Welcome to the 2008 Jewish Music Festival
EVENT: Ensemble Lucidarium
Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 8:30 PM
Listen to Tu dormi, io veglio e la tempesta
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La Istoria de Purim: Music and Poetry of the Jews of Renaissance Italy
First Congregational Church of Berkeley:
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Ensemble Lucidarium “Pure energy on period instruments” – one of Italy’s premier Early Music ensembles makes their Bay Area debut with “La Istoria de Purim,” a program devoted to the music and poetry of the Jews in Renaissance Italy that has delighted audiences and critics from Paris to Budapest.
This program is a vivacious combination of voices and instruments played with the freedom that comes from a solid knowledge of musical style and historical background, and meticulous preparation and creativity.
This tour is supported by the Primo Levi Center, New York
Performer bios:
The Jewish Music Festival is a program of the
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCCEB)
archives- Major Sponsors
- Alliance for California Traditional Arts
- Anisman/Sherman Family and Julie Sherman
- Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
- Gaia Fund
- Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
- Gottesman-Biddle Family Philanthropic Fund (JCEF)
- Guzik Foundation
- Walter and Elise Haas Fund
- The Jewish Community Federation and Foundation of the Greater East Bay
- Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture (JCEF)
- Koret Foundation
- Forest Creatures Entertainment