{"id":44491,"date":"2017-04-10T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=44491"},"modified":"2017-04-10T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T18:30:14","slug":"liszts-6-classical-music-pieces-for-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/04\/10\/liszts-6-classical-music-pieces-for-passover\/","title":{"rendered":"LISZTS |  6 Classical Music Pieces For Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/MT-passover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/MT-passover.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/MT-passover-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/MT-passover-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>April is a busy month for religious communities in Toronto, declared the \u201cmost diverse city in the world\u201d by BBC Radio in 2016. Palm Sunday on April 9th marked the beginning of Christian Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday; on April 24th Muslims will observe Isra and Mi\u2019raj; Laos and Tamil cultures will celebrate new years, and tonight, Jewish residents of Toronto will begin to celebrate Passover.<\/p>\n<p>Passover celebrates the exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt, with family Seders (festive meals) \u00a0in which the story of Exodus is read along with traditional dishes, songs, prayers and the prohibition of eating leavened bread products.<\/p>\n<p>For those who would like a little classical music to go along with their matzah and maror, below we present a list of Passover-themed pieces to get you Seder-ready.<\/p>\n<h3>1 \u201cTheir land brought forth frogs,\u201d Israel in Egypt, G.F. Handel<\/h3>\n<p>What would any Passover Seder be without a recitation of the various plagues brought upon the Egyptians after their refusal to free the Israelites from slavery? Handel may not have been Jewish but he certainly writes a spirited rendition, sung here by Grace Bumbry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shZFRA1sRSE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>2 Moses und Aron, Arnold Schoenberg<\/h3>\n<p>Arnold Schoenberg, born to a Jewish family in Vienna, was certainly familiar with the story of Exodus, which he documented in musical form in his opera Moses und Aron. German expression isn\u2019t for everyone, but there\u2019s no denying the seemingly limitless range of colours Schoenberg deploys from orchestra and singers to tell this timeless story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nD36ZpRyKU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>3 \u201cRachel, quand du seigneur,\u201d La Juive, Fromental Hal\u00e9vy<\/h3>\n<p>Praised by Wagner, despite his anti-semitism, and Mahler, who called La Juive, \u201cone of the greatest operas ever created,\u201d Fromental Hal\u00e9vy, a 19th-century French Jewish composer who composed music \u201cinfused with religious fervour,\u201d is certainly worth remembering. La Juive (\u201cThe Jewess\u201d), a grand opera in five acts, features a Passover Seder in Act II, in which the Jews are at one point forced to hide the holiday symbols when they receive an unexpected visitor. Neil Shicoff\u2019s interpretation of the famous aria from Act IV, \u201cRachel, quand du Seigneur,\u201d is simply unforgettable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_wUP07DVq9E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>4) Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, Ernest Toch<\/p>\n<p>Ernest Toch, an Austrian composer who fled the Nazis to the United States in the 1930s, was one of Weimar\u2019s most celebrated composers before his exodus from Europe. His lush Cantata of the Bitter Herbs recounts the story of Passover for chorus, orchestra, and soloists. Toch uses the story of Passover as a metaphor, illustrating people around the world\u2019s fleeing from injustice. Self-described as \u201cthe world\u2019s most forgotten composer,\u201d his music is certainly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkenarchive.org\/music\/volumes\/view\/odes-and-epics\/work\/cantata-of-the-bitter-herbs\/\" target=\"_blank\">worth a listen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>5 \u201cPassover Psalm,\u201d Erich Korngold<\/h3>\n<p>Erich Wolfgang Korngold, an Austrian-born Jewish composer, also left Europe for America in the 1930s, where he became one of Hollywood\u2019s most celebrated composers. A virtuosic child prodigy, his \u201cPassover Psalm\u201d was a commission by Rabbi Jacob Sonderling with texts based on the Passover Haggadah. Sung in English, the combination of rising vocal lines with soaring violin solos and Romantic French horns evokes the music of Wagner and Strauss that Korngold would have grown up hearing. Definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cpvsi4TFto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>6 \u201cLet My People Go,\u201d Louis Armstrong<\/h3>\n<p>And what would Passover be without a bit of jazz-age flare? Here\u2019s Louis Armstrong singing \u201cLet My People Go\u201d (or \u201cGo Down, Moses\u201d). Gotta love it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BIErCRWcLFQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><b>For more LISZTS, click <\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/liszts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><b>HERE<\/b><\/u><\/a><\/span><b>.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who would like a little classical music to go along with their matzah and maror, below we present a list of Passover-themed pieces to get you Seder-ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":44492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,5722,5797,9498],"tags":[9535],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/MT-passover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-bzB","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44495,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44491\/revisions\/44495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44491"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=44491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}