The biblical story of the Creation is one of the most beautiful and best-loved parts of the Torah, reflecting the care and attention to detail with which God formatted our daily environment. Inspired by the Creation narrative and taking the text of Bereishit 1:1-31 and 2:1-3, our member Max Stern composed “Creation of the World (Bereishit)” which he scored for soprano, flute, strings and percussion.
This piece, like Creation itself, is structured in seven segments,
each representing a day in the process of the world’s formation: 1
darkness-light, 2 seas-heaven, 3 land-vegetation, 4 sun-moon-stars, 5
fish-birds, 6 beasts-man
, 7 Shabbat.
Here we bring you a 1995 recording by the Ashdod Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Luis Gorelik. The soloists are Amalia Ishak (soprano)
and Avihai Ornoy (flute). This is a live recording made on Kibbutz Yavneh,
Israel, 1995.
You can enjoy Max’s work by clicking here.
