Episode 2
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He explores the music Monteverdi wrote for St Mark's Basilica and visits Venice's State Archive, a remarkable institution.
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series on Monteverdi.
He explores the music Monteverdi wrote for St Mark's Basilica and visits Venice's State Archive, a remarkable institution chronicling the past thousand years of Venetian life.
Cantate Domino
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Magnificat
Cantus Colln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghanel (lute and director)
Adoramus te
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Jubilet tota civitas; Laudate dominum in sanctis ejus
Cantus Colln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghanel (lute and director)
Mass for four voices
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director).
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- Tue 14 Oct 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 14 Oct 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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