Our next concert
Saturday 19 May 2012
St Albans Cathedral 7.30pm
Monteverdi
Vespers of 1610
To those already familiar with Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, this stunning work needs no introduction. To those who have yet to experience it, it can literally be described as a masterpiece in the original sense of a display of all the best that a craftsman, in this case a composer, had to offer. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was working during a period of great musical development as the Renaissance gave way to the Baroque style. Already established as a madrigal and opera composer, in 1610 Monteverdi published the Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, a sacred work on a scale not attempted before. It showcased all the skill in setting words he had developed in his madrigals and a great variety of approaches for voices and instruments in both the old and new styles in the various movements. The result is a unique work, at once both deeply spiritual yet also extraordinarily theatrical.
This performance features two internationally-renowned virtuoso Early Music ensembles, I Fagiolini, director Robert Hollingworth, and The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, whose recent collaboration in the world premiere recording of Striggio’s 40-part mass was awarded both a Gramophone Award and the Diapason D’Or in 2011. The vocal soloists in this performance will be Anna Crookes (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Long and Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor), and Gregory Skidmore and Charles Gibbs (bass). The performance will be conducted by John Gibbons.
There will be a pre-concert discussion at 7pm featuring John Gibbons, Robert Hollingworth (I Fagiolini) and Gawain Glenton (ECSE).
£25, £18, £14 (reserved), £8 (unreserved)
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Forthcoming concerts 2012 – 13
Saturday 22 September 2012
St Peter’s Church 7.30pm
A Night with the Birds
A bird-themed selection of music old and new, including Missa Entre vous filles by Lassus and works ranging from Josquin through Janequin and Arcadelt via Vautor and Stanford to Bartlet, Bramhall, Jonathan Dove and Lili Boulanger
With piano solos from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux
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Saturday 24 November 2012
St Saviour’s Church, St Albans
Saturday 19 January 2013
St Peter’s Church, St Albans
Saturday 2 March 2013
St Albans Cathedral
Will Todd – Mass in Blue
April 2013 – Trip to Worms, Germany, to give two concerts
Saturday 15 June 2013
St Saviour’s Church, St Albans
Tickets for all events £13 unless otherwise shown
£1 tickets for children and full-time students available for all concerts
Call 07570 454744 or email tickets@stalbanschamberchoir.org.uk