Behind the sounds 12/09/2021 The Evolution of Vows The prayer Kol Nidrei has a unique presence and validity in Jewish liturgical tradition. It marks the transition point קריאה נוספת
Behind the sounds 02/09/2021 All Beginnings “Searching for the First Steps,” or alternatively a definite question interviewers ask composers, “How did you get started, what קריאה נוספת
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
