Rhapsodies Hébraiques (free form compositions based on traditional Jewsih themes)

Composed by
David Ezra Okonsar
Instrument(s)
piano
With electronics
no
Work premiered
April 2015
Venue of the premiere
Turkey
Duration
65 minutes

Rhapsodies hébraiques free form original compositions for the solo piano based on jewish themes

The composer adopts here an expanded tonal language and models his renditions of the traditional Jewish melodies on the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt.

The themes featured in this series are laden with centuries of passion, love, hope and despair.

In both spirit and pianistic elaboration, even for the wording of the title, Hebraic Rhapsodies reflect on the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt.