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oratorio
‘Anthracite Fields’: an oratorio in a miner key
Rick Schultz
March 4, 2016
Composers seldom find themselves underground looking for inspiration, but for “Anthracite Fields,” an oratorio for chorus and sextet about miners around the turn of the 20th century, Julia Wolfe literally immersed herself in the feel and history of coal miners’ lives.
‘Voices of Light’ and Joan of Arc illuminate mystery of faith
Rick Schultz
October 14, 2014
How did a nice Jewish boy from Short Hills, N.J., come to compose an oratorio to accompany Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent-film masterpiece “The Passion of Joan of Arc”? According to Richard Einhorn, his score “Voices of Light,” came into being by “sheer accident.”
Symphony to Debut Fiery ‘Soul’ Music
David Finnigan
December 16, 2004
Wayne Hinton is a Methodist, and he understands what Jewish audiences will feel when they hear a performance by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.
\”It\’s like when you hear a Frenchman conducting French music,\” said Hinton, the symphony\’s executive director. \”It\’s akin to their soul.\”
The soul, or more specifically the soul aflame, will anchor the symphony\’s Dec. 19 performance at Temple Israel of Hollywood, where the shul\’s Nimoy Concert Series will host the West Coast premiere of \”Souls on Fire,\” an oratorio based on Elie Wiesel\’s book on centuries of Chasidic leaders.
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