Ernest Bloch
(July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato (1925)
01 - "Prélude" (Allegro energico e pesante) 00:00
02 - "Dirge" (Andante moderato) 03:10
03 - "Pastorale et Danses rustiques" (Assai lento / Allegro) 11:04
04 - "Fugue" (Allegro) 18:17
Orchestre de chambre d'Israël
I Prelude
II Dirge 2:58
III Pastorale and Rustic Dances 9:41
IV Fugue 16:20
Camerata PYP
David Hattner, Musical Director
April 26, 2015
Wieden+Kennedy Building, Portland, Oregon
The work was Bloch's first published concerto grosso of two. According to Alexander J. Morin, the work was created in response to complaints by Bloch's students at the Cleveland Institute of Music about "the inadequacies of tonality[음조] in shaping the music for the next century."
Music critic Olin Downes wrote, "The Bloch concerto was on the whole the best written and the most effective of the new works, even though it lacks some of the power and color" of other works.A third concerto grosso evolved into his work Sinfonia Breve.
[2017-10-16]