Hiding In Plain Sight: Leonora Duarte and Thomas Lupo at Heath Street Baptist Church, London on Friday 3rd November 2023

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Hiding In Plain Sight

Leonora Duarte and Thomas Lupo

Add to my Calendar 03-11-2023 19:30 03-11-2023 21:30 36 Hiding In Plain Sight As a result of the Inquisition, many Jews moved to new countries and sought to live in safety there. The Duarte family moved from Portugal to Antwerp, where Leonora was born several generations later into a family who had become successful and respected merchants with a keen interest in, and patronage of, the visual arts and of music. Although they were officially converso (Jews who had converted to Catholicism in order to settle in their new country) it seems they held to their Jewish faith and practises, not as secretly as one might expect.  The Lupo family moved first to Italy, but later were recruited to Henry VIII’s court as he sought to expand his musical prowess. For over 100 years the Lupo family composed and played at the royal court in a country where it was illegal for a Jew to live. This programme explores the music of two composers living and working prominently in countries where their faith was illegal - both hiding, but in plain sight. Website: Chelys Consort of Viols  Heath Street Baptist Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Heath Street Baptist Church
84 Heath Street
Hampstead
London
NW3 1DN
England

Friday 3rd November 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Salamone Rossi – Shir hamma'alot
Thomas Lupo – Fantasias for 5 Viols
Leonora Duarte – Sinfonia 2
Thomas Lupo – 3 Pavans à 3

Performers

Chelys Consort of Viols

Programme Note

As a result of the Inquisition, many Jews moved to new countries and sought to live in safety there. The Duarte family moved from Portugal to Antwerp, where Leonora was born several generations later into a family who had become successful and respected merchants with a keen interest in, and patronage of, the visual arts and of music. Although they were officially converso (Jews who had converted to Catholicism in order to settle in their new country) it seems they held to their Jewish faith and practises, not as secretly as one might expect.

The Lupo family moved first to Italy, but later were recruited to Henry VIII’s court as he sought to expand his musical prowess. For over 100 years the Lupo family composed and played at the royal court in a country where it was illegal for a Jew to live.

This programme explores the music of two composers living and working prominently in countries where their faith was illegal - both hiding, but in plain sight.

Website: Chelys Consort of Viols

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