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Steal a Pencil for Me

  • Steal a Pencil for Me
  • Sea of Reeds

  • Act II, Scene 2 – Jaap/Ina duet: “An Ordinary Breakfast”

  • Act II, Scene 3 – Lisette’s Aria: “Your letters gave me courage”

  • Act II, Scene 4 – The Nazis taunt Ina: “They closed the camp at Auschwitz”

  • Act II, Scene 10 – Final quartet: “There’s the girl that I will marry”

Featured Article

  • OperaWire: The Defiant Requiem to Present World Premiere of New Gerald Cohen Work

    August 23, 2023
    The Defiant Requiem Foundation is set to present the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s “they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes” on Oct. 25, 2023 at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York City.

Listen

  1. Adonai Ro’i (Psalm 23) (excerpt) (from Generations CD) Gerald Cohen, Marija Stroke 1:13
  2. Ordinary Breakfast (excerpt)—Duet from opera "Steal a Pencil for Me" Ilana Davidson, Robert Balonek, Ari Pelto 2:53
  3. Could it Be—Trio from opera "Sarah and Hagar" E. Shammash, I. Davidson, R. Gardner, M. Adelson 2:49
  4. L’fichach from V’higad’ta L'vincha (excerpt) (from Generations CD) Syracuse Children's Chorus, Barbara Tagg 1:21
  5. Lo Lanu (Psalm 115) (excerpt) Canticum Novum Singers, Harold Rosenbaum 1:17
  6. Slow, calm (excerpt) from Trio for Viola, Cello, and Piano (from Generations CD) Maria Lambros, Michael Kannen, Marija Stroke 1:12
  7. Grneta Variations (excerpt) (from Sea of Reeds CD) V. Dukovski, I. Lumanovski, A. Joan 1:05
  8. Dayeinu, from Sea of Reeds (from Sea of Reeds CD) V. Dukovski, I. Lumanovski, A. Joan 2:58
  9. Beyond the Heliosphere, final movement from "Voyagers" Vasko Dukovski, Cassatt String Quartet 7:30

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Quick links to items of interest:

Steal a Pencil for Me feature article—NewMusicBox, July 2018

Playing for our lives feature article—Berkshire Eagle, July 2019

Steal a Pencil for Me (info, score sample, audio/video, etc.)

Voyagers (info, score sample, audio, etc.)

Adonai Ro’i (Psalm 23) [Choral] [Solo] (info, score sample, audio/video, etc.)

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©2018 Gerald Cohen
  1. Adonai Ro’i (Psalm 23) (excerpt) (from Generations CD) Gerald Cohen, Marija Stroke 1:13
  2. Ordinary Breakfast (excerpt)—Duet from opera "Steal a Pencil for Me" Ilana Davidson, Robert Balonek, Ari Pelto 2:53
  3. Could it Be—Trio from opera "Sarah and Hagar" E. Shammash, I. Davidson, R. Gardner, M. Adelson 2:49
  4. L’fichach from V’higad’ta L'vincha (excerpt) (from Generations CD) Syracuse Children's Chorus, Barbara Tagg 1:21
  5. Lo Lanu (Psalm 115) (excerpt) Canticum Novum Singers, Harold Rosenbaum 1:17
  6. Slow, calm (excerpt) from Trio for Viola, Cello, and Piano (from Generations CD) Maria Lambros, Michael Kannen, Marija Stroke 1:12
  7. Grneta Variations (excerpt) (from Sea of Reeds CD) V. Dukovski, I. Lumanovski, A. Joan 1:05
  8. Dayeinu, from Sea of Reeds (from Sea of Reeds CD) V. Dukovski, I. Lumanovski, A. Joan 2:58
  9. Beyond the Heliosphere, final movement from "Voyagers" Vasko Dukovski, Cassatt String Quartet 7:30