Note: This version (Op. 33) is for Chamber Orchestra. Al Naharot Bavel Op. 33.1 is written for Symphonic Orchestra.
A recording from the Salute to Marc Lavry concert on June 17, 2012:
Barak Tal, Conductor
Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble
Orchestration: String Orchestra
Duration: 13:30 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Marc Lavry’s first orchestral composition written in Israel, 1936, is a very lyrical and very intimate lament. There are …
For Voice, Harp and String Orchestra
Note: The orchestral poem Ima-Em (Mother) is based on the song Ima-Em, Op. 318, from 1962.
A 1964 recording:
Rachel Nachmias, Mezzo Soprano
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Orchestration: Strings
Lyrics: Ya’acov Orland
Duration: 14:30 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Efrat, Lavry’s daughter and a harp student, loved the song Ima-Em (Mother), Op. …
Handwritten score, Concertino for Kanun (Qanun), English Horn, Clarinet, Strings and Percussion
Arieh Sachs, Harpsichord
Marc Lavry, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Solo: Kanun (Qanun), English Horn, Clarinet
Orchestration: Str – Timp+1
Duration: 13 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Concertino for Kanun (Qanun), English Horn, Clarinet, Strings and Percussion was written for Avraham David Cohen, a kanun player who …
Procession – Pastorale – Hora
Note: In addition to this version, Lavry created an adaptation of this Concertino for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 245a.
Recording: Not yet available
Solo: Flute
Orchestration: String Orchestra -2perc-pn
Duration: 13 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
There Concertino consists of three movements:
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Note: This version (Op. 43) is for Chamber Orchestra. Jerusalem Op. 43a is written for Symphonic Orchestra.
Recording: Not yet available
Orchestration: 1,0,1,0–0,1,0,0–perc-hp-str
Duration: 13 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Symphonic Poem Jerusalem, Op. 43, was first performed in Jerusalem on September 26, 1936 by the Palestinian Symphony Orchestra.…
Procession – Pastorale – Hora
Note: The original version of the concertino was written for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 245.
Recording: Not yet available
Solo: Harmonica
Orchestration: String Orchestra – 2perc-pn
Duration: 13 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Larry Adler playing the Harmonica (photo dedicated to Marc Lavry)
At the request of the world-renown Harmonica player, Larry Adler, Lavry made an adaptation of the solo flute …
Recording: Not yet available
Variations: Ma Tovu comes in two arrangements:
Lyrics: From the Jewish morning prayer (Shacharit)
Duration: 3:00 minutes
Publisher:
Ma Tovu for Tenor/Baritone, Choir, Organ/Piano: Mifalei Tarbut by Modan Publishing House
Ma Tovu for String Orchestra: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Transliteration:
(Hebrew to English)
Ma tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mishknotecha Yisrael.
Va’ani berov chasdcha, avo veytecha,
Eshtachaveh el heichal kodshecha beyiratecha.
Adonai …
Andante – Caravan – Hora
Recordings: Not yet Available
Orchestration: pic/fl, cl/bcl, tpt, pn, str
Duration: 25 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Galil, Suite for Small Orchestra, premiered on May 5, 1938. …