Program Sponsored by Stephen and Jane Hochberg
Pre-concert Lecturer: Kerry Ginger, DMA (SFDC Alto and Assistant Professor, University of the South, TN)
Explore the compositions of Jewish composer Salamone Rossi (1570-1630) and his Christian counterpart Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Both employed at the Court in Mantua, Monteverdi and Rossi came from different backgrounds, but they shared a common musical language. Excerpts from Rossi’s Hashirim Asher Li-Sh’lomo and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 demonstrate that our common shared artistic heritage is greater that our cultural divisions. Sixteen of the Desert Chorale’s Early Music specialists will be joined by period instrumentalists Maxine Thévenot, organ; Stephen Redfield, violin; Lorenzo Colitto, violin; and Katie Rietman, cello.