Ernest Bloch is best known for his composition Schelomo for cello and large orchestra but he wrote a ton of music for “large orchestra.” We take an esoteric look at his Avodath Hakodesh: Sacred ...

wasn't just Oregon's most famous composer. He was also an accomplished photographer who composed images as musical as his symphonies. A photograph of a massive tree punching up through the ground ...

When you listen to the music of Ernest Bloch, Oregon's most famous composer, you are hearing a voice unlike any other classical composer of the 20th century. Make that several voices. One of those ...

Ernst Bloch writes in 1932 on the importance of the contradictions in the present and nostalgia … Something’s Missing: A Discussion between Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno on the Contradictions of ...

1. Ernest Bloch: Prelude. From “Suite for Violin no. 1”. Roberto Sawicky, violin. 2. Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff speaks about her father composing “Helvetia”. 3. Ernest Bloch: Helvetia, Symphonic Fresco ...

It’s about time that someone went to bat for Bloch. The Swiss-born composer who was born in 1880 and immigrated to the U.S. during World War I, is mainly remembered for his Hebrew rhapsody, “Schlomo.” ...

This workshop investigates the changing ideas about human nature and the human relationship with nature through the works of German Jewish Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885-1977). This workshop ...

In the 21st century, religion has come under determined attack from secular progressives in documentaries, opinion pieces and international bestsellers. Combative atheists have denounced faiths of ...