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Sephardic Music from Both Sides of the Atlantic

December 8, 2024, 10:00 pm

Apollo's Fire (Photo: Camilla Tassi)

The songs of the Sephardic Jewish community from Spain that the Spanish monarchy banished from their country along with the Muslims, survives along the Mediterranean coasts as well as in Latin America. Fiesta explores this valuable tradition of exile, longing and intolerance.

Playlist

Arvolicos d’almendra, by Anonymous
Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla; Jose Ferrero, conductor

Hija mia mi querida, by Anonymous
Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla; Jose Ferrero, conductor

Sephardic Songs, by Anonymous
La Rondinella Ensemble

Sephardic Songs, by Anonymous
Apollo’s Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Midday Music

Midday Music

Sephardic Music from Both Sides of the Atlantic

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