Building Community Through The Arts In Bethlehem Opens Eighth Season

Season 8 of the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation’s Building Community Through the Arts initiative offers unique July, August, and September programs for music devotees, film lovers, and book enthusiasts. Though our cautions may inhibit or limit public gatherings, program designers have created comfortable solutions to bring audiences together to enjoy music, films, music, and the thought provoking conversations that follow.

Sounds in the Sanctuary Concert Series

The Sounds in the Sanctuary Friday Concert Series presents three programs this year at 5 p.m., Fridays, July 9, August 13, and September 3.

On July 9, Bernard Rose opens the season in a live-streamed piano recital, directly from the BHC sanctuary.

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The recital program is:

Partita 5 in G Major BWV 829 JS Bach
  Preambulum
  Allemande
  Corrente
  Sarabande
  Tempo di Minuetta
  Passepied
  Gigue

Reflets dans l’eau Debussy
Hommage a Rameau Debussy
Noctuelles Ravel
La vallee des cloches Ravel

Sonata in A Flat Major, Opus 110 Beethoven
  Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
  Allegro molto
  Adagio ma non troppo; Arioso dolente; Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo; L’istesso tempo di Arioso;
L’istesso tempo della Fuga

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Coming Events

For the next Sounds in the Sanctuary event, Richard Kogan will present "Mozart: The Mind and Music of a Genius" on August 13 via Zoom. Following the Mozart presentation, Elizabeth Borowsky will appear in a live conversation with Kogan.

For the final concert event, if conditions permit, the Tempest Trio with Alon Goldstein, piano, Amit Peled, cello, and Ilya Kaler, violin, will be the only live performance of the season in the BHC sanctuary.

For more details, visit https://www.bethlehemsynagogue.org/sounds.


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Bernard Rose


Bernard Rose


Rose, a graduate of Columbia College and the Juilliard School, has performed as soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician across the country. He has toured the United States with the Young Concert Artists, served as musical director of the New York Community Opera Company, and worked on several musical productions for educational television. His affiliation with many chamber ensembles includes the North Country Chamber Players in Franconia, NH, Claring Players, West End Chamber Ensemble, Laurentian Quartet, Audubon Quartet, Cremona Arts Trio, and the Rotterdam-based Daniel Quartet. He has recorded for the Library of Congress Records, KHI Records, and Centaur Records.


A dedicated teacher, Rose has taught at Sarah Lawrence College and at CUNY College of Staten Island. Many of his students are international performers.


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