Title	Zohar, An Oratorio
Article no.	4087895
Category	Choir/Vocals
Subcategory	contemporary music
Instrumentation	CoroX (mixed chorus); 2Voc; Orch (orchestra)
Instrumentation/info	CoroSATB (chorus SATB); VoSoSop (soprano vocal); VoSoBar (baritone vocal solo)
Format	ChoPrt (chorus score)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Year of publication	2016
Composer	Leshnoff, Jonathan
Additional info/contents	The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in celebration of the 100th birthday of Robert Shaw, commissioned Leshnoff for an oratorio to be premiered on a program that also included the Brahms Requiem. Leshnoff purposely created the antithesis of the Brahms, an "ecstatic embrace of the living." Based on the Zohar, the foundational text of Jewish mysticism, the oratorio runs 25 minutes and features long lyrical passages for the soprano and baritone soli. "The Zohar is extremely profound, dealing with the most basic and deepest issues of Judaism and life," Leshnoff wrote. "I barely understand its surface level, but even that inspires me to the core of my being."
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