Diaspora: Jewish Music  of Longing and Celebration

The Met Fifth Avenue  The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium  

Polina Shepherd is one of the featured singers in Exile: Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas – a programme by the Grammy winning International Baroque Orchestra Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland, Ohio).

“Expelled from their homes and scattered across the earth, exiled peoples have often found strength and resilience in their music. This new programme… celebrates the interwoven connections of the Sephardic, Ashkenazy, Palestinian and African traditions.”

Apollo’s Fire, led by conductor-harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell, has garnered praise for its “ingenious programme[s]” and “superlative music-making” (The Daily Telegraph). The GRAMMY®-winning ensemble has sold out performances at Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms, the Tanglewood Festival, and the Royal Theatre of Madrid, among others. Returning to The Met for the first time in three years, they present a thrilling mélange of music—both familiar and recently discovered—from Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewish traditions, plus selections from Baroque Italy’s small, but mighty community of Jewish composers. 

Tickets start at $35 ($30 + $5 service fee)

MetLiveArts tickets include Museum admission on the day of the event. For more information, call 212-570-3949 or email meteventtix@metmuseum.org.

USA tour dates:

March 8 – Akron, OH, The BATH Church, book here
March 8 – Cleveland, OH, The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Beachwood, book here
March 10 – Cleveland, OH, West Shore Unitarian Universalist, Rocky River. book here
March 11- Evanston, IL. Music Institute of Chicago. Pre-Concert Conversation with the artists 30 minutes before the concert. Book here
March 12 – Chicago, Anshe Emet Synagogue. Pre-Concert Conversation with the artists 30 minutes before the concert. Book here
March 15 – San Francisco, CA. Taube Atrium Theater, Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera. Joined by members of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, SF. Book here
March 16 – San Francisco, CA. Taube Atrium Theater, Wilsey Center for Opera. Joined by members of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, SF. Book here
March 17 – Palo Alto, CA. Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University. Joined by members of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, SF. Book here
March 19 – New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Book here
April 4 – Cleveland, OH. Cleveland Museum of Art. Gartner Auditorium Book here

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