Year of Composition

2005

Duration

11'

Instrumentation

Violin and piano

Categories

Chamber Music

Movements

I. Esther
II. Ruth
III. Judith

Other Versions

Version for violin and harp
Ruth (2005) for flute and harp

Program Note

Using original tropes notated in A. W. Binder's Biblical Chant for Esther and Ruth, Bond invented her own for Judith as the story comes from the apocrypha and not from the Torah. The stories of these three biblical women share a willingness to defy the conventions of their day to save their people.

Audio/Video

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Commercial Recordings

Peculiar Plants (Albany Records)

Commission & Premiere Info

Commissioned by the American Society for Jewish Music
Premiered at the Center for Jewish History, NYC on April 10, 2005