ELLA MILCH-SHERIFF
composer
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The Banality of Love (Die Banalitaet der Liebe) (2018)
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an opera for 7 singers, chorus and symphony orchestra
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Libretto: Savyon Liebrecht (German)
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based on the play "The banality of Love" by Savyon Liebrecht
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Stage director: Itay Tiran
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World premiere: Staatstheater Regensburg, January 2018
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Baruchs Schweigen (Baruch's Silence) (2010) (Look at special page)
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A chamber opera (for 8 singers and a chamber ensemble of 14 players)
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Libretto: Yael Ronen (German version, Hebrew version)
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Based on the diary of Dr. Baruch Milch, the composer's father and tells her story as 2nd generation to Holocaust survivors.
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World premiere: Staatstheater Braunschweig, 2010
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Stage director: Ido Ricklin
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And the Rat Laughed (2005)
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Opera in 10 scenes for 8 singers, girls' choir and orchestra
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Based on Nava Semel's book Libretto: Nava Semel & Ella Milch-Sheriff
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World premiere: Tel-Aviv 2005 By the ICO (Israel Chamber Orchestra) in co-production with the Cameri Theatre, Stage director: Oded Kotler
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Flying lessons (2009)
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Opera for young people based On Nava Semel's book.
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Libretto: Nava Semel
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World Premiere: Tel-Aviv, 2009, Cameri Theatre, Israel Sinfonietta Beer-Sheva
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Director: Yael Ronen
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Conversation with a Stone (2014)
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Chamber opera based on Wislawa Szymborska poem (sung in Polish and Hebrew)
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World premiere: Bundeskunsthalle Bonn& Staatstheater Bonn, 2015
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Stage director: Bruno Berger-Gorski
Orchestral
"Der ewige Fremde" (2020)
(The eternal stranger)
for actor and symphony orchestra.
(two versions: German and English)
World premiere: Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Eli Danker: actor, Omer Wellber, conductor
Bach/Milch-Sheriff
Contrapunctus XIV, orchestration for symphony orchestra (2019)
World premiere: Bachfest, Leipzig, 2019
Bremen Kammerphilharmmonie, Omer Wellberductor
"Noam", a fantasy for flute and orchestra (2018)
World premiere: NKO, Sharon Bezaly, flute. Christian Lindberg, conductor
"Shacharit" (Dawn) (2018)
for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir and chamber orchestra
World Premiere: The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
"Halbtener" (2016)
for singer and chamber orchestra (sung in Yiddish)
World premiere: Ra'anana Symphonette, Louisa lyne, singer, Omer M Wellber, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX6VzIxf7Ks
"Waves" (2010)
for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (sung in Hebrew)
World premiere: Israel Camerata, Hadar Halevy, Mezzo-Soprano, Avner Biron, conductor
"Night's End Anthem" (2009)
for 2 Sopranos, children's choir and Orchestra (sung in Hebrew)
World premiere: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, conductor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0e0ayR6r3w
"Can Heaven be Void" (2003) (Ist der Himmel leer?) (look at the special page)
for Narrator, Mezzo-Soprano & Orchestra (Versions in English, German, Italian, Polish, Lithuanian and Hebrew)
World premiere: Ra'anana Symphonette, Israel, Kynan Johns, conductor
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra(2008, revised 2010)
World premiere: Israel Sunfonietta, Michal Tal, Piano, Doron Salomon, conductor
(Edition PETERS, Leipzig)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bfrXb8FI4M
Isla Afortunada (2015)
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Text: Tomas Morales (sung in Spanish)
World premiere: Be'er-Sheva, Israel 2015
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2008, revised version 2010)
World premiere: Be'er-Sheva, 2008. Revised version: Haifa, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgP1o2mRsQ&index=23&list=PLwugmotyZnINUPS1vyLi3TgiaIkHBOdYW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hJqAMQTW0&index=10&list=PLwugmotyZnINUPS1vyLi3TgiaIkHBOdYW
Fanfar for Orchestra (2008)
World prmiere: Jerusalem, 2008
A Crown they shall give unto You (2005)
For Flamenco-ladino singer, authentic instruments & orchestra (sung in Hebrew & Ladino)
World premiere: Ra'anana, 2005
Good Night Sweet Ladies (2006)
For 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, actress and orchestra.
