Program Sponsored by Lynne and Joseph Horning

Concert Sponsored by Patricia Stanley

Joshua Habermann, conductor

Featuring:
Fattah Abbou, oud and vocals
   Sponsored by Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan 

Polly Tapia Ferber, percussion
   Sponsored by Diane and Bill Graves

Jeremy Mayne, guitar
   Sponsored by Diane and Bill Graves

We explore the cross-pollination of cultures that call the Mediterranean Basin home, catching a glimpse of Spanish, North African, Jewish, and Arab peoples through their sacred and secular music. Fifteenth-century songs from the Spanish Cancionero de Palacio stand beside Moroccan folk melodies, Middle Eastern hymns, Levantine chants, and Sephardic love songs in a joyful celebration of this musically rich region. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Fattah Abbou, hailed as a “North African music master,” guitarist Jeremy Mayne, and percussionist Polly Tapia Ferber join sixteen Desert Chorale singers for a program that unites these Mediterranean cultures through song.