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Baroque Spring: Monteverdi on the Cusp

As part of Baroque Spring, Catherine Bott explores how Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 show the composer at a musical crossroads: between the Renaissance and the Baroque.

As part of Baroque Spring Catherine Bott explores how Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 show the composer at a musical crossroads: between the renaissance and the baroque. Through different recordings Catherine looks at the various devices Monteverdi uses to acknowledge the musical past as well as confronting the future.

Broadcast as part of Radio 3's "Baroque Spring".

58 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Mar 2013 13:00

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Marian Vespers of 1610: Deus in adjurorium; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina; Psalumus 109:

    Performers: Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • DECCA.
    • 414 572-2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Psalumus 112: Laudate pueri

    Performers: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Coro del Centro Musica Antica di Padova, Jordi Savall (director)

    • ASTREE.
    • ES 9936.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Ave Maris Stella

    Performers: Catherine Bott (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Christopher Robson (counter-tenor), Andrew King (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Simon Grant (bass), New London Consort, Philip Pickett (conductor)

    • 尝鈥橭滨厂贰础鲍-尝驰搁贰.
    • 425 823-2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Audi coelum

    Performers: Charles Daniels (tenor), Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (director)

    • ARCHIV.
    • 477 7147.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Magnificat

    Performers: Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • DECCA.
    • 414 572-2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Mar 2013 13:00

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