Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers (2010): Difference between revisions

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This article is about a performance of musical compositions by Claudio Monteverdi. For other instances of his work in concert, see Monteverdi (disambiguation).

Folger Consort performed Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers from January 8 to January 9, 2010, at the Washington National Cathedral. The resonant reaches of the Cathedral provide a magnificent venue for Claudio Monteverdi’s timeless masterpiece Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, published in Venice in 1610. Monteverdi, a master of both old and avant-garde style, composed a work both retrospective and startlingly new — the grand Psalm settings are meditations on the age-old Gregorian chants, and the “sacred songs” are Monteverdi’s bold introduction of the latest theatrical style to liturgical music. Unlike most modern performances of the Vespers, the Consort’s period version, without conductor, features one-on-a-part instrumentalists and vocal soloists who also serve as the choir.

Claudio Monteverdi.

Artists

Folger Consort

Artistic Directors

Robert Eisenstein
Christopher Kendall

Guest artists

Voices

Johana Arnold: soprano
Peter Becker: baritone
Francois Loup: baritone
Dustin Lucas: tenor
Michael McCarthy: baritone
Ann Monoyios: soprano
Robert Petillo: tenor
Lawrence Reppert: tenor
Aaron Sheehan: tenor
Matthew Smith: tenor

Orchestra

Julie Andrijeski: violin
Risa Browder: viola
Michael Collver: cornetto
Robert Eisenstein: violin
Nina Falk: violoa
Christopher Kendall: theorbo
John Moran: cello
J. Tracy Mortimore: violone
Mack Ramsey: trombone, cornetto
William Simms: theorbo
Dan Stillman: trombone
Kiri Tollaksen: cornetto
Webb Wiggins: organ
Tom Zajac: trombone

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-The resonant reaches of the [http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ Washington National Cathedral] provide a magnificent venue for Claudio Monteverdi’s timeless masterpiece ''Vespers of the Blessed Virgin'', published in Venice in 1610. Monteverdi, a master of both old and avant-garde style, composed a work both retrospective and startlingly new—the grand Psalm settings are meditations on the age-old Gregorian chants, and the “sacred songs” are Monteverdi’s bold introduction of the latest theatrical style to liturgical music. Unlike most modern performances of the ''Vespers'', the [[Folger Consort]]’s period version, without conductor, features one-on-a-part instrumentalists and vocal soloists who also serve as the choir. The Folger Consort performed ''Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers'' from January 8th to January 9th, 2010, at the Washington National Cathedral.
+''This article is about a performance of musical compositions by Claudio Monteverdi. For other instances of his work in concert, see [[Monteverdi (disambiguation)]].''
+[[Folger Consort]] performed ''Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers'' from January 8 to January 9, 2010, at the [http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ Washington National Cathedral]. The resonant reaches of the Cathedral provide a magnificent venue for Claudio Monteverdi’s timeless masterpiece ''Vespers of the Blessed Virgin'', published in Venice in 1610. Monteverdi, a master of both old and avant-garde style, composed a work both retrospective and startlingly new — the grand Psalm settings are meditations on the age-old Gregorian chants, and the “sacred songs” are Monteverdi’s bold introduction of the latest theatrical style to liturgical music. Unlike most modern performances of the ''Vespers'', the Consort’s period version, without conductor, features one-on-a-part instrumentalists and vocal soloists who also serve as the choir.
+[[File:Monteverdi Folger Consort 2010.jpeg|270px|left|thumb|Claudio Monteverdi.]]
 ==Artists==
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 *Webb Wiggins: organ
 *Tom Zajac: trombone
+[[Category: Public programs]]
+[[Category: Folger Consort]]
+[[Category: 17th century]]