A Young Person's Guide

to

ERNEST BLOCH
( 24, July, 1880, Geneva, Switzerland - 15, July, 1959, Oregon, USA )

Photo by V. Hess, from Dr. Josepf Lewinski private collection.

Your Visitor No. is since 21,September, 1999.

CONCERT & EVENT INFORMATION

Ernest Bloch International Jubilee Festival 2009 - Commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death - Celebration events are being planned worldwidely, mainly in United Kingdom with leading of The Jewish Music Institute.

NEW RELEASES

Bloch: Piano Quintets / Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano) including Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, Night, Paysages, Two Pieces for String Quartet

Bloch: Concerto Symphonique; Concerto Grosso No.1; Scherzo Fantasque Jenny Lin (Piano), Jiri Starek (Conductor), SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Piano Works by Bloch & Busoni / Daniel Raiskin (Conductor), St. Michel Strings (Orchestra), Risto Lauriala (Piano) including Concerto Grossi Nos. 1 & 2

Traditions & Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road  including Schelomo by Yo-Yo Ma / Miguel Harth-Bedoya / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

No Chains / Jacqueline Taylor / Asheville Symphony / Milen Nachev  including Schelomo

Collage: A Diverse Collection of Works for Trombone / Will Kimball and Timothy Smith  including Symphony for Trombone [Piano reduction]

First Chair Encores Vol. 1 & 2 / Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy including Suite Modale / Murray Panitz (Flute)

New Releases from NAXOS BLOCH: Four Episodes • Two Poems • Concertino /Dalia Atlas BLOCH: Violin concerto • Baal Shem • Suite Hébraïque / Zina Schiff / The Royal Scottish National Orchestra / José Serebrier

New Releases from Laurel Records ERNEST BLOCH : String Quartet No.5 & Piano Quintet No.1 / Pro Arte Quartet/Howard Karp, piano Music for Viola by Ernest Bloch / Karen Elaine, viola Coming soon.

Contents

What's New? Music of ERNEST BLOCH ( Forthcoming ) Chronological list of ERNEST BLOCH Compositions List in chronological order Compositions List sorted by genre Introduction of most important works chosen at webmaster's own discretion Unconfirmed or unfiled informations frequently updated. How to get Bloch's CDs, Music in print : (Japanese only) CD Reviews Bibliography Books for Reference to compile this site. Links Sites served as a reference to compile this site and useful links. Contact the webmaster

The Ernest Bloch Memorial Tablet, Agate Beach, Newport, Oregon.  (Now moved) Also see another picture. Photos by Mr.Ric Getter, 18, Nov. 2001. The webmaster wishes to thank for the courtesy of Mr.& Mrs. Getter.

• Concert Information wanted : If you have concert information, please send it to the webmaster.

CAUTION!!

• This site is unofficial site which is compiled by a BLOCH devotee and is independent of any associations such as publishers or labels.

• Updates are sometimes delayed on account of the pressure of the webmaster's business.

• Please notice that there are many presently unavailable items (CDs, Analog records, sheets music) which is introduced in this site.
  If you are interested to purchase them, please make sure about that.

• The webmaster is not very proficient in English and is not a music specialist. There may be some improper expressions.
  If you find them, please let the webmaster know.

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