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The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the Renaissance period to Classical music of the 20th century.
Sacred Music is a documentary series broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Two from 2008. Presented by actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale, it is produced in conjunction with The Open University and features performances and interviews by Harry Christophers and his choir, The Sixteen.
The choir was founded in 1955 as the "Chor am Italienischen Kulturinstitut" (Choir at the Italian Cultural Institute), but renamed the same year after Claudio Monteverdi, then a largely unknown composer. [2] Since 1961 it has been the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg, where Jürgens worked as a director of music from 1961 to 1993. [3]
The collection of various works in different instrumentation was published in Venice in 1640 and 1641. While the 1610 publication summarizes Monteverdi's sacred works written for Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Selva morale e spirituale presents works composed at San Marco, Venice, where Monteverdi had served since 1613. [4]
The Osnabrückner Youth Choir/Johannes Rahe Label: JARO 41712. Robert Schumann Of Strange Lands and People (from Kinderszenen, Op 15, no 1) Alfred Brendel, piano Label: PHILIPS 434 732-2. Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime Label: SIRE K256867. 15 Aug 2010 Martin Jarvis: Stravinsky Final section 'Tableaux II' from The Firebird
The first recording of L'incoronazione, with Walter Goehr conducting the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in a live stage performance, was issued in 1954. This LP version, which won a Grand Prix du Disque in 1954, [1] is the only recording of the opera that predates the revival of the piece that began with the 1962 Glyndebourne Festival production.
Seven other opera projects are known; four were completed and performed during Monteverdi's lifetime, while he abandoned another three at some point. The libretto has survived for some of these lost operas. The opera genre emerged during Monteverdi's earlier career, first as courtly entertainment trying to revive Greek theatre. [1]
I Fagiolini is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary music.Founded by Robert Hollingworth at Oxford in 1986, [2] the group won the UK Early Music Network’s Young Artists’ Competition in 1988 and a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2006.