JOIN US FOR THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 2023-2024 SEASON
Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and fivebyfive
with guest Lynne Feldman, artist
Sunday October 22, 2023, 3PM
Pre-concert talk at 2:30PM
Temple Beth El Synagogue
139 S. Winton Road
Rochester, NY
fivebyfive’s 2023-2024 season, “Dichotomies,” will begin with its program Old & New: Sephardic Reflections in collaboration with Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and artist Lynne Feldman.
Sephardic music has its roots in the musical traditions of the Jewish communities in medieval Spain and medieval Portugal. Programs will be presented at Temple Beth El in Rochester, with other performances in the Western NY/Finger Lakes region.
Music includes a new version of Brazilian composer Clarice Assad’s Sephardic Suite written by Ondrej Veselý (directly) for fivebyfive, and a new setting of three Sephardic songs by Eastman graduate Keane Southard.
The two ensembles, fivebyfive and Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque, will treat audiences to “old” and “new” versions of the sephardic tunes featured in the concert, with artist Lynne Feldman’s original tapestries celebrating Jewish life shared as part of the performance.
Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque specialize in music from previous centuries, using research and early instruments to bring this rich music back to life. In this concert, they will perform settings of some of the same Sephardic tunes as fivebyfive, basing their performance on medieval musical style, oral tradition, and improvisation. They will use instrumentation that includes recorders, duduk, percussion, harp, and lute, for a variety of musical sounds. Soprano Nell Snaidas, who is well-known for her work in early Sephardic music, will join the ensemble.
We will also have a traveling version of this program with just fivebyfive.
