London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Amos
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Orchestration: 2/pic,2,eh,2,2,-4,3,3,1-timp+2-str
Duration: 16 minutes
Publisher: IMI
Synopsis:
Marc Lavry’s Symphonic Poem Emek was written in 1937. It is based on his song “Emek” composed to the lyrics of Rafael Eliaz two years earlier.
Programmatic in nature, Lavry was inspired by the pioneer workers in the Jezreel Valley (Emek Israel) …
Live concert in 1958:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Orchestration: pic,2,2,eh,2,bcl,2-4,3,3,1-timp+2-hp,cel-str
Duration: 23 minutes
Publisher: IMI
Synopsis:
The Symphony consists of three movements:
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From the Top of Mount Scopus – David’s Tower – An Oriental Suburb – The Wailing Wall – The Market – From the Top of Mount Scopus
Recording of the first performance of the composition, around the year 1960:
Mendy Rodan, Conductor
The Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Note: Part III, An Oriental Suburb, is missing from this recording. …
For Voice, Choir and Orchestra
A 1951 recording:
Naomi Zuri (Mezzo Soprano)
Marc Lavry (Conductor)
Kol Zion Lagola Choir (The Broadcasting Service Choir)
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Choir)
Solo: Baritone or Mezzo Soprano
Choir: Mixed Choir
Orchestration: 2,2,eh,3,2asx,tsx,2-4,3,3,1-timp+3-hp-str
Duration: 27:00 minutes
Lyrics: Avraham Broides, Avigdor Hame’iri
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
Dedicated to his wife Helena Lavry, …
Shepherd Dance – Monotonous – Guards – Yemenite Dance – Hora – Debka
A recording from the late 1940s:
George Singer, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Orchestration: 2/pic,2,eh,2,2,-3,3,3,0-timp+3-hp,pn-str
Duration: 20 minutes
Publisher: IMI
Synopsis:
Israeli Dances was one of Lavry’s most popular compositions. It was performed by Paul Paray, Geoge Singer in his first tour in Russia, and …
Note: This version (Op. 33.1) is for Symphonic Orchestra. Al Naharot Bavel Op. 33 is written for Chamber Orchestra.
Marc Lavry (Conductor)
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Orchestration: 1,1,1,1-4,1,0,0-timp+1-hp-str
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 two versions: For String Orchestra …
Mendi Rodan, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Orchestration: pic,2,2,eh,2,bcl,2,cbn-4,3,3,1-timp+3-hp,pn,cel-str
Note: In 1961 Lavry wrote the composition for pic,2,2,eh,3,3-2,2,1,0-timp+1-hp-str. In 1962 he re-orchestrated it for a full symphonic orchestra.
Duration: 18:00 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
After a visit to the Druze village, Daliat EI Carmel, Marc Lavry wrote the rhapsody describing village life.
The opening is slow and depicts …
Opening – Procession – Mountain Folk – The Amorous Shepherd – The Shepherdess – Polka – Peasant’s Dance – In the Valley – Debka – Hora Finale
Note: This version is for Orchestra. There is also a short version for piano solo that includes five of the ten dances – Israeli Country Dances, Suite for Piano, Op. 230p.
Recording: Not yet available
Orchestration: pic,1,1,2,1-2,2,1,1-timp+2 -pn-str
Duration: 14 minutes
Publisher:…
Excerpts from Kukia at a historical live concert at the YMCA Hall in Jerusalem on September 24, 1963:
Sergio Comissiona, Conductor
Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Orchestration: pic,1,1,1,1-2,2,1,1-timp+2-hp-str
Duration: 25 minutes
Publisher: IMI
Synopsis:
Like many Israeli composers, Marc Lavry was introduced to Yemenite music and Israeli folklore by singer Bracha Zefira. The theme of the variations is based on a Yemenite folk song …
Symphony No. 1 – handwritten by Marc Lavry
Recording: Not yet available
Orchestration: 2/pic,2,eh,2,2,-4,3,3,1-timp+2-str
Duration: 25 minutes
Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation
Synopsis:
The news from Europe about the Nazi atrocities against Jews was beginning to reach Israel. In his autobiography from 1946, Lavry wrote: “The events of recent years, the tragic fate that met my people and most likely didn’t skip my family either, had affected me to …