That’s right: in July of 1610, a year after Samuel de Champlain headed
south to explore the Lake region, Claudio Monteverdi unveiled his
masterpiece, the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin. This Saturday evening the Oriana singers celebrate the Vespers‘ 400th anniversary in a concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington. We’ll hear highlights from the Vespers this morning.
Monteverdi’s Quadricentennial
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: #5 - Spring Dance
- Composer: Edvard Grieg
- Soloists: Eva Knardahl, piano
- CD/Album: "Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Books 1-4 - Knardahl"
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 104
8:09 am
- Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: #1 - Butterfly
- Composer: Edvard Grieg
- Soloists: Eva Knardahl, piano
- CD/Album: "Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Books 1-4 - Knardahl"
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 104
8:11 am
- Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: #6 - To Spring
- Composer: Edvard Grieg
- Soloists: Eva Knardahl, piano
- CD/Album: "Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Books 1-4 - Knardahl"
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 104
8:13 am
- Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: #6 - Spring Dance
- Composer: Edvard Grieg
- Soloists: Eva Knardahl, piano
- CD/Album: "Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Books 1-4 - Knardahl"
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 104
8:16 am
- Oboe Concerto in Eb , Wq 21/#165
- Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
- Soloists: Ku Ebbinge, oboe
- Conductor: Ton Koopman
- CD/Album: "C.P.E. Bach/Concertos pour Hautbois/Koopman"
- Record co./Cat #: Erato 75560
- Note: * listener request *
8:37 am
- Fruhlingsgesang , D 740
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
- Soloists: Karl Dent, tenor ; Richard Clement, tenor ; Mary Akerman, guitar
- Conductor: Robert Shaw
- CD/Album: "Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus"
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80340
- Note: (choral partsong: "Spring song")
8:41 am
- An den Fruhling , D 338
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
- Soloists: Norman Mackenzie, piano
- Conductor: Robert Shaw
- CD/Album: "Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus"
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80340
- Note: (song: "In the spring" - text by Friedrich von Schiller)
8:45 am
- Suite Provencale
- Composer: Darius Milhaud
- Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
- CD/Album: "Roussel / Milhaud / Debussy: Orchestral Works"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9072
9:02 am
- Sonatas XXI & XVIII
- Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- CD/Album: "Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 449180
9:13 am
- Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine): three selections
- Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
- Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
- Soloists: Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- CD/Album: "Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429565
- Note: (Psalmus: Laudate pueri; Sonata sopra Sancta Maria; Hymnus: Ave maris stella)
9:36 am
- The Wise Virgins Suite (based on music of Bach)
- Composer: William Walton
- Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Bryden Thomson
- CD/Album: "Walton: The Quest / The Wise Virgins"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8871
- Note: (the ballet premiered in London, April of 1940)