From Ghetto to Cappella Concert

Sun 11 Oct, 4-5:30 pm. The Fabbri Library, 7 East 95th Street, New York, 10014. Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, 1 888 718-4253. 25 / 35 / 50 /125. Salon/Sanctuary Concerts - [website][email][events]

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, we celebrate times in history when dialogue’s light shined through walls of ignorance. While the Inquisition raged thoughout Counter-Reformation Italy, the ghetto walls that separated Gentile from Jew were more porous than impenetrable. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate and the visit of Pope Francis to the United States, Ghetto/Cappella explores the cross-fertilization of Jewish and Catholic musical cultures that enriched the music of both Synagogue and Sanctuary in baroque Italy. Works of Benedetto Marcello, Francesco Durante, Barbara Strozzi, Salomone Rossi, and unaccompanied Hebrew chants attest to a lively conversation, as do selections from the 1759 Hebrew language librett