Symphony No.3 “Kaddish“ - Leonard Bernstein

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben conducted by Leonard Bernstein I - Invocation. Adagio: 0:00 - Kaddish I. L’istesso tempo - Allegro molto: 2:59 II - Din-Tora. Di nuovo adagio: 7:56 - Kaddish II. Andante con tenerezza: 13:54 III - Kaddish III. Scherzo. Presto scherzando, sempre pianissimo: 22:07 - Finale. Adagio come nel Din-Torah: 26:43 - Allegro vivo, con gioia: 29:26 The third symphony of Leonard Bernstein was completed in 1963, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy, on November 22 of that year. It premiered in 1963 in Tel Aviv. During the following fourteen years, Bernstein modified the work repeatedly until its final version performed in 1977. The work is divided into seven sections united in three movements, based on an aspect of Judaism: the Kaddish, which means sanctification, a prayer recited in the synagogues’ religious services and in the dialogue between man and God. The songs used in the three Kaddish a