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Composer of the Week: Monteverdi

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With Donald Macleod.

In 1610 Monteverdi published a collection of sacred music - a sudden departure for the master of the madrigal and opera. It seems now that this was an attempt to show potential employers in Rome and Venice that he could also write masses, motets - and vespers.

Deus in Adjutorium: Domine ad Adjuvandum (Vespers) - Robert Tear (tenor), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Missa in Illo Tempore - The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers

Magnificat 7 (Vespers) - Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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