Gerald Cohen, Composer
Cohen composes with a strong sense of tradition--one that embraces Brahms, Bartok and Britten on one hand and his own Jewish heritage on the other. ... a cantor himself, Cohen's songs and his Passover cantata V'higad'ta L'vincha display a linguistic fluidity and a melodic gift that hints at what the Hebrew liturgy might be like today if Britten had changed faiths.
--Ken Smith,
Gramophone Magazine
Gerald Cohen’s music speaks to us through its ability to respond to the personal, translating these emotions through his musical craft into an art that is expressive, important and vitally alive. That is the touchstone of his work, and its connection to a living, ongoing tradition.
--Michael Kannen,
from program notes to CD
Generations: Music of Gerald Cohen
NEWS:
World premiere of new piece by the Cassatt String Quartet:
The Cassatt String Quartet will give the premiere of “Playing for our lives,” a new piece composed for them, at concerts in New York City and Great Barrington, Feb. 4 and 5.
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New York premiere of “Yedid Nefesh” for clarinet, viola and piano:
“Yedid Nefesh” will be performed in New York, by Vasko Dukovski, Maria Lambros, and Alexandra Joan on Wednesday, January 18.
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Listen to excerpt from new one-act opera:
My one-act opera SEED, written with librettist David Simpatico, was performed in concert at Symphony Space in NYC this past June.
Read a program note and hear an excerpt from SEED
Premiere of new choral piece:
“We are loved by an unending love”, commissioned by Temple Ohef Shalom, Norfolk, VA, received its premiere on Sunday, October 30, 2011.
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Psalm 23 video:
“Adonai Ro’i” (Psalm 23) was performed at Fredrick P. Rose Hall in HaZamir’s annual festival in NYC this past March.
See the video of this performance
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