Ernest Bloch is best known for his composition Schelomo for cello and large orchestra but he wrote a ton of music for “large orchestra.” We take an esoteric look at his Avodath Hakodesh: Sacred ...

When you encounter Ernest Bloch’s “Schelomo,” you’re struck by an immediate feeling of profundity and deep emotional vulnerability. As cellist Joshua Roman recalls, “The first recording I heard was of ...

Written against a background of growing 20th-century antisemitism, Ernest Bloch's music is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and spirituality. Natalie Clein, in a sleeve note for her new recording of ...

When you listen to the music of Ernest Bloch, Oregon's most famous composer, you are hearing a voice unlike any other classical composer of the 20th century. Make that several voices. One of those ...

Voice in the Wilderness BBC National Orchestra of Wales Raphael Wallfisch, Cello Benjamin Wallfisch, Conductor Ernest Bloch, Composer Epiphany André Caplet, Composer BBC National Orchestra of Wales ...

Schelomo Jun Märkl, Conductor Ernest Bloch, Composer Zuill Bailey, Cello Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Jun Märkl, Conductor Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Nico ...

- Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1916). Rocco Filippini, cello; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. Dir. Alexander Vedernikov. - Avodath Hakodesh for baritone, mixed choir and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like many second-tier composers, Bloch (1880-1959) was most influential as a teacher (of Ernest Ansermet in his ...

For all of the attention lavished upon West Coast composers lately, one who has mostly escaped the net is Ernest Bloch. Though Swiss-born, Bloch lived a good deal of his life on the West Coast, ...