Music for the Soul
Polychoral splendors of Venice & Northern Europe
Date & Location
Selections from:
Michael Praetorius
Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica (1619)
Heinrich Schütz
Psalms of David (1619)
Claudio Monteverdi
Selva morale e spirituale (1640/1641)
Director’s Series
The leading center of 17th-century sacred music—the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice—could boast chief musicians such as Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi. Gabrieli inspired the German-born Heinrich Schütz and other composers north of the Alps to adapt the Venetian style to the liturgies of German-speaking churches. We’ll hear examples of this impressive, grand tradition as it developed both north and south of the Alps, with multiple ensembles of singers, early brass, winds, and strings. This magnificent music creates a spectacular sound world of its own—a feast for the ears!
...Director’s Series
The leading center of 17th-century sacred music—the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice—could boast chief musicians such as Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi. Gabrieli inspired the German-born Heinrich Schütz and other composers north of the Alps to adapt the Venetian style to the liturgies of German-speaking churches. We’ll hear examples of this impressive, grand tradition as it developed both north and south of the Alps, with multiple ensembles of singers, early brass, winds, and strings. This magnificent music creates a spectacular sound world of its own—a feast for the ears!
Vocalists
- Crossley Danielle Hawn soprano
- Sara MacKimmie soprano
- Elijah McCormack soprano
- Sarah Davis Issaelkhoury alto
- Kristen Dubenion-Smith alto
- Andrew Bearden Brown tenor
- Matthew Loyal Smith tenor
- Mark Duer bass
- Edmund Milly bass
Instrumentalists
- Julie Andrijeski violin
- Allison Monroe violin
- John Moran violas da gamba
- Leslie Nero violas da gamba
- Niccolo Seligmann violas da gamba
- Jessica Powell Eig violone
- Nigel North theorbo
- Dušan Balarin theorbo
- Kelsey Andrew Schilling dulcian
- Bruce Dickey cornetto
- Alexandra Opsahl cornetto
- Greg Ingles trombone
- Liza Malamut trombone
- Mack Ramsey trombone
- Erik Schmalz trombone
- Paula Maust organ
Tamera Luzzatto, underwriter