Bloch Simchas Torah (Rejoicing) No 3 for Violin from Baal Shem

Bloch, Simchas Torah (Rejoicing) No. 3 for Violin from Baal Shem

In 1923, Bloch composed a three-movement suite "Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)" which he dedicated to his mother. Simchas Torah (Rejoicing) is the third movement of this suite.  The Baal Shem Tov was the legendary founder of Chassidism which aimed to reinvigorate Jewish life by emphasizing emotion, joy, and mysticism rather than only rationalism, learning and ritual. The three movements of Bloch's suite, Vidui (contrition), Nigun (singing or improvisation) and Simhat Torah (rejoicing for the giving of the Torah) are all in a distinctively Jewish idiom and capture something of the Jewish search for God. The emotion and spirituality of this music are open to all.

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