra should *certainly* acquire, if she doesn't already have, the 
double-CD "Esquisses Hebraiques:  Clarinet Quintets on Jewish Themes," 
performed by Dieter Klocker with the Vlach Quartet Prague.  (It appears to 
be a German recording on the cpo [?] label, # 999 630-2.)

Hope that helps --

Robert Cohen


I am a non-Jew who happens to really enjoy Jewish
>music.  (I am a doctoral student in clarinet performance with a minor in
>ethnomusicology.)  I am trying to put together information about clarinet
>music (solo and chamber works) by Jewish clarinet composers (particularly
>new music).  My listing is increasing all of the time, but I would like to
>search as many avenues as possible.

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