Joseph Achron

Click the links below to listen to the talented Sam Zerin perform pieces by composer Joseph Achron:

1. Achron's setting for voice and piano of the Yiddish folk-song "In a kleyner shtibele (In a little house of worship)" shows him to be a master of tone painting. [Sam Zerin, piano; Katy Wyner, vocals]

2. "Jumping with Tongue Sticking Out," from Achron's 20-Movement "Children's Suite" for string quartet, clarinet, and piano.  Despite the silly title, the music is based on traditional Torah tropes. [Sam Zerin, piano; Renaudo G. Robinson, violin; Zoë Aqua, violin; Emily Bartell, viola; Nathaniel Friedman, cello; Andrew Kotarba, clarinet]

3. "Love Offering" -- a very personal piece (with no overt Jewish content) -- was written within a year of Achron's marriage and is dedicated to his bride. [Sam Zerin, piano; Renaudo G. Robinson, violin]

Other links: 

A video featuring performances of Achron's first violin concerto and his "Golem Suite" can be found on the Milken Archive website.

For more information, see the website of the Joseph Achron Society.