Prom 22: Monteverdi's Vespers

31 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 31 Jul 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 22: Monteverdi's Vespers

19:30 Mon 31 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Monteverdi鈥檚 1610 Vespers is a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. Director Rapha毛l Pichon marks the composer鈥檚 450th anniversary in a performance by dynamic French ensemble Pygmalion in its Proms debut.

Performances & Interviews

01:59

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 鈥� excerpt (2017)

A choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty.

Aug '17鲍鱼tv Radio 3

74:17

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 颅鈥� Duo Seraphim-end (in binaural sound) (2017)

Listen on headphones to this immersive 3D mix of part of Monteverdi's Vespers.

Aug '17鲍鱼tv Radio 3

Programme

- - Claudio Monteverdi
  - Vespers of 1610(100 mins)

Performers

Giuseppina Bridelli
soprano
soprano
Eva Za茂cik
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Emiliano Gonzalez鈥怲oro
tenor
tenor
Magnus Staveland
tenor
tenor
Virgile Ancely
bass
bass
Renaud Bres
bass
bass
Geoffroy Buffi猫re
bass
bass
Pygmalion
Rapha毛l Pichon
director
director

Composers

Claudio Monteverdi

About This Event

Before there was Bach's Mass in B minor or Beethoven's Missa solemnis there was Monteverdi's Vespers, a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. The work's textural extremes, multiple choirs and sonic effects are brought to life in a performance marking the 450th anniversary of the composer鈥檚 birth.

Award-winning French Baroque ensemble Pygmalion makes its Proms debut under its director Rapha毛l Pichon, together with an exciting line-up of young soloists.

There will be no interval

Image: Rapha毛l Pichon 漏 Piergab