Vivaldi Squared
Saturday 21 March
Both of the Vivaldi Glorias, plus motets by Scarlatti, Bach and Monteverdi
St. Nicholas Church, Harpenden
Vivaldi Squared
Saturday 21 March 2020, 7:00pm
Not many people know that Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the text Gloria In Excelsis Deo, and that only two survived: RV 588 (rarely heard) and RV 589 (the famous one). Placing selected movements of each mass side-by-side in the same concert, The Lea Singers and professional strings and soloists explore the differences between the two works, to try and understand why they have experienced such vastly different histories. BBC Baroque expert Lindsay Kemp helps set the context in a pre-concert talk at 7pm, before the concert start at 7.30pm.
Tickets
Tickets £15 (£7 under-18s). 20% discount for Lea Singers Friends
Venue
St. Nicholas Church, Church Green, Harpenden, AL5 2TP map
Programme
Vivaldi Gloria RV 588
JS Bach Lobet Den Herrn BWV 230
Monteverdi Lasciatemi Morire
JS Bach Organ Concerto in A minor BWV 593
Vivaldi Gloria RV 589
Lea Singers
Conductor Victoria Longdon
Diary Date – Music for a Summer Evening
A folk-inspired classical concert.
Join us at Bennett’s Harpenden.
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