Further Reading and Listening

  • NEW: To read Bloch scholar Jacques Tchamkerten’s article on Ernest Bloch’s symphonic poem “Helvetia”, klick the following link.
  • NEW: An authorised digital version of the four-volume oeuvre, “Ernest Bloch, sa vie et sa pensée” by Dr. Joseph Lewinski and Emmanuel Dijon, has been integrated in the Zurich University of the Arts’ catalogue system. The volumes and are accessible internationally and can be used for research by use of the full-text search function. To access the volumes, go to recherche.nebis.ch, type in keywords “Dijon” and “Lewinski”. Duration of document retrieval will will vary depending on the technical specifications of the user’s computer.
  • To listen to the recording of Ernest Bloch’s opera Macbeth (recorded at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on November 10, 1968), click here.
  • To read the article on Ernest Bloch’s stay in Capriasca, written by Carlo Piccardi for the 2009 edition of the Progetto Marta Argerich in Lugano (pages 24-31), including photographs taken by the composer, click here.
  • To read the article “Le interrotte speranze di Ernest Bloch”, written by Carlo Piccardi (in: De Martino PP/Margoni Tortora D (2012) Musica e musicisti a Napoli nel primo novecento. Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Napoli 21-23 maggio 2009. Istituto Italiano per gli studi filosofici), click here.
  • To purchase the book “L’occhio del compositore” written by Carlo Piccardi, documenting Ernest Bloch’s photographic art of his stay in Roveredo Capriasca from 1930 – 1934, click here.
  • To purchase the biography of Ernest Bloch written by Jacques Tchamkerten, which has been published at the Editions Papillon, click here.
  • To listen to five radio broadcasts on Ernest Bloch’s life and work on Radio Télévision Suisse RTS, produced by Jean-Luc Rieder (“Musique en mémoire”) with Jacques Tchamkerten, click here. To access the podcasts of these productions, click here.
  • To read the article “Ernest Bloch – Schöpferischer Musiker” (on Ernest Bloch’s life and work), written by Walter Labhart for the magazine tachles, click here. A further article, “Ernest Bloch – Vom Konzertsaal zur Synagoge”, written for the magazine aufbau can be accessed here.
  • To purchase the newly released CD with Concertos by L. Weiner, L. Klepper, E. Bloch and E. Schulhoff, performed by Kaspar Zehnder, flute, Milan Radic, viola and Eva Aroutunian, piano, with program notes by Walter Labhart, click here.