“Spanish Lamento” (2014) for two violins, viola, viola da gamba and harpsichord

Commissioned in 2014 by Israeli Ensemble PHOENIX of early instruments, the piece features a prominent role for the harpsichord in powerful exchanges with 2 baroque violins, baroque viola and viola da gamba. This “somewhat off-the-road journey” quotes an ancient Andalusian piyut sang for the Jewish High Holidays called “Ki Gadol Yom”.  The piece is dedicated to the memory of the Jewish expulsion from Spain 1492-97. The original title “IN THE SEARCH OF THE CHACONNE” was later transformed into the “SPANISH LAMENTO”.

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  Performances:
15 March 2015, World premiere,  The Austrian Hospice, Jerusalem [Phoenix Ensemble]
17  March 2015 Tel Aviv, The Israel Conservatory of Music [Phoenix Ensemble]
21 March 2015 Rehovot, Beit Dondikov [Phoenix Ensemble]
26 March 2015  Haifa, The Studio, Beit Hecht [Phoenix Ensemble].