Composers Performers

Ernest Bloch

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)

USA

“Abodah (God’s Worship)”, a Yom Kippur melody for violin and piano (1928)
“America — An Epic Rhapsody”, for chorus and orchestra (1926-27)
“Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)”, for baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1930-33)
“Baal Shem — Three Pictures of Chassidic Life”, for violin and orchestra (1939)
Concertino, for flute, viola (or clarinet) and piano (1950)
Concerto grosso No. 1, for strings and piano obbligato (1924-25)
Concerto grosso No. 2, for string quartet and string orchestra (1952)
Concerto symphonique, for piano and orchestra (1947-48)
“Cortège funèbre”, from “Trois Poèmes juifs”, No. 3 (1913)
Danse sacrée (Sacred Dance), for piano (1923)
“Danse”, from “Trois Poèmes juifs”, No. 1 (1913)
“Enfantines”, ten pieces for children (1923)
“Evocations”, symphonic suite (1937)
“Ex-voto”, for piano (1903)
Five Sketches in Sepia, for piano (1923)
Four Circus Pieces, for piano (1922)
“From Jewish Life”, three sketches for cello and piano (1924)
“Helvetia — The Land of Mountains and Its People”, symphonic fresco (1929)
“Hiver–Printemps (Winter–Spring)”, two symphonic poems (1904-05)
“In the Mountains (Haute-Savoie)”, two sketches for string quartet (1924)
“In the Night — A Love Poem”, for orchestra (1922)
“Israel”, symphony for five solo voices and orchestra (1912-16)
“Macbeth”, opera in a prologue and three acts (1904-09)
Meditation and Processional, for viola and piano (1951)
Méditation hébraïque, for cello and piano (1924)
Mélodie, for violin and piano (1923)
Melody in D major, for violin and piano (1929)
“Night”, for string quartet (1923)
“Nigun”, from “Baal Shem”, cello transcriptions
“Nirvana”, a poem for piano (1923)
“Nuit exotique”, for violin and piano (1924)
“Paysages (Landscapes)”, three pieces for string quartet (1923)
Piano Quintet No. 1 (1921-23)
Piano Quintet No. 2 (1957)
Piano Sonata (1935)
“Poèmes d’automne”, four songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1917)
“Poems of the Sea”, cycle of three pieces (1922)
“Poems of the Sea”, orchestral version (1922-23)
“Prélude (Recueillement)”, for string quartet (1925)
Prelude and Two Psalms, for soprano and orchestra (1912-14)
“Proclamation”, for trumpet and orchestra (1955)
Psalm 22, for baritone (or contralto) and orchestra (1913-14)
“Rite”, from “Trois Poèmes juifs”, No. 2 (1913)
“Schelomo” (“Solomon”), Hebraic rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1916)
Scherzo fantasque, for piano and orchestra (1948)
Sinfonia breve (1952)
String Quartet No. 1 in B minor (1916)
String Quartet No. 2 (1945)
String Quartet No. 3 (1952)
String Quartet No. 4 (1953)
String Quartet No. 5 (1955-56)
Suite for solo cello No. 1 (1956)
Suite for solo cello No. 2 (1956)
Suite for solo cello No. 3 (1956-57)
Suite for solo viola (unfinished) (1958)
Suite for solo violin No. 1 in G minor (1958)
Suite for solo violin No. 2 in A minor (1958)
Suite for viola and orchestra (1919-20)
Suite for viola and piano (1919)
Suite hébraïque, for viola (or violin) with orchestra or piano (1950-51)
Suite modale, for flute and strings (1957)
Suite symphonique (1944)
Symphony for trombone and orchestra (1953-54)
Symphony in C-sharp minor (1901-03)
Symphony in E-flat major (1954-55)
Three Nocturnes, for violin, cello and piano (1924)
Two Last Poems (“Maybe…”), for flute and orchestra (1957-58)
Two Pieces for string quartet
Violin Concerto (1937-38)
Violin Sonata No. 1 (1920)
Violin Sonata No. 2, “Poème mystique” (1924)
“Visions et prophéties”, five pieces for piano (1936)
“Voice in the Wilderness”, symphonic poem for cello and orchestra (1936)