The 400th anniversary of Salomone Rossi's Hashirim Asher LiShlomo (1622)

Salomone Rossi:
Lamnatzéach al-hagitít / Psalm 8
Hashkivénu / Evening prayer
From: Hashirim Asher Lishlomo [The Songs of Solomon] (Venice, 1622)
Profeti della Quinta:
Doron Schleifer
Roman Melish
Lior Leibovici
Jacob Lawrence
Elam Rotem
Audio: Karel Valter
Special thanks to Dario Calimani and the Jewish community of Venice.
December 2021

[@itaspera]

I came to this video after reading about Salamone Rossi and Leon Modena, a musical celebrity in Mantua at the time, working together on this piece, in a book called Shylock's Venice by Harry Freedman. Technology can be wonderful -- I didn't just have to wonder what this music sounded like, I could go to KZbin and there it is! Thank you for this performance and for posting it.

[@georgesdelatour]

Thank you so much for such a wonderful performance of such wonderful music in such a wonderful location.

[@Simon.Gilbert.Violin]

Wonderful performance of a wonderful repertoire. And, personally, a big discovery to hear, for the first time, polyphonic music sung in hebrew! Thank you for sharing such beautiful work!

[@danielwaitzman2118]

Extraordinary performance of extraordinarily beautiful and affective music!

[@user-ow2lk2ps4l]

ביצוע מצויין ליצירה מופלאה .תודה לכם על שאתם מפיחים רוח חיים בעבודתו של רוסי

[@zionistredhead]

I've always enjoyed Rossi. This is an outstanding performance.

[@philippeverdu5152]

Salomone Rossi ❤

[@MMendelG]

Breathtakingly beautiful... מוזיקה שמימית! Psalm 8 is my very favorite! תודה רבה רבה וחודש טוב!

[@staceyhelley3806]

Exquisite singing in a special place. Just mesmerizing. Thank you.

[@estherrabi3123]

So beautiful it makes my heart do strange things. Bravo!

[@navabenyamini]

Like always, perfect, thank you. Best wishes to all of you

[@lucianotroncosogutierrez5529]

beautiful performance!

[@privacee1845]

Spectacular

[@sariputraa]

BEAUTIFUL !!!!

[@elbrichveninga4653]

Prachtig!! 😘

[@DarthPreamp]

❤❤What an incredible ensemble.

[@monteverdi1567]

Beautiful!

[@calplayers]

Beautiful video, location, and music. Sung so nicely! (S.) Rossi is so good.

[@watierfranck7138]

Magnifique

[@joshuaharper372]

Thank you!! Such a wonderful performance.

[@MarkHoemmen]

Beautifully sung - thank you for sharing this with us! Best wishes for the new year!

[@amacater]

I've played this over and over - a lovely piece of music that has made me listen to the Hebrew. Thanks for the subtitles. I love the hashkivenu - especially the final perfect cadence at the end as a sublime ending.

[@johninman7545]

His Canticles Of Solomon are wonderful as well

[@jordanfriedman2739]

Absolutely perfect rendering. You’re the best, guys!

[@danielsalazaruribe2780]

❤

[@jacekzajac8356]

❤😊

[@ReRenaissance]

Very nice! And touching. Like also the lighting, looks very natural and athmospheric.

[@amacater]

This is beautiful

[@segunsoyemi6629]

Exquisite 🔥🔥🔥👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Glorious

[@holgerwagemann6024]

I'm very impressed, thanks a lot for this wonderful piece of jewish music.

[@jakobjakobovic]

Thank you so much for this performance and your research. It's the musical equivalent of seeing ones own culture and traditions carved into marble.

[@BenedettaSaglietti]

This is such a miracle. Thank you very much.

[@Nfx1963]

You rock, guys ! Be Blessed, Elam ! This is קידוש השם :))

[@MarkFarago]

Wonderful, thank you and Happy New Year!

[@marinusholland]

Impressive

[@user-bn2fy1jt9q]

Спасибо! Жаль нет текстов

[@danyelnicholas]

Mazel Tov! Eminent repertoire, neglected only because written from right to left... excellent performance 'by heart'! ---- no head coverings?

[@danyelnicholas]

I should add that, strangely, the music as such wasn't even written from right to left, something I never quite understood...

[@quiretenor]

They are wearing the yarmulke. You can see them clearly in a few rear views.

[@danyelnicholas]

@@quiretenor you are right, thanks for pointing that out, they are very discrete.

[@quiretenor]

@@danyelnicholas Yes, indeed! You are welcome.

[@jimpendleton8562]

@@danyelnicholas See Elam Rotem's Early Music Sources KZbin channel on the topic of Rossi's innovations where he discusses this very thing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqemc4pth99qlbM.

[@paulsmith5752]

Looked up your edition of Psalm 8 on CPDL - are you singing this about a minor 3rd down from that one? Finding the soprano part more comfortable, and the alto part lower, than I expected :)

[@yoavshati]

Did you quote 1:39 in your own music? It sounds very familiar

[@austinkleyn1816]

Why don’t all synagogues use this music??