Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

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February 16, 2026, 11:41:57 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2026, 11:43:58 AM by Daverz
Quote from: kyjo on February 16, 2026, 11:20:06 AMPiano Quintet No. 1: perhaps his very greatest work IMO, full of turbulent passion and drama and also some elements of modernity

I think the Piano Quintet No. 1, String Quartet No. 2, and Violin Sonata No. 1 make a nice triptych of works in a similarly intense style.

Other works I'd add:

Suite for Viola & Orchestra
Symphony in E-flat
Violin Concerto

One work I should know but haven't gotten around to is the Sacred Service.

vandermolen

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February 17, 2026, 02:12:31 AM
Quote from: Daverz on February 16, 2026, 11:41:57 AMI think the Piano Quintet No. 1, String Quartet No. 2, and Violin Sonata No. 1 make a nice triptych of works in a similarly intense style.

Other works I'd add:

Suite for Viola & Orchestra
Symphony in E-flat
Violin Concerto

One work I should know but haven't gotten around to is the Sacred Service.
The Sacred Service is a fine, moving work, reminiscent in places of Vaughan Williams's choral works. My favourite recording was the version conducted by Geoffrey Simon.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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