Behind the sounds 25/07/2021 Olympics and Anthems The Olympic Games will open in Tokyo this weekend. Most likely an audience will not be there. No Japanese קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 28/04/2021 Rite of Fire The universe is made up of four elements: earth, water, wind and fire, in that order, from bottom to קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 16/05/2021 Happy Shavuot “So how did it all start?”, inquisitive journalists tend to ask, like the writer of these lines, when they קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 14/04/2021 Reflections on the eve of Independence Day The connection between music and nationality is a clear by-product of the “Spring of the Nations” era in the קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 08/03/2021 International Women’s Day we live in a time when ‘bon ton’, dictated from above, speaks of brotherly hate to a despicable degree, קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 30/12/2020 An Imitation of Life and a Life of Imitation Nathan Zach is perceived by many as someone who was very involved in “music”. This impression arose in the קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 13/12/2020 “The Miracle of Hanukkah” by George Frederick The Ooratorio Judas Maccabeus stands at a crossroads where the history of England and Handel’s personal history intersect. 1745 קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 17/12/2020 Beethoven’s Heroism In October 1802, the composer Ludwig van Beethoven visited the suburb of Heiligenstadt near Vienna, then a rural area קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 18/11/2020 On Holidays and the Change of Seasons The last day of Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles), and more precisely the day after the holiday, carries with קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 18/11/2020 “Kol Nidrei” – a Powerful Jewish Melody “It seems to me that there is no traditional Jewish melody with similar power or intensity; “Kol Nidrei ” קריאה נוספת
