Darius Milhaud: Service Sacre [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was an extraordinarily versatile composer, master of many styles, able to absorb and integrate different influences, from synagogue chant to Brazilian folk music and American jazz. Born into a musically active Jewish family rooted in Provence since the 15th century, he grew up in Aix-en-Provence, where his grandfather founded the synagogue and his father the Musical Society. Milhaud began to compose as a child. He was one of the group of French composers called Les Six and produced an enormous amount of music in every genre, including several works on Judaic themes. In 1940, he emigrated to America with his wife and son and taught for many years in California and Aspen, Colorado. In 1947, he was commissioned by the musically forward-looking cantor of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco to write a Hebrew Service Sacré for the Sabbath morning service, supplemented with several sections used in the Friday evening service. The score calls for chorus, orchestra, a baritone as cantor (sung here by the Israeli-born, European-trained Yaron Windmueller with just the right blend of drama and devoutness), and a speaker as rabbi who reads in both Hebrew and English. The text is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. For the music, Milhaud turned to the by then almost extinct liturgical tradition of his native French region, using some of its elements as thematic leitmotives, and giving the work a feeling of aesthetic unity. The orchestra provides interludes and a soft, static background to the cantorial and spoken passages; the chorus sings its own sections and engages in call and response with the soloist. The singing and playing are excellent; the music is beautiful, partly modal, partly tonal; modulating freely between tonalities, each section moves toward a final tonic chord. The work celebrates the Sabbath with prayers and hymns of thanks and exaltation. It also hints at the continuity of human faith, opening with the words found in Brahms' Requiem: "How lovely are your dwellings…" and concluding with the priestly blessing: "May the Lord bless thee and keep thee..." --Edith Eisler

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"...an intriguing work from first note to last, sonic proof of the value of the Milken Archive."

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"It is a work of love, it is the voice of a creature communicating with his God, and I hear that when I hear the Service Sacré," declared Madame Madeleine Milhaud, the composer’s widow, when, at age ninety-eight, she was interviewed by the Milken Archive in advance of this first-ever complete recording of Milhaud’s greatest Jewish work. Presented here for the first time with the settings for the Friday evening liturgy, which were composed after the work’s commission and premiere at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, the Service Sacré can finally be heard in its entirety as the composer intended.

Darius Milhaud: Service Sacre [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Darius Milhaud: Service Sacre [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music], Music, Yaron Windmuller, Darius Milhaud, Gerard Schwarz, Orchestr Ceská Filharmonie, Paul Schwendener, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Non-Mass Liturgical Service
Milhaud: Sabbath Morning Service
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    		Milhaud: Sabbath Morning Service

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    Release Date: 1999-05-18
    Darius Milhaud: Service Sacre [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]
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      Tracks:

      1. Ma Tovu
      2. Bar'khu And Sh'ma
      3. V'ahavta
      4. Mi Khamokha (I)
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      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was an extraordinarily versatile composer, master of many styles, able to absorb and integrate different influences, from synagogue chant to Brazilian folk music and American jazz. Born into a musically active Jewish family rooted in Provence since the 15th century, he grew up in Aix-en-Provence, where his grandfather founded the synagogue and his father the Musical Society. Milhaud began to compose as a child. He was one of the group of French composers called Les Six and produced an enormous amount of music in every genre, including several works on Judaic themes. In 1940, he emigrated to America with his wife and son and taught for many years in California and Aspen, Colorado. In 1947, he was commissioned by the musically forward-looking cantor of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco to write a Hebrew Service Sacré for the Sabbath morning service, supplemented with several sections used in the Friday evening service. The score calls for chorus, orchestra, a baritone as cantor (sung here by the Israeli-born, European-trained Yaron Windmueller with just the right blend of drama and devoutness), and a speaker as rabbi who reads in both Hebrew and English. The text is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. For the music, Milhaud turned to the by then almost extinct liturgical tradition of his native French region, using some of its elements as thematic leitmotives, and giving the work a feeling of aesthetic unity. The orchestra provides interludes and a soft, static background to the cantorial and spoken passages; the chorus sings its own sections and engages in call and response with the soloist. The singing and playing are excellent; the music is beautiful, partly modal, partly tonal; modulating freely between tonalities, each section moves toward a final tonic chord. The work celebrates the Sabbath with prayers and hymns of thanks and exaltation. It also hints at the continuity of human faith, opening with the words found in Brahms' Requiem: "How lovely are your dwellings…" and concluding with the priestly blessing: "May the Lord bless thee and keep thee..." --Edith Eisler

      Album Description

      "It is a work of love, it is the voice of a creature communicating with his God, and I hear that when I hear the Service Sacré," declared Madame Madeleine Milhaud, the composer's widow, when, at age ninety-eight, she was interviewed by the Milken Archive in advance of this first-ever complete recording of Milhaud's greatest Jewish work. Presented here for the first time with the settings for the Friday evening liturgy, which were composed after the work's commission and premiere at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, the Service Sacré can finally be heard in its entirety as the composer intended.
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      Darius Milhaud: Service Sacré Pour Le Samedi Matin
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        		Darius Milhaud: Service Sacré Pour Le Samedi Matin

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        ASIN: B000004CDC
        Release Date: 1995-11-20

        Tracks:

        1. I. Ma Tovou
        2. II. Barekhou et Shema
        3. III. Veahavta
        4. IV. Mi Kamoka
        5. V. Tzour Israel
        6. VI. Priere
        7. VII. Kedoucha
        8. VIII. Priere et response-Avinou
        9. IX. Priere silencieuse-Yihyou Leratzon
        10. X. Sortie de la Loi (Sertie de la Torah)Se'Ou Chearim
        11. XI. On sortie les rouleaux de I'Arche-Havou
        12. XII. Rentree de la Loi-Gadelou
        13. XIII. Priere
        14. XIV. Etzhayim
        15. XV. Adoration
        16. XVI. Va Anahnou
        17. XVII. Priere Universelle-Bayom Hahou
        18. XVII. Kaddish
        19. XIX. Adon'Olam
        20. XX. Benediction-Yivareha
        MILHAUD : Service Sacré For Le Samedi Matin - Heinz Rehfuss
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          		MILHAUD : Service Sacré For Le Samedi Matin - Heinz Rehfuss

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          ASIN: B000BGQS7C
          Release Date: 2005-07-30

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          Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

          Service sacré pour le samedi matin

          Heinz Rehfuss - baryton
          ChÂœurs de la RTF (chef des chÂœurs : Yvonne Gouverné)
          Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
          Darius Milhaud

          Milhaud: Service Sacre Pour Le Matin Du Shabbat
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            		Milhaud: Service Sacre Pour Le Matin Du Shabbat

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