{"product_id":"r-stern-tekiah-gdolah-aca","title":"R. Stern: Tekiah G'dolah","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/robert-stern\"\u003eRobert Stern (1934-2018)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eCello, Piano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tekiah G'dolah (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790600239054\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor's Note:\nIn 2006, Robert Stern completed\n\u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e\n, a large-scale oratorio that stands among the central spiritual works of his career. Rooted in Jewish liturgy, scripture, and history, it follows the arc embodied in the four traditional shofar calls—from wholeness, through rupture and shattering, toward renewal. for Stern, these calls were never merely ceremonial; they expressed something fundamental about human life: our breaking, and our persistent desire to become whole again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom that expansive choral and orchestral work emerged\n\u003cem\u003eTekiah G'dolah\u003c\/em\u003e\n(2007), an intimate companion piece for solo cello and piano. Stern wrote it for cellist Joel Krosnick (1941–2025) and pianist Gilbert Kalish, longtime colleagues and collaborators. Stern and Krosnick first met when they were both professors of music at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the late 1960s. Their first collaboration was Stern's\n\u003cem\u003eTerezín\u003c\/em\u003e\nsong cycle for soprano, cello, and piano.\n\u003cem\u003eTekiah G'dolah\u003c\/em\u003e\nis not the only chamber work to grow out of\n\u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e\n. An earlier offshoot is\n\u003cem\u003eRecitative (Yom Teruah)\u003c\/em\u003e\n, composed in 2001 for solo cello, then revised and transcribed for solo viola in 2006. Like\n\u003cem\u003eTekiah G'dolah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRecitative (Yom Teruah)\u003c\/em\u003e\ndraws directly on thematic material from\n\u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e\n.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45027405725775,"sku":"ACA-STER-011","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/4f1a1178f483f450014f6d504c52530a.webp?v=1780256961","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/fr\/products\/r-stern-tekiah-gdolah-aca","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}