How to Do Things with Music?
The Sephardic Oratorio in 18th-Century Amsterdam
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6:00pm CDT
McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Paul Feller-Simmons, presenter; Cynthia Hu, soprano; Erik DeMario, tenor; Lucy Kim and Shijie Li, violin; James Kang, viola; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord; Kaylee Feller-Simmons, executive director
PhD candidate Paul Feller-Simmons specializes in Spanish colonial and Jewish-Christian musical exchanges, and his interdisciplinary research examines how these exchanges functioned as a cultural bridge in 17th- and 18th-century Northwestern Europe. His dissertation highlights the way Jewish and Christian communities engaged with music, revealing both moments of fluid exchange and tensions imposed by religious authorities. This lecture-presentation features performances of two movements from Christian Joseph Lidarti’s Esther, with a Hebrew text by David Franco Mendes, adapted from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio of the same name.
Light refreshments to follow, hosted by The Graduate School.
Free EventDavid and Carol McClintock Choral and Recital Room
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Located in the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this rooms seats 120 and offers a flexible space for choral rehearsals, small ensemble performances, and student recitals.