{"id":81445,"date":"2020-10-14T16:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=81445"},"modified":"2020-10-14T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:42:46","slug":"the-boy-who-became-a-conductor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-boy-who-became-a-conductor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy Who Became A Conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"81445","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":79834,"related_cahpter":"590","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"A new series - this time, Leonard Bernstein","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard Bernstein &#8211; The Chichester Psalms, part 2, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (from 3:49 to 9:23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The noted Jewish-American conductor and composer , Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) devoted most of his symphonic compositions to Jewish themes, including \u201cThe Jeremiah Symphony,\u201d \u201cKaddish,\u201d and the music for the ballet \u201cThe Dybbuk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The psalms in this composition are also written in a symphonic form. The work was written in relation to Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cPsalms Symphony,\u201d which we will meet over the course of our posts on Psalms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChichester Psalms\u201d was written in 1965, by invitation to the traditional choirs festival at Chichester Cathedral in southern England. The composition was meant to be sung in Hebrew, by men only (adults and youths, as a replacement for women\u2019s parts), including the solo part for Ps 23, which is generally sung by a boy. Thus Bernstein presents the image of the boy David, shepherding his sheep, trusting in God. In the orchestra, the two harps stand out, also reminiscent of the Biblical figure of David.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a counterpoint to the pastoral atmosphere of the psalm, Bernstein suddenly introduces a war-like episode with verses from Ps 2 (\u201cWhy do nations assemble?\u201d), thus amplifying the serenity and the security that the shepherd feels. ?in this combination of peace and war, there is an echo to a great composition from the past: <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dona Nobis Pacem<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u201cGive us peace\u201d) from Beethoven\u2019s <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missa Solemnis<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sounds of war return towards the end, but only in the instrumental parts, as an echo, and a warning for the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work is a wonderful example of a conductor and creator who is involved in many and various worlds of activity, who directs his talents and his personal style to a unique expression of the Jewish spirit in his music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boys and Men&#8217;s Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic &#8220;The Poznan Nightingales&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7Yhnml4DW9g?t=235 ","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"The Psalms In Classical Music","main_caption":"The Boy Who Became A Conductor","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"A new series - this time, Leonard Bernstein","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7Yhnml4DW9g?t=235 ","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81560,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445\/revisions\/81560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}