Hidden Sides of Jewish Music : Adio España from the Baltimore Consort

A radio Show broadcasted on Radio SHALOM Montreal, hosted by Hélène Engel

Les faces cachées de la musique juive – 2018,
Radio SHALOM Montréal (1650 AM)


Radio program hosted by Hélène Engel, broadcasted on Radio SHALOM Montréal in 2012, in which she presents the CD Adio España by the band Baltimore Consort, released in 2009.
This album features songs and popular dances related to the three monotheist religions settled in the Iberian Peninsula during the Reconquista period.
We will hear a vast range of instruments of that time, doubled with the voice of the brazilian singer José Lemos.

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h._engel_10mm.jpgHélène Engel is a singer, musicologist, author, composer and arranger. She is interested in all aspects of Jewish music, from the collecting of historical sounds to today’s compositions. Based in Montreal, she hosts the radio show ” The hidden sides of Jewish Music” on Radio SHALOM Montreal.

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