Rich German masterpieces that will tug at your heartstrings

Summer Festival Sponsor

Sallie Bingham

Program Sponsors

Catherine and Guy Gronquist

Conductor

Joshua Habermann

Artistic Director
Sponsored by Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath

Festival Consortium Sponsors

Catherine and John Alsip
May R. and Larry C. Ball
Bette Betts
Pamela Culwell and Charles Case
Joanne and Andrew Eggen
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Marian Haight
Lynn and Jacqueline Johnson
Edwin and Melanie Peters Thorne
John and Sue Shaffer

Immerse yourself in the lush harmonies, sweeping melodies, and tender poetry of the German Romantics. Impressive works of Johannes Brahms bookend a sublime set of vocal chamber music by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, featuring several Desert Chorale artists as soloists, all with lyrics and music that delve into the depths of human emotion. Music, both secular and sacred in nature, has been influenced by this rich Romanticism ever since, including several mass settings featured in this program. The twenty-four professional Desert Chorale singers accompanied by piano bring to life a spectacular sampling from these giants of the Western classical tradition. Come and experience these vocal masterworks of the 19th and 20th centuries like you’ve never heard them before.

View the repertoire for this program below.

Singer Sponsors

Murray and Nancy Bern

John Buffett

Thomas and Anne Conner

Kathlene Ritch

Allegra and Jim Derryberry

Sarah Moyer

Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro

Harrison Hintzsche
Marques Jerrell Ruff

Rick Gustafson

Kerry Ginger

Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan

Dianna Grabowski
Michael Jones
Pamela Terry

Phyllis Lehmberg

Sarah Nickerson

Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath

Bradley Naylor

Marianne Reuter

Chelsea Helm

Dr. Donald Shina and J. Kevin Waidmann

James K. Bass