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Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 | Lewisham Choral Society

When
Wednesday March 18, 2020 at 19:30
Where
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Tickets
£16, £18, £20; concessions may be available; transaction fees may apply
Phone for tickets: 020 3879 9555
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Tickets "at the door" - until sold out
  1. Vespro della Beata Vergine, 'Vespers' (1610) - Claudio Monteverdi

Lewisham Choral Society and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts transport us back to the early 17th century in a performance of Monteverdi’s masterful Vespers of 1610. In his dazzling vocal and instrumental writing, Monteverdi experiments with elements of Renaissance and early Baroque styles. The many intertwining voice parts of the choral movements are interspersed with glorious solos and duets, performed tonight by seven outstanding soloists. This performance features period instruments, enabling us to imagine how this magnificent work would have sounded in Monteverdi’s day.

Lewisham Choral Society is one of London’s most accomplished community choirs, performing at the Southbank on several occasions to packed houses and to great acclaim. The choir performs regularly around the capital and has also performed in Paris and Berlin.

The noble sound of cornetts and sackbuts was among the most versatile instrumental colours available to composers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.The pre-eminent period instrument ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts specialise in performing Renaissance and Baroque music on these original instruments all over the world. The ensemble has over twenty recordings to its credit.

Conductor Dan Ludford-Thomas enjoys a busy schedule as a conductor, chorus master and singing teacher. He is Music Director of LCS and several other choirs including the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain. He has worked with Gareth Malone on the BBC series The Choir, where he coached the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS and Citibank choirs.

American soprano Elizabeth Weisberg is a regular performer on concert and operatic stages at home and abroad and recently performed in Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House. Soprano Helen Meyerhoff enjoys both the classical and contemporary repertoire. The Independent described her voice as "Triumphant... having the utmost dramatic force." Roderick Morris (alto) is a regular performer of opera and oratorio, appearing at major venues such as ENO and St Johns, Smith Square. A recent review states that his "Agnus Dei had show stopping impact”.

Tenor Nicholas Mulroy has sung at many of the world’s great concert halls and has collaborated with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists. He has recorded extensively, with credits including a Gramophone Award-winning Messiah. English tenor Andrew Tortise made his Royal Opera debut in 2011 and performs regularly at home and abroad. He has toured worldwide in concert with period instrument ensembles, including the Academy of Ancient Music, the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Bass Jonathan Brown made his debut with Sir John Eliot Gardiner in Holland in 2000 and thereafter was a regular soloist with performances in Zurich, Brussels and Paris. Recent concert work has included a tour of St Matthew Passion across Europe and Bach’s Magnificat, both conducted by Sir Roger Norrington. Bass Philip Tebb is in high demand at home and abroad as both an opera and oratorio performer. He has sung with the Academy of Ancient Music in London, Bucharest and Venice and performs widely with choirs around the UK.





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