Upcoming Jewish Music Forum Events
Sunday, Mach 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM
About a 17th Century Purim Opera
Sponsored by the Jewish Music Forum, a project of
The American Society for Jewish Music
and The American Jewish Historical Society
In advance of Salon/Sanctuary Concerts’ performance of Ester, Liberatrice del Popolo Ebreo ("Esther, Liberator of the Jewish People") the Purim Story by Alessando Stradella (1639 -1682), ensemble members perform excerpts and discuss the opera.
Lecture/Demo is Free: To reserve seats info@JewishMusicForum.org
Ester, Liberatrice del popolo ebreo
(“Esther, Liberator of the Jewish People”)
By Alessandro Stradella (1639 – 1682)
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The Old Testament story of a blustering genocidal despot and the canny queen who resists and brings him down finds voice in one of the most innovative works of the violent, volatile, and tragically short-lived genius Alessandro Stradella.
Please join us for this groundbreaking masterwork by “the Caravaggio of Music" in a return of last year’s critically praised production celebrating the story of a minority’s triumph over religious persecution.
This event is co-produced by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the American Society for Jewish Music, and presented in partnership with Centro Primo Levi.
Please join us for this groundbreaking masterwork by “the Caravaggio of Music" in a return of last year’s critically praised production celebrating the story of a minority’s triumph over religious persecution.
This event is co-produced by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the American Society for Jewish Music, and presented in partnership with Centro Primo Levi.
EXILE: MUSIC OF THE EARLY-MODERN JEWISH DIASPORA
Thursday, March 26, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
FREE! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
EXILE highlights Jewish music as it shifted and melded with traditions in early modern Europe. The program takes as its starting point the rich musical cultures fostered by Jews in early modern Italy and their points of contact with non-Jewish traditions. From there, it touches on the influences of Italian, German, and English music and Jewish culture, highlighting Jewish musicians, the non-Jewish composers they influenced, and composers who inspired innovations in Jewish composition. The purpose of the EXILE project is to highlight the mutual influences of the early modern European Jewish experience – to break down preconceptions of Jewish music and culture and explore the implications of diaspora on Jewish artistic legacy.
The concert will feature Incantare’s core instrumental ensemble plus four singer specialists, as well as special guests Dongmyung Ahn, violin, and Rebecca Cypess, organ and harpsichord. The program It is closely tied with the forthcoming book Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy. This book “demonstrates that musical culture was fluid and shared between Jews and non-Jews, and that this shared cultural space involved complexities of identity and meaning.” The concert will contain narration and commentary on the music by author contributors.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE FREE TICKETS!
Thursday, March 26, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
FREE! CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
EXILE highlights Jewish music as it shifted and melded with traditions in early modern Europe. The program takes as its starting point the rich musical cultures fostered by Jews in early modern Italy and their points of contact with non-Jewish traditions. From there, it touches on the influences of Italian, German, and English music and Jewish culture, highlighting Jewish musicians, the non-Jewish composers they influenced, and composers who inspired innovations in Jewish composition. The purpose of the EXILE project is to highlight the mutual influences of the early modern European Jewish experience – to break down preconceptions of Jewish music and culture and explore the implications of diaspora on Jewish artistic legacy.
The concert will feature Incantare’s core instrumental ensemble plus four singer specialists, as well as special guests Dongmyung Ahn, violin, and Rebecca Cypess, organ and harpsichord. The program It is closely tied with the forthcoming book Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy. This book “demonstrates that musical culture was fluid and shared between Jews and non-Jews, and that this shared cultural space involved complexities of identity and meaning.” The concert will contain narration and commentary on the music by author contributors.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE FREE TICKETS!
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