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SKU: A0.944035
Composed by Music and James Joyce, Ofer Ben-Amots, and Poetry (our of Chamber Music). Contemporary,Jewish. 120 pages. The Composer's Own Press #4615803. Published by The Composer's Own Press (A0.944035).Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues. The source of this composition lies in the stylistic confrontation between Klezmer and Cantor. The work is a dichotomy (splitting in two) of song and dance, which at the end become one and the same: a prayer. The strings as participant, audience, and echo mostly stand for the parish, and like it, experience a process of spiritual purification. The six movements of the work vary in length, instrumentation, and style.
I. Am Kadosh An introductory cadenza in which the two soloists introduce themselves and state their positions. At the same time it is a call for "Am Kadosh" ("holy folk") to rise and go to serve the creator. This call was a usual phenomenon in the Shtetl especially during "Yamim Nora'im" (days of awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur). The 'Shamash' would knock on every door at dawn to wake up the men and call them to join the Minyan for "Shaharit" and the "Selichot".
II. U'veyom Hashabbat The cantor's song stands at the focal point, its "Nusach" (prescribed form and style) tied to the note G, which rumbles constantly in the cellos and basses.
III. A Gassn Nigun - Now the clarinet leads, in a purely instrumental "alley tune." A "Gassn Nigun" was usually performed in the back alley by the Klezmorim, to welcome the guests who arrive to participate in the wedding ceremony.
IV. Adoshem Melech - An emphatic proclamation with massive support from the entire ensemble. The extreme differentiation of the soloists symbolizes the individual strength of each participant in the prayer. The text is taken from a Yom Kippur prayer. It expresses the coronation and the timelessness of The Creator.
V. The Celestial Freylach - The instrumental climax of the piece, is a wedding dance of Joy (Freylach)- The movement begins with a solo recitative of the klezmer-clarinetist and continues with the orchestra into a perpetual-motion wedding dance, symbolizing the marriage is between heaven and earth.
VI. Dienen - The Yiddish-Hebrew text translates :Oh, to serve: One wants to serve, to serve. One has to serve, to serve. Oh, to serve: One is allowed to serve, to serve. One wants to serve, Has to serve, Is allowed to serve the Creator of the world. Glory and belief For everlasting life Insight and blessing For everlasting life Redemption and greatness For everlasting life. The prayer is of central European Chassidic origin. It is long and slow as it passes through the entire Hebrew Alef-Bet with the refrain "Serve, oh, serve" chanted after each of the 22 letters. The prayer is usually chanted during the Shaharit prayer of Rosh Hashana. The melody is an excellent example demonstrating how the major mode is reserved for the most serene and solemn moments of Jewish liturgy.
Total duration: ~ 30 min.
Performance material by rental only! For demo recording, questions, or any additional information please e-mail Ofer Ben-Amots at: thecomposerspress@gmail.com
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