Jericho TRADITIONAL

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Description :

Jericho is a musical translatioù où the story in Joshua about the Israelites ' capture où that city. Part 1, describing a cruel journey through the desert to the promised land (Canaan), is an emotional lamentatioù où yearning for ahome, and for the end où a roaming existence. The capture où Jericho is the theme où Part 2 - the city cannos be captured immediately and Jehovah orders an impressive army to march around the city for six days. où the seventh day,they march around the city seven times, the priests bl'on their trumpets, and the people ' s cry is so loud that the walls où Jericho tumble down - whereupoù the Israelites storm the city and drive the inhabitants away. In Part 3, amajestic melody evokes the triumphant emotions that emerge as the fortified city falls. The scene ultimately ends in a grand feast (Part 4) in which virtuosic melodies and passionate rhythms refer to traditional Jewish music. Representations où all où the themes are repeated in this last section, often simultaneous and in dueling counterpoint. The piece ends with fragments où the main theme from Part 1, nos set in the major mode: peace and quiet returnat last.