A Performance of the Monteverdi Vespers (1610) – Jubilate Singers – 7.30 p.m.
Catholic Pro-Cathedral 373 Manchester Street Christchurch Central, Christchurch, New ZealandThe Jubilate Singers will combine with Wellington's Baroque Voices and Burnside High School's Bel Canto choir in presenting Monteverdi's largest work, his Vespro della Beata Vergine, one of the best-loved compositions of the choral repertoire. Part of a larger 1610 Venice publication, the Vespers comprises large psalm settings, smaller-scale motets, a lavishly scored sacred concerto,...