Venetian Vespers circa 1640: Monteverdi and his followers
| Monteverdi | Domine ad adjuvandum |
| Rigatti | Dixit Dominus II |
| Grandi | O quam tu pulchra es |
| Monteverdi | Confitebor tibi Domine II |
| Monteverdi | Beatus vir I |
| Rigatti | Laudate pueri |
| Monteverdi | Laudate Dominum I |
| Cavalli | Sonata à 3 |
| Monteverdi | Sanctorum meritis II |
| Rigatti | Magnificat à7 |
- Philippa Hyde soprano
- Faye Newton soprano
- Charles Daniels tenor
- Stuart O’Hara bass
- members of Psalmody
- The John Jenkins Consort
- directed by Peter Holman
In the 1620s and 30s Monteverdi and his followers at St Mark’s in Venice created a new type of church music, full of operatic drama, virtuosity and expression. This programme recreates a sequence of music for Vespers as it might have been sung at St Mark’s around 1640. It includes psalms by Monteverdi, with the famous setting of ‘Beatus vir’, and his talented but short-lived follower Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, concluding with Rigatti’s grand seven-part setting of the Magnificat. There will also be music by Alessandro Grandi and Francesco Cavalli.
This one-hour concert features some of the distinguished solo singers assembled for our projected performance of Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo, postponed for another year because of the pandemic.
Supported by the SVF Monteverdi Project Fund
Tickets: £15 (£7.50 for full-time students)
SOLD OUT (but tickets are available for the repeat performance at 8.30pm)