2023 Summer Festival

2023 Summer Festival

Enjoy three beautiful and moving choral concert programs from your Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Experience the drama and grandeur of Renaissance Europe with The Tudors and the Medici, hear rich and complex stories from our nation's newcomers with The American Immigrant Experience, and don't miss two glorious instrumental collaborations that will keep you on the edge of your seat with The Ecstasies Above. Plus, for the first time you can treat yourself to an art song recital filled with profound poetry and soaring melodies featuring three of your favorite professional artists with our Artist Spotlight Recital.

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2023 Summer Festival
  • The Tudors and the Medici
    1:02:54
    The Tudors and the Medici

    The Tudors and the Medici

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale
    Joshua Habermann, conductor

    Step back in time into the extravagant and dramatic world of two of the wealthiest families of the Renaissance. These two European dynasties left a substantial imprint on the cultural landscape with their patronage and brought to fruition some ...

  • The American Immigrant Experience
    1:24:41
    The American Immigrant Experience

    The American Immigrant Experience

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale
    Joshua Habermann, conductor
    The unique musical language of the United States is rooted in the songs brought to her shores by successive waves of immigrants. Listeners will embark on a musical journey that explores how their contributions have influenced and defined our cou...

  • The Ecstasies Above
    1:02:34
    The Ecstasies Above

    The Ecstasies Above

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale
    Joshua Habermann, conductor
    Prepare to be transported by two virtuosic works for strings and voices from the celebrated George Frideric Handel and award-winning living composer Tarik O’Regan. The program opens with O’Regan’s work, The Ecstasies Above, which is a setting o...

  • Artist Spotlight Recital
    1:19:58
    Artist Spotlight Recital

    Artist Spotlight Recital

    Chelsea Helm, soprano
    Marques Jerrell Ruff, bass-baritone
    Angela Young Smucker, mezzo-soprano
    with Nathan Salazar, piano

    Our professional singers not only blend seamlessly in an ensemble—they also shine on the solo stage! Three of your favorite Desert Chorale artists come together for an art son...

  • Pre-Concert Lecture for The Tudors and the Medici
    44:52
    Pre-Concert Lecture for The Tudors and the Medici

    Pre-Concert Lecture for The Tudors and the Medici

    Enjoy a recorded pre-concert talk by Desert Chorale artist Edmund Connolly as he discusses the history and music in The Tudors and the Medici program.

  • Pre-concert Lecture for The American Immigrant Experience
    40:25
    Pre-concert Lecture for The American Immigrant Experience

    Pre-concert Lecture for The American Immigrant Experience

    Enjoy a recorded pre-concert talk by Dr. Gregory Grabowski as he discusses the themes and the music in The American Immigrant Experience program.

  • Pre-concert Lecture for The Ecstasies Above
    48:04
    Pre-concert Lecture for The Ecstasies Above

    Pre-concert Lecture for The Ecstasies Above

    Enjoy a recorded pre-concert talk by Dr. Kathryn Lowerre as she discusses the history and music in The Ecstasies Above program: Tarik O'Regan's The Ecstasies Above and Handel's Dixit Dominus.

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