Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Stephen Redfield and Lorenzo Collitto, violin
Katie Rietman, cello
Maxine Thévenot, organ (sponsored by Tobi Watson)
Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director

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 than our cultural divisions. Sixteen of the Desert Chorale’s early music specialists are joined by s