Text: W. Shakespeare (sung in English)
World premiere: Ra'anana, 2006
Variations on an Israeli Song (1985)
For String Orchestra
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 1985
Chamber
Clarinet Quartet (2020)
Commissioned by "Intonations" festival, Berlin
Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival
To be premiere in September 2020
"Songs from the Edge" (2006)
String Quartet No. 1 For Mezzo-Soprano and string quartet (sung in English)
Text: Annette Pashayan
World Premiere: The Chautauqua Festival, 31.7.2006
Janine Hawley, The Audubon Quartet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-qphBY4f8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SuWY2PYcJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5sJJ5incU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-YIz5s8FE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnQNPgTmQN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtkVo3RS0og
"Conversation with a Stone"(2014) (Gespraech mit einem Stein, Rozmowa z kamieniem)
for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Women's Choir, Oboe, Violoncello & Piano. (sung in Polish and Hebrew)
Text: Wislawa Szymborska
Hebrew translation:: Rafi Weichert
Sung in Polish and Hebrew
"Dark am I" (2007) (look at special page)
A musical fantasy based on "The Song of Solomon" For Soprano, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass and chamber ensemble
(sung in English, Hebrew, French, Portugese, Italian, German and Arabic)
World Premiere: The Israel Festival, Jerusalem 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4TCbLny07A
"Junjun" (2018)
for choir, narrator and instrumental ensemble
based on the book by Yossi Banai (Hebrew)
Commissioned and performed by the Moran Choir
Stage director: Shirit-Lee Weiss
World premiere: March 2018, Tel-Aviv
"Mediterrenean Summer Sketches" (2011)
6 sketches for Winds Quintet
World premiere: Tel-Aviv 2011
"Credo" (2008)
Trio for Violin, Viloncello and Piano
World Prmiere: Chautauqua festival, USA, 2008
Black is the Night (2009)
for soprano, mandoline, saxophone and piano
Text: Nissim Aloni (sung in Hebrew)
World premiere: Abu-Gosh, Israel 2009
Little Woman (2006)
For Soprano, Cello & Piano
Text: Dalia Rabikovitch
World Premiere: Tel-Aviv Museum, January 2006
4 Miniatures for one and two violas (2005)
world premiere: Jerusalem, 2005
"Touches"
for Violin & Viola
"Elegy" (1985)
Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano
"Poem" (1984)
For Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Cello, Percussion & Piano
Text: Pinchas Yas'ur
World premiere: Tel-Aviv 1984
Divertimento (1984)
for brass quintet
World premiere: Bochum, Germany, 1984
Duo for flute and cello (1976)
World Prmiere: Tel-Aviv, 1976
Duo for Violin and Viola (1976)
Vocal
"Woman in Paths" (2004)
for Voice & Piano
2 version: Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano (sung in Hebrew)
Text: Agi Mish'ol
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 2002
"Three songs" (2004)
for Voice & Piano
2 version: Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano (sung in Hebrew)
Text: Yonah Vollach, Tirtza Atar, Sylvia Plath
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, israel, 2015
Kitty and other women (2006)
For 2 singers, saxophone, piano and double bass
A cabaret song cycle.
Based on Heinrich Heine's poems translated into Hebrew.
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 2006
Chorus
"Green, green is the Land of my Ode" (2015)
for mixed choir a-capella (sung in Hebrew and Arabic)
Text: Mahmoud Darwish, Avot yeshurun
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, israel 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNBO7BQ0Yg
O magnum Misterium (2009)
for women's choir
World premiere: Winston Salem, USA 2009
There In The World That Is New (2008)
For children choir, cello and piano
Lyrics: Nava Semel
World premiere: Israel, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZWGle-4cQc&list=PLwugmotyZnINUPS1vyLi3TgiaIkHBOdYW&index=52
A Ballade on Three Prophets (2008)
for children choir
Text: Nava Semel
World premiere: Poland, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzVpmCEnKqg&index=34&list=PLwugmotyZnINUPS1vyLi3TgiaIkHBOdYW
My Own Melody (2007)
For children choir a-capella
Text: Hadva Rabinson Bachrach.
World Premiere: Warsaw, 2007
Oh Lord, God of Hosts, hear my Prayer (2006)
Anthem for mixed choir, Brass Quintet Timpani and Organ
Text: Psalm 84
World Premiere: Winston-Salem, NC, USA September 2006
Miserere Mei (2005)
Motet for mixed choir a-capella
Text: Nava Semel, Psalms
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 2005
I'd like to enter the Book of Genesis (2005)
5 Biblical poems for mixed choir, Mezzo-Soprano Saxophone and piano
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 2005
A China Ballade (1998)
for children choir (sung in Hebrew)
Text: Lea Goldberg
World premiere: Tel-Aviv, 1998
Solo
"Reflections on Love" (2013)
for Piano solo
World premiere: Rubinstein Competition, Tel-Aviv 2014
Opera