On September 4, Baruch Berliner’s Jacob’s Dream to Be Performed in Orlando, USA

On September 4, Orlando, USA, will host a performance of Baruch Berliner’s concerto for violin and orchestra, Jacob’s Dream.

Jacob’s Dream is a violin concerto inspired by the familiar biblical tale of Jacob, who beheld in a dream a ladder reaching to heaven and the Lord Himself promising blessings to him and his descendants.

The concerto comprises three movements, with a cadenza linking the second and third:

Part I. Isaac’s Blessing
Part II. Jacob’s Dream
The Prayer (Cadenza)
Part III. The Gate to Heaven.

Virtuoso violinist Jorge Saade (Ecuador) will join the Orlando Symphony Orchestra to perform the concerto.
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1991, is Central Florida’s longest-standing professional symphony orchestra, bringing together the most accomplished musical talent from across the state. Since its inception, the orchestra has collaborated with leading international artists and local soloists and performing arts organizations.

Regarded as Ecuador’s most distinguished violinist, Jorge Saade has performed concerts and solo programs at top venues in 45 countries across North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, appearing as a guest soloist with many of the world’s most renowned orchestras.

Mr. Saade has twice been awarded the National Order of Merit—Ecuador’s highest distinction. He serves as Director General of the Philharmonic Department of the Municipality of Guayaquil, Honorary Consul of Belgium in Guayaquil, professor of violin, viola, chamber music, and ensemble at the University of the Arts of Ecuador (UArtes) in Guayaquil, and honorary professor both the National Conservatory of Music in Guayaquil and Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru.

Produced by Nachum Slutzker