Poem Balev Season #7 / 2022-23

SaBrass Quintet
Yigal Meltzer, Yuval Shapiro — trumpet
Itamar Leshem — French horn
Tal Ben Rei — trombone
Itai Agmon — tuba

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Works by Shimon Cohen, Theodor Holdheim, Haim Permont, Moshe Zorman and Yoni Rechter

Daniela Skorka, Keren Hadar — soprano
Tal Haim-Samnon — piano

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Works by Ella Milch-Sheriff, Ziv Cojocaru, Tal Haim-Samnon, Ayala Asherov and others

Rona Israel-Kolatt — soprano
Hillel Zori — cello
Ruth Zori — piano

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Works by Yehezkel Braun, Betty Roe, Rona Israel-Kolatt, Eyal Bat, Verdina Shlonsky and Hillel Zori

Alla Vasilevitsky — soprano
Guy Pelc — baritone
Stella Lerner, Eyal Bat — piano

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Songs composed by Eyal Bat and Stella Lerner

Philosophies
Benjamin Alunni — tenor
United Instruments of Lucilin
Danielle Hennicot — viola / viola d’amore
Max Mausen — clarinet/ duduk
Benny Sluchin — trombone
Pascal Meyer — piano
Frin Wolter — accordion

Philosophies is a 21st century poetic and mystical oratorio created for French tenor Benjamin Alunni and United Instruments of Lucilin, with works composed by Hana Ajiashvili on texts celebrating poets and thinkers across languages (English, Old French, Hebrew, Persian and Arabic) and centuries.