Location: Sprague Memorial Hall
Open to: General public
Admission: Free
Description: Nicholas McGegan, conductor & harpsichord, Francesco Spagnolo, scholar, Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Yale Voxtet
- Natasha Schnur & Addy Sterrett, soprano
- Adele Grabowski, mezzo-soprano
- Bradley Sharpe, countertenor
- Daniel McGrew & James Reese, tenor
- Will Doreza & Matt Sullivan, bass-baritone
Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players
- Katherine Kyme & Noah Strick, violin
- Phoebe Carrai, violoncello
- David Tayler, theorbo
Salamone Rossi: Baroque Music from Jewish Mantova is an interactive concert on the life and music of this Italian Jewish composer. The program includes sacred Hebrew psalms, secular madrigals, and instrumental trio sonatas and dances. Artistic Director Nicholas McGegan and Francesco Spagnolo, a scholar on early Italian Jewish history, will take you through the life of Salamone Rossi and how he shaped the culture in Mantua and Venice for Jews and non-Jews alike.
Soprano Sherezade Panthaki,Yale Voxtet alumna, will portray Rossi’s sister Madama Europa, an opera singer who premiered the soprano roles some of Monteverdi’s great opera works.
Program
“Haleluyah. ‘Ashrei ‘ish” (Psalm 112) - Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630)
Sonata in dialogo la Viena, Book III, no. 6
“Vedrò’l mio sol” from 3rd book of Madrigals (poem by Giovanni Guarini)
“Mizmor shir leyom hashabbat” (Psalm 92)
“Hashkivenu” (Prayer)
“Lemi ‘ehpots” (Wedding ode)
Hebrew melody/Intonazione: “Betzet Yisrael” - Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Salmo Decimo Chorus: “E’ di giustizia protettor” from Estro poetico-armonico
Hebrew melody/Intonazione: “Sha’ar Asher Nisgar”
Salmo Decimottavo Aria: “O immacolata e santa divina” from Estro poetico-armonico
“Ohimè se tanto amate” - Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630)
“Cor mio deh non languire”
Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150) - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Prologue (La Musica) from Orfeo
Sonata sopra l’aria della Romanesca, Book III, no. 3 - Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630)
Gagliarda detta la Disparara, Book III, no. 4
Correnta Sesta, Book III
Sonata sopra l’aria di Ruggiero, Book III, no. 4
“Pargoletta che non sai” from Madrigaletti, 1628
presented with Yale School of Music