November 9, 2024 @ 7 pm
German Church, Unioninkatu 1, Helsinki, Finland
Tickets 20 / 25 € from Holvi.com or at the venue (from 6 pm)
dir. Mikael Maasalo
What would a vespers composed by Claudio Monteverdi have sounded like in the basilica of San Marco in Venice in the 17th century?
A vespers may bring to mind a serene, meditative evening service, but Monteverdi’s vespers were more like musical fireworks in which the choir and the soloists sing scintillating pieces, each more brilliant than the other, rising to higher and higher musical spheres.
For this concert, Utopia Chamber Choir has assembled some of Monteverdi’s most beautiful pieces to a collection of songs that could have been performed as a vespers in the 17th century when Monteverdi was maestro di cappella in the basilica of San Marco.
Performing in this concert are:
Mats Lillhannus, tenor
Kaisa Ruotsalainen & Marco Elefante, violin
Olli Hyyrynen, theorbo
Pilvi Listo-Tervaportti, organ