Tickets

MONTEVERDI VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE - VESPERS OF 1610

0	WOOLHAMPTON: Douai Abbey (info)
P	Saturday 6th March, 2010 (Sat 6th Mar, 2010. Doors: 7.00pm, Start time: 7.45pm.)
N	Door time: 7:45pm
.	See event info or ticket types for age restrictions
C	Music - Classical
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Event information

Conductor: JanJoost van Elburg
with 18th Century Sinfonia and English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

and Soloists
Kate Hawnt Soprano
Sophia Brumfitt Soprano
Marco van de Klundert Tenor
Julian Stocker Tenor

For JanJoost's last concert with Reading Bach Choir we perform Monteverdi's choral masterpiece in its 400th anniversary year. Regarded by many as one of the greatest glories of the baroque choral repertoire, and by some as the most significant and beautiful piece of sacred music in western history.

Spanning the changeover from renaissance to baroque, it combines operatic virtuosity with renaissance plainsong. Full of striking contrasts and joyously energetic, it is famed for the splendour and complexity of its choral writing.

The beautiful and wonderfully resonant church of Douai Abbey is the ideal setting for this work.

Venue information

Woolhampton: Douai Abbey

0	Upper Woolhampton Reading Berkshire RG7 5TQ
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