La Istoria de Purim
Sunday 30 September 2007 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Music and poetry of the Jews in Renaissance Italy.
Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from a concert given by Ensemble Lucidarium at the 2007 York Early Music Festival. The programme explores the musical world of the Jews of 16th century Italy, a colourful mixture of dances and stories sung in Italian, Hebrew, Catalan and Yiddish.