Teruah

“...performer Ronald Schneider played the visually more spectacular impala hord, which only lent to the grandeur of Judith Shatin's "Teurah, " a premiere commissioned by the ;festival and the Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles. Similar to her fascinating chamber work, "Elijah's Chariot, "...Whatin wonderfully used the other instruments in "Teruah " to extend the essence of the shofar.

...After an opening round of stout tekiah blasts...the brass played a dark, dissonant and gritty chord, infused with flutter tonguing, creating a musical metaphor for how the shofar has inspired worshippers during the High Holidays for centuries. A gorgeous Rosh Hashanah melody that emerged in the horns only drove that further, serving as the emotional response to the sound....Shatin...is a thoughtful and inventive composer who doesn't write in an academic, rebarbative style. Her music pulls one in with artistic embrace. ”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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