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Proms 2017 Prom 22: Monteverdi's Vespers

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Prom 22: Monteverdi's Vespers
19:30 Mon 31 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall
Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. Director Raphaël Pichon marks the composer’s 450th anniversary in a performance by dynamic French ensemble Pygmalion in its Proms debut.
Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. Director Raphaël Pichon marks the composer’s 450th anniversary in a performance by dynamic French ensemble Pygmalion in its Proms debut.

Performances & Interviews

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 – excerpt (2017)
01:59
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 – excerpt (2017)
A choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty.
Aug '17BBC Radio 3
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 ­– Duo Seraphim-end (in binaural sound) (2017)
74:17
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 ­– Duo Seraphim-end (in binaural sound) (2017)
Listen on headphones to this immersive 3D mix of part of Monteverdi's Vespers.
Aug '17BBC Radio 3

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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’s birth.

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

There will be no interval

Image: Raphaël Pichon © Piergab

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