Video: Kaddish (Ravel) – Sarah Acres (Cello) & Albert Combrink (Piano)

Albert Combrink2013-11-09T16:49:44+02:00

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Kaddish: Sarah Acres (Cello) & Albert Combrink (Piano)

Recorded live at Erin Hall, Cape Town in “Reflections”, a Cello Meditation programme. Read more about the performance HERE:

Website: Sarah Acres – http://www.facebook.com/CellistInTheCity
Website: Albert Combrink – https://www.albertcombrink.com
Twitter: @albertcombrink – https://twitter.com/albertcombrink

For similar music recorded at a meditation programme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-oDfA-Y_0&list=PLxCpEk4IkEyHIGwewQlDOeLL91bdZtJFO

READ MORE ABOUT THIS WORK HERE:
https://www.albertcombrink.com/2009/09/22/kaddish-music-as-prayer/

Kaddish – Music as Prayer

2009-09-22T12:52:16+02:00

Jewish Cemetary in Krakow

The first time I heard the Kaddish, it struck me very deeply. I did not understand the language; I did not know what it was about. All I know is that it was the most beautiful melody I had ever heard. That opening phrase with its flattened second note of the scale was absolutely hypnotic. The language I did not know: strange and earthy. When it built to its climax, I was swept with it.

Ritualistic and from the depths of the soul, the [read more…]