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Sacred music by Monteverdi

Simon Heighes introduces selected works from Monteverdi's seminal collection of sacred music 'Selva morale e spirituale' and excerpts from his 1610 Vespers, performed in Nuremberg.

The Lautten Compagney and amarcordplus conducted by Wolfgang Katschner perform excerpts from the 1610 Vespers and selected works from "Selva Morale e Spirituale", Monteverdi's large collection of spiritual madrigals and sacred music for Mass and Vespers, published in the 1640s and written whilst the composer was working as choirmaster at St Mark's in Venice. The concert was recorded at the 2018 International Organ Week in Nuremberg.

Introduced by Simon Heighes.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate Dominum

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pianto della Madonna sopra il lamento: Iam moriar, mi Fili

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine: Sancta Maria

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Mar 2019 22:00