Vespers Music by Monteverdi & His Circle
Step into the rich sound world of seventeenth-century Italy as Chorworks presents a program of Vespers music by Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries. Centered on Monteverdi’s dazzling sacred concertos and psalm settings, this evening brings together music of grandeur, intimacy, and devotional intensity by Cozzolani, Gabrieli, Donati, Grandi, Finetti, and Carissimi. From the ceremonial brilliance of Dixit Dominus and Beatus vir to intimate motets and a jubilant Magnificat, this free concert offers a rare opportunity to hear the expressive splendor of early Baroque sacred music in the resonant acoustic of Duke Chapel.