Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)
To Gerald Warburg

Total Time: 74:53

Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Raphael Frieder, Narrator
Talia Or, soprano
Douglas Purcell, tenor
Klaus Hager, baritone
Ilya Konovalov, Violin
Dudu Carmel, Oboe
Israel Kastoriano, Continuo organ

The Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Bass
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)
To Gerald Warburg

1. Part I
Meditation (Prelude) – Ma tovu – Borechu –
Shema Isroel – Ve’ohavto – Mi Chomocho –
Tzur Isroel
2. Part II
Kedusha (Sanctification)
3. Part III
Silent Devotion (Prelude) and Response –
Yiy’yu Lerotzon – Se’u She’orim –
Taking the Scroll from the Ark (Interlude) –
Toroh Tzivoh – Shema Isroel – Lechoh Adoshem
4. Part IV
Returning the Scroll from the Ark – Gad’lu Ladoshem
– Hodu Al eretz – Toras Adoshem – Eitz Chayim (Peace Song)
5. Part V
MVa’anachnu (Adoration) – Bayom Hahu – Tzur Yisroel – Kaddish (Memorial Service) – Adon Olam
Yevorechechoh Adoshem (Benediction)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV 140
6. Chorale: “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
7. Recitative: “Er kommt, er kommt”
8. Duet: “Wenn Kommst du, mein heil”
9. Chorale: “Zion hort die Wachter singen”
10. Recitative: “So geh herein zu mir”
11. Duet: “Mein Freund ist mein”
12. Chorale: “Gloria sei dir gesungen”