Israeli piano virtuoso, composer, and educator, Orit Wolf will join the ASO Chamber Ensemble to take the audience on fascinating musical journey, featuring a mosaic of musical vignettes, highlighting the Jewish Klezmer style, and celebrating the art and culture of traveling entertainment by nomadic performers. 
ASO Chamber Ensemble:
Lin He – violin
Dragos Filip – cello

Program

O. Wolf
Human’s Love
M. Bruch
Kol Nidre for cello and piano
M. Lavry
Hora for violin and piano
Traditional “Jewish Street” – Suite in Klezmer style

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT

  • Kol Nidre is a Hebrew declaration which is recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on the eve of Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"). Strictly speaking, it is not a prayer, even though it is commonly spoken of as if it were a prayer.
  • A legend claims that the tune for Kol Nidre is missinai - unchanged since Moses climbed down from Mount Sinai. In the early 17th century, Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe of Prague,  mentioned that all cantors around the world should use the same set melody which was traditional for Kol Nidre. And yet there are probably no two synagogues in which the melody is chanted note for note absolutely the same. Bruch’s composition is his individual artistic interpretation of this old tradition.
  • Marc Lavry (1903 – 1967) is an iconic Israeli composer. He wrote over 400 musical works ranging from grand operas and symphonies to chamber music and popular songs. Hora is a Israeli song presented today in adaptation for violin and piano.