Clearfield, A: Women of Valor

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Release Date: 1st Apr 2017
Catalogue No: TROY1667
Label: Albany
Length: 62 minutes

Clearfield, A: Women of Valor

Work length1:02:26

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Hila Plitmann, Rinat Shaham, Tovah Feldshuh
Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
Noreen Green

Pt. I: Prelude - Recitative. A woman of valor, who can find? (Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length4:54

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Pt. I: Sarah (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length3:58

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Pt. I: Recitative. She Is good to him, never bad (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length2:38

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Pt. I: Leah (Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length5:23

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Pt. I: Recitative. She Is like a merchant fleet - Rachel (Soprano)

Track length4:00

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Pt. I: Recitative. She rises while It Is still night (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length1:04

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Pt. I: Jocheved (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length5:12

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Pt. II: Recitative. She girds herself with strength (Soprano)

Track length1:28

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Pt. II: Miriam (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length4:46

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Pt. II: Hannah (Soprano, Narrator)

Track length7:15

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Pt. II: Jael (Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length3:23

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Pt. III: Recitative. She spreads out her palms to the poor (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length2:18

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Pt. III: Michal (Mezzo-soprano, Narrator)

Track length3:42

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Pt. III: Recitative. She makes cloth and sells It (Soprano, Narrator)

Track length1:28

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Pt. III: Ruth (Soprano, Narrator)

Track length4:42

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Pt. III: Recitative. Grace Is deceptive (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length1:09

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Pt. III: Esther (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length1:39

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Pt. III: Eishes Chayil (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length3:27

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Women of Valor, an oratorio, is a celebration of women from the Old Testament, inspired by a midrash (biblical commentary) on Proverbs, where each line of the biblical text from Proverbs 31 represents a strong, resourceful woman. Texts for Women of Valor are drawn both from the Bible and from modern poems and prose. Women of Valor highlights the stories of Sarah, Leah, Rachel, Jocheved, Miriam, Hannah, Jael, Michal, Ruth, and Esther. The work was premiered in 2000 by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony conducted by Noreen Green. Composer Andrea Clearfield's music has been praised by the New York Times for its "graceful tracery and lively, rhythmically vital writing" and the Los Angeles Times for its "fluid and glistening orchestration." Her awards include a Pew Fellowship in the Arts as well as fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, the MacDowell Colony, and the Rockefeller foundation's Bellagio Center, among many others. The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony is the only orchestra outside of Israel dedicated to the performance and preservation of orchestral works of distinction that explore the Jewish experience. Founded in 1994 by Noreen Green the LAJS has presented more than 20 world premieres of works by contemporary Jewish composers.

Clearfield, A: Women of Valor

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