Schelomo

Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra was the final work of composer Ernest Bloch's Jewish Cycle.[1] Schelomo (the Hebrew form of "Solomon"), which was written in 1915 to 1916,[2] premiered on May 3, 1917, played by cellist Hans Kindler.[3] Artur Bodanzky conducted the concert, which took place in Carnegie Hall.[4] This concert included other works from Bloch's Jewish Cycle, including the premier of Bloch's work the Israel Symphony, which Bloch himself conducted. Three Jewish Tone Poems was also on the concert, but it had premiered two months earlier in Boston.[5]

  1. ^ Móricz 2008, p. 137.
  2. ^ Schiller 2003, p. 22.
  3. ^ "Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra." by Richard Freed, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, accessed October 10, 2013
  4. ^ Simmons 2004, p. 58.
  5. ^ Simmons 2004, p. 57.