Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine

A new type of religious music

With his Vespro della beata Vergine, Monteverdi produced one of the first masterpieces of European sacred music. His score is a sum of prayers, both meditative and theatrical, replete with expressions of joy and even the utmost sensuality. The baroque nature of the music is fully present in the highly virtuosic vocal part, which alternates with instrumental passages of incredible depth. Eager to rediscover how musical sources were staged at Venice’s Basilica di San Marco, Leonardo García Alarcón, by now a familiar figure at Radio France, reveals the beauty of this music at the helm of his ensembles, Cappella Mediterranea and the Chœur de Chambre de Namur.

Programme

Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine

Performance running time: approx. 1 hour 30 minutes with intermission

Artists

Mariana Flores, soprano
Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano (16 April 2023 – Chantilly & 21 May 2023 – Dortmund)
Julie Roset, soprano (le 24 July 2023 – Lanaudière)
Leandro Marziotte, countertenor (16 April 2023 – Chantilly & 24 July 2023 – Lanaudière)
David Sagastume, countertenor (21 May 2023 – Dortmund)
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Mathias Vidal, tenor
Alejandro Meerapeel, bass
Salvo Vitale, bass (21 May 2023 – Dortmund & 24 July 2023 – Lanaudière)
Rafael Galaz Ramirez, bass (16 April 2023 – Chantilly)

Chœur de chambre de Namur
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón, organ and direction