Vladimir Scolnic - ...DIXIT... (2018 version)

Jonathan Gotlibovich  Cello

Amit Dolberg Piano

ICL project 2022

 Shiri Riseman - West from Here, for violin, cello & piano (2018)

Meitar Ensemble: 

Talia Herzlich - violin *

Yoni Gotlibovich - cello

Amit Dolberg - piano

* - Member of the Tedarim Ensemble - M. Mus for contemporary music, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Recorded with the support of the Israel Composers' League. Inbal Theatre, Tel Aviv \ March 2021

Sound by David Louria. Video by RA'ASH Productions

 Carmel Curiel - Is there anything sadder than a train?, for quartet (2019)

Pierre-André Valade - Conductor

Meitar Ensemble

Anat Nazarathy, flute

Nir Marom, clarinet (guest musician)

Talia Herzlich, violin

Yoni Gotlibovich, cello

Live performance: 24.2.2022

Targ auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University 

In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League

Abraham and Felicia Klon competition for young composers

Sound by Ori Amir. Video by RA'ASH Productions

 Carmel Curiel - Sha'ashuim, for ensemble (2022)

Balonim, Marionetta, Tofeset

Pierre-André Valade - Conductor

Meitar Ensemble: Anat Nazarathy, flute Nir Marom, clarinet (guest musician) Nadav Cohen, Basson

Talia Herzlich, violin Yoni Gotlibovich, cello Amit Dolberg, piano

Live performance: 24.2.2022 Targ auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University 

In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League Abraham and Felicia Klon competition for young composers. Sound by Ori Amir. Video by RA'ASH Productions

 Inbar Sharet - Ne'ilah, two poems by Leah Goldberg (2020)

Meitar Ensemble

Reut Ventorero, mezzo soprano

Nir Marom, clarinet (guest musician)

Talia Herzlich, violin

Yoni Gotlibovich, cello

Live performance: 24.2.2022 Targ auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University 

In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League. Abraham and Felicia Klon competition for young composers. Sound by Ori Amir Video by RA'ASH Productions

 Dialogues for saxophone solo by Emma Shifrin (2022)

Alto saxophone - Jonathan Chazan. 

Recorded at the studios of HTWG Konstanz, University of Applied Science, 22.7.2022

Produced by the interpreter thanks to the kind support of the Israeli composers league.

MAX STERN: Meditation

for solo saxophone (2021)

Meditation (Hirhur) for solo saxophone is a reflective and prayerful composition, which draws upon improvised modal inflections (maqam) that traditionally introduce (mawwal) the Moroccan-Jewish piyyut (sacred poem). Specifically, it is based on an introduction to the piyyut, “Koli L’yotzri” (My Voice to My Creator), whose overall atmosphere suggests a philosophical mindset, perhaps aptly expressed in the following verse from the psalms:

I will incline my ear to a parable

I will open my dark saying upon the harp (Ps 49:5).

אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי;    אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנּוֹר, חִידָתִי

A free-flowing recitative, poetically narrative in character, through-composed in form, this instrumental monologue evolves as an expressive reflection upon themes of ultimate meaning and humanity, such as:

What profit a man of all his labor under the sun (Eccl 1:3).

מַה-יִּתְרוֹן, לָאָדָם:  בְּכָל-עֲמָלוֹ--שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל, תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ

Loosely structured in 4 extended phrases, recurring motifs repeat in various combinations and transformations throughout, but never exactly in the same way. Two of these phrases open on prolonged notes that tumble slowly downward in intricate tonal figurations (m. 1-10; 11-24). The others gradually climb upwards, rising in encircling stepwise designs, before finally coming to rest on a sustained cadence tone (m. 24-31; 32-40).

Alto saxophone - Jonathan Chazan. Recorded at the studios of HTWG Konstanz, University of Applied Science, 22.7.2022 Produced by the interpreter thanks to the kind support of the Israeli composers league.