Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is a towering masterpiece of the
early Baroque - at once intimate and grand, prayerful and dramatic, exalted and sensual. It offers up a dizzying array of textures and sonorities in brilliant instrumental writing, opulent choruses and moving solo arias and duets.

Enjoy this rarely performed work in the beautiful setting of Nottingham Cathedral with the St Mary’s Church Choir, Nottingham Cathedral Choir and Youth Choir with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Monteverdi String Band, organist John Keys, directed by Alex Patterson.
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Approximate running time: 90 minutes. There will be no interval.

Saturday 25 February 2017, 7.45pm
​Nottingham Cathedral

St Mary’s Church Choir
Nottingham Cathedral Choir
Cathedral Youth Choir

​English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
​Monteverdi String Band
John Keys organ
Alex Patterson conductor

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Colour, Drama, Piety and the Experience of Vespers

PRE-CONCERT TALK by Philip Weller
Cathedral Hall - Saturday 25 February 2017, 7pm

Find out more about the Monteverdi Vespers in this lively pre-concert talk by Philip Weller, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. The talk will begin at 7pm in Cathedral Hall and is free to all.

​Refreshments available from 6.30pm.