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Vache Baroque singers and the award-winning ensemble La Vaghezza unite at St John's Smith Square to celebrate the Hanukkah story and mark 400 years of Salomone Rossi's groundbreaking publication 'The Songs of Solomon'.

Rossi, a highly-regarded Jewish violinist and composer working alongside Monteverdi in Mantua, was an inspirational character. Not only was he the first to compose contemporary-styled pieces to Hebrew texts, he also pioneered the trio sonata genre that was to become 脿 la mode across Europe during the 17th century.

Hebrew psalm settings by Rossi will be coupled with works on the same texts by some of his contemporaries as well as other pieces sympathetic to the themes of Hanukkah. From solo lute songs and instrumental improvisation to expansive double-choir textures, this concert will be full of passionate contrasts - a truly Baroque storytelling.

Presented by Hannah French.