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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T190000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/washington-bach-consort-prese
 nts-a-song-of-dedication-baroque-splendor-in-portuguese-jewish-amsterdam-3
 50th-anniversary-2/
SUMMARY:Washington Bach Consort presents A Song of Dedication: Baroque Sple
 ndor in Portuguese Jewish Amsterdam—350th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:From the 17th century until World War II\, the Portuguese Israe
 lite Synagogue of Amsterdam was the nexus of the Western Sephardic diaspor
 a. This program commemorates the 350th anniversary of its inauguration wit
 h musical celebrations and baroque spectacle from its opening. An architec
 tural marvel\, the Esnoga was the most conspicuous symbol of religious f
 reedom offered to Jews in a Protestant Republic anywhere in Europe. Ian Po
 merantz and Lev dePaolo will highlight the August 1675 musical celebration
 s with the North American premiere of the dedicatory cantata\, Shir Hanuk
 at Beth Hamiqdash. Recently discovered in the manuscripts of Cantor Joseph
  ben Sarfati\, with text by the Portuguese-born Rabbi Rev. Isaac Aboab da 
 Fonseca\, it is a lasting testimony to tolerance\, the Dutch Golden Age\, 
 and the resilience of the Portuguese Jewish community.\n\nShir Hanukkat Be
 it HaKnesset (Song for the Dedication of the Portuguese Synagogue) (1675)
 \n\nComposed by Members of the Portuguese Community\, Text by Rev. Isaac A
 boab da Fonseca (1605–1693)\n\nHizki Hizki\, Piyyut for the Inauguration
  of the Portuguese Synagogue\, Rev. Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1675)\n\nFesti
 val Kedusha for the Inauguration of the Portuguese Synagogue (1675)\, att
 r. to Rev. Hazzan Joseph de Farro (c.1608–1689) and Rev. Hazzan Imanuel 
 Abenatar Mello\n\nLiturgical Chamber Music by Abraham de Cáceres (d.1740)
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CATEGORIES:Concerts
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Episcopal Church\, 228 S Pitt Street\, Alexandria\, V
 A\, 22314\, United States
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