Kicking off the festival’s classical strand we perform Monteverdi’s Vespers, one of the most spectacular choral works of all time. Written for St. Marks in Venice, the piece is an intoxicating mixture of brilliant choruses, graceful solo writing and instrumental genius. You won’t want to miss the experience of hearing Monteverdi’s work in the iconic surroundings of […]
This event has now sold out. Do telephone the box office for possible returns. There are tickets available for the performance in Perth on Sunday the 11th of September at 3pm. Monteverdi’s spectacular masterpiece of 1610 is the most lavish of all the music that this peerless genius wrote for the church in early 17th […]
Monteverdi’s spectacular masterpiece of 1610 is the most lavish of all the music that this peerless genius wrote for the church in early 17th century Venice. Nothing composed before Bach can rival it for sonic grandeur, but there is intimacy too in Monteverdi’s brilliantly imaginative use of solo voices and instruments. With a starry […]
Edinburgh’s own Dunedin Consort, under scholar and charismatic director John Butt, is fast becoming one of the UK’s most respected early music groups, renowned for its vivid, passionate performances that crackle with energy. They bring a sense of enormous excitement to the launch of the 2017 Queen’s Hall concerts – with the modern-day premiere of […]
Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigals are a theatre of the senses. The murmur of the waves, an amorous glance, the coolness of water or the heat of the sun are all brought to life through the composer’s unparalleled gift for marrying text and music. Indeed, the music in these eight books stands alongside Schubert’s songs, or Bach’s […]
In 1610, some 28 years after he had last composed anything for the church, Monteverdi quietly published what is now celebrated as one of the greatest pillars of the sacred Baroque repertoire. The Vespers of the Blessed Virgin is conceived on such a monumental scale, with such heartrending dramatic and theatrical effects, that it has […]
In 1610, some 28 years after he had last composed anything for the church, Monteverdi quietly published what is now celebrated as one of the greatest pillars of the sacred Baroque repertoire. The Vespers of the Blessed Virgin is conceived on such a monumental scale, with such heartrending dramatic and theatrical effects, that it has […]
Festival-goers who remember Dunedin’s glorious performance of Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ a few years ago will want to plunge into the turbulent waters of his secular music in this programme. Dunedin Consort's singers and instrumentalists unite in a ravishing selection of madrigals about love, loss and war from his 6th, 7th and 8th Books – ardent, vivid […]
Those who remember Dunedin’s glorious performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers a few years ago will want to plunge into the turbulent waters of his secular music in this programme. Dunedin Consort singers and instrumentalists unite in a ravishing selection of madrigals about love, loss and war from his 6th, 7th and 8th Books – ardent, vivid […]
