EARLY MUSIC: "The 1610 Marian Vespers. Written by Claudio Monteverdi when he was unhappy with his post in Mantua. Desperate for a job in another one of the great music centres. The work set out to Rome and to Venice. Both the jobs there were becoming available. And it was in Venice where Monteverdi made a happy home for the rest of his life ... " [Robert Aubry Davis, host]
Listen to the programme:
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 1567-1643
Il Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610
Johannette Zomer, soprano
Amaryllis Dieltiens, soprano
Andreas Weller, tenor
Julian Podger, tenor
Leo van Doeselaar, Van Hagerbeer-organ
Ensemble Concerto Currende & Currende
Erik Van Nevel, conductor
Recorded September 9, 2007
Pieterskerk, Leiden
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