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Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Vespers of 1610
In 1610 Monteverdi travelled to Rome for an audience with Pope Paul V.
He took with him his own publication of a Mass (Missa ‘In Illo Tempore’) dedicated to Paul V;
published in the same volume was a setting of the main movements of the Vespers
(five psalms, a Magnificat, and the hymn, Ave maris stella) together with an additional
setting of the Magnificat, an opening Toccata (adapted from his earlier opera Orfeo), and
five ‘sacred concertos’ for various voices (Nigra sum, Pulchra es, Duo Seraphim,
Audi cœlum and the Sonata sopra ‘Sancta Maria ora pro nobis’). It is the inclusion of
these latter items that has caused considerable debate as to whether the Vespers
were ever intended to be performed liturgically with all of these items included.
Barry Creasy
Chairman
Collegium Musicum of London
The programme will also include the Finzi
Clarinet Concerto
St Paul’s Church Augustus Road
Southfields SW19 6EW
Underground: Southfields,
District Line Buses: 39, 93, 493
Contact Carrie on 07909 981278
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