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MATTIA PELI - Pianistic Repertoire/Classical Jewish Music

F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Hoere Israel (Hear O Israel) from Oratorio 'Elijah' op. 70 (1846)

[ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

Deuteronomy 6:4

M. Ravel (1875-1937)

Kaddìsch [ transcr. A.Siloti ] from “Deux Mélodies Hèbraiques” (1914)

Ezechiel 38:23; Daniel 2:20

S. Prokofiev (1981-1953)

Overture on Hebrew themes Opus 34 (1919) [ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

E. Bloch (1880-1959)

“ Simchat Torah ” (Rejoycing of the Toràh) from “Baal Shem” (1924)

[ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

Deuteronomy 16:14

5 ' Visions et Propheties ' -

pianistic suite based on “Voice in the Wilderness” (1936)

Isaiah 40:3-4

M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Le danze del re David (King David's dances) -

Hebrew Rhapsody on traditional themes Op. 37 (1925)

Psalm 149:3; 150:4; 87:7; 30:11; 2 Samuel 6:14-16, 21

Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)

3rd Piano Sonata (1927)

I. Moderato cantabile -

II. Andante tranquillo quasi improvisazione -

III. Allegro molto -

IV. Marcia funebre -

V. Finale retrospettivo (Allegro moderato)

Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)

Nocturne Op. 20 b (from “Suite No. 2”) (1936)

5 Pieces Op. 34 (1943)

1. Pastorale -

2. Intermezzo -

3. Capriccio agitato -

4. Canzonetta -

5. Toccata

Sonatina (1946)

Allegretto grazioso -

IMPROVISAZIONE (Andantino liberamente rubando) -

Molto vivo

Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)

from ' Three Time Wedding ' (Palestinian Notebook) (1939)

Two Yemenite Dances - Yiddish wedding - Lullaby - Horra

Gideon Klein (1919-1944)

Piano Sonata (Theresienstadt, 1943)

I. Allegro con fuoco -

II. Adagio -

III. Allegro vivace

Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944)

7th Piano Sonata (Theresienstadt, 22 August 1944)

I. Allegro. Gemaechliche Halbe -

II. Alla marcia, ben misurato -

III. Adagio, ma con moto. Più andante -

IV. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso -

V. Thema, Variationen und Fuge ueber ein hebraeisches Volkslied

( Yehuda Sharett's 'Song of Rachel' )

Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963)

Piano Sonata “27. April 1945”

I. Bewegt -

II. Scherzo: Presto assai -

III. Marcia funebre: Lento -

IV. Allegro furioso

(written to commemorate the horror of 20.000 Dachau's prisoners marching unto death a few days before the end of World War II)

Urijah Alexander Boskovich (1907-1964)

Semitic Suite (1945)

I. Prelude -

II. (Andantino) -

III. Folk Dance, AMAMIAH -

IV. (Andantino) -

V. Pastorale, NOF-YAH -

VI. HODAYAH, Praise

Joseph Tal (1910-2008)

Piano Sonata (1950)

1. Grave, Tempo I, Tempo II -

2. 'BASSO OSTINATO', Andante -

3. RONDO, Vivace

(the theme of the 'basso ostinato' is based on Yehuda Sharett's ‘Song of Rachel' )

D. Milhaud (1892-1974)

Le Candélabre à sept Branches (The sevenfold lampstand) Suite Op. 315 (1951)

Exodus 25:31-40; 27:20-21

1.Rosh haShanàh -

2.Yom Kippùr -

3.Sukkòth -

4.Chanukkà -

5.Purìm -

6.Pèsach -

7.Shavuòt

Leviticus 23; Esther 9:20-32 (1 Maccabees 4:56-59)

Haim Alexander (1915)

Six Israeli Dances (1951)

Pastoral - Shepherds' round - Spring dance -

Peasants' dance - Reapers' dance - Dance of the “Sabras”

Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)

"Visit to Israel" (1958) - Suite for piano

1. Notturno (The mysterious City of Tz'fat )

2. The Kibbutz

3. The ruins of Capernaum

4. The sources of the River Jordan

5. The Holy City (The seven-armed candelabra)

6. The Desert of Negev

7. The Mosque of Saint Jean d'Acre

8. The Lake of Tiberias

9. Yemenite cradle song

L. Bernstein (1918-1990)

Four Sabras (1950 ca.)

1. Ilana, the dreamer -

2. Idele, the Chassidele -

3. Yosi, the Jokester -

4. Dina, the Tomboy who weeps alone

from Bridal Suite (1960) for 2 Pianos

Interlude: Bell, Book and Rabbi -

3 Wedding Dances

1. The 1st Waltz (Canon) -

2. Cha-cha-cha -

3. Hora

[ transcr. Piano 2 hands, Mattia Peli ]

“ Adonai ro'i ” (The Lord is my Shepherd)

2nd mov. from “Chichester Psalms” (1963)

Psalm 23; Psalm 2:1-4

Joseph Dorfman (1940-2006)

D. Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Four Preludes & Fugues Op. 87 (1950-51)

no. 6 in B minor , Allegretto-Moderato ;

no. 14 in E flat minor , Adagio-Allegro non troppo ;

no. 19 in E flat Major , Allegretto-Moderato con moto ;

no. 8 in F sharp minor , Allegretto-Andante (on a liturgical melody sung

by the Chazàn for Yom Kippùr )

“From Jewish Folk Poetry” (Yiddish) Op. 79 (1948)

( requiem for his friend Solomon Mikhoels,

director of the Moscow Yiddish Theater, killed in 1948 )

[ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

no. 3 in C minor “ Lullaby ” Andante

no. 5 in D minor “ A warning ” Allegretto

no. 10 (in C minor) “ The young girl's song ” Allegretto

no. 7 in G sharp minor “ A song of poverty ” Allegro

Theme in B flat minor from the 1st mov. of the Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” Op. 113 (1962)

( on the poem “Babi Yar”(1961) di Yevgeni Yevtushenko, written to commemorate 33.771 Jews shot by SS troops near Kiev in 1941 )

[ pianistic arrangement, Mattia Peli ]

Ernest Gold (1921-1999)

Main Theme from the movie “ Exodus ” (1960) [ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

Jerry Bock (1928)

Suite of three pieces from the movie “ Fiddler on the Roof “ (1971)

Tradition - Sabbath Prayer - Wedding Dance [ transcr. by Mattia Peli ]

John Williams (1932)

Main Theme from the movie “ Schindler's List ” (1993)

[ transcr. for Solo Piano, Mattia Peli ]