This is a combination of a Jewish prayer for Sabbath and some ideas from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel about prayer and praise. It was sung in concert by a chamber SATB choir (8 singers) and a piano quintet (Piano +string quartet). It is part of the work Amazing by the Helfman Composers Group. Premiered in December 2022

Prayer and Praise

This is the first movement of my Second Piano Concerto. The form is episodical, that is, one section goes to another section to another section, each one different from the previous one. The concept that unifies the piece is that it describes the humano body, including the heart, the neuorns and their synapsis, running, waking up., the blood flow. Only at the very end we get a repeat of the first theme to end the composition. 

Sergio Barer: "The Body" from Piano Concerto #2

This is a one movement concerto. It has three themes, the first theme is a stately theme shown with 2 variations,  then the second theme is an Andante theme and the third theme is a scherzo like theme. After the exposition, we enter a long development section in which the three themes appear, with always a melodic threaad to follow. This sextion leads to a climax that introduces a fourth theme which then goes into a second climax which leads to the cadenza and then a recapitulation of the first theme only. This Concerto was selected to be included in the CD series "Masterworks of the New Era" and recorded in Kiev.

First Piano Concerto "The Russian"

I am a composer of classical and choral music. I recently premiered an oratorio ( a piece for choir, orchestra and soloists,  called Moses in Los Angeles and I uploaded all the tracks.