Bernstein Symphony No. 3

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Bernstein Symphony No. 3, titled "Kaddish," is a large-scale choral symphony that combines orchestra, chorus, narrator, and Jewish liturgical text to explore themes of faith, doubt, and reconciliation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral symphony ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
catalogNumber no official opus number ⓘ
commissionedBy Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Koussevitzky Music Foundation ⓘ
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
dedicatedTo memory of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
duration approximately 35–40 minutes ⓘ
explores crisis of faith after catastrophe ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
hasNarration yes ⓘ
includes choral settings of Kaddish ⓘ
spoken monologue ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Jewish ⓘ
movement I. Kaddish 1: Invocation – Kaddish 2 ⓘ
linked to: Kaddish

II. Din-Torah – Kaddish 3 ⓘ
linked to: Kaddish

III. Scherzo – Kaddish 4 – Finale ⓘ
narrationWrittenBy Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
notableRecording New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
ordinalNumber 3 ⓘ
partOf symphonies by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
premiereConductor Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
premiereDate 1963-12-10 ⓘ
premiereLocation Tel Aviv ⓘ
publisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
requires amplified narrator ⓘ
large chorus ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ
revised 1977 ⓘ
1981 ⓘ
scoredFor boys' choir ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
structure three movements ⓘ
style dramatic ⓘ
expressionist ⓘ
theme doubt ⓘ
faith ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
relationship between humanity and God ⓘ
title Kaddish ⓘ
usesText Jewish liturgical text ⓘ
Kaddish prayer ⓘ
linked to: Kaddish
yearComposed 1963 ⓘ

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Bernstein Symphony No. 1 → hasSubsequentWork → Bernstein Symphony No. 3 ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 (Bernstein) → partOf → Leonard Bernstein’s symphonies ⓘ
subject linked to: Symphony No. 1
linked to: Bernstein Symphony No. 3