Music in the Pavilion Series
Presented by the University of Pennsylvania's Music Department, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library.
- Concert
Music in the Pavilion: Hidden Voices
Nashirah, The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, will perform "Monteverdi and Rossi: Celebration of Psalms."
Registration is required for guests outside of the Penn community and encouraged for all participants.
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November 13, 2025, 6:15pm -
9:00pm
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Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
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Open to the Public
Hosted by: Kislak Center
Salamone Rossi and Claudio Monteverdi most certainly worked side by side in the court of Mantua in the service of the Gonzaga family. Both composers stood as leaders of the new emerging styles in the 17th century. The lecture and concert will focus on side-by-side comparisons in the ways in which Rossi and Monteverdi respectively set the texts of the Psalms. The musical examples will be taken from Rossi 1623 publication of Ha-Shirim asher li-Shlomo (The Songs of Solomon) and Monteverdi's Selva Morale e Spitiruale of 1640-41. Although certain aspects of the traditional Venetian polychoral tradition and coro spezzato are to be found in the settings of Monteverdi and Rossi, both break new ground in applying the techniques and Affekts of the Seconda Practica. Further consideration will be given to the way in which the Psalms are interpreted differently in Judaism and Christianity.
Schedule
Pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm by Matthew Glansdorf.
Concert begins at 7:00 pm.
About the Artist
Nashirah, The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, is the only auditioned, community-based chorale in the Greater Philadelphia area performing exclusively Jewish and Jewish-themed music. Nashirah's distinct musical programming embodies the broadest conceivable range of Jewish repertoire as together they weave a diverse tapestry of choral music from amongst many lands, languages, and cultures. It is, and has always been, Nashirah's vision to bring such diverse music spanning the borders of many continents across the boundaries of time.
Featured image: Nashirah, The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
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