THE 2nd BAROQUE FESTIVAL OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA – MONTEVERDI | LAUDATE DOMINUM

15 September 2022, Thursday
Time 20:00
St. Anne's Church in Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 68

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In addition to the rich heritage of madrigals and brilliant dramatic works, Claudio Monteverdi also left behind excellent religious works. Many of them were created in Venice, where the composer held the position of maestro di capella in Saint Mark’s Basilica from 1613 until his death. A summary of this creative period was an extensive collection published in 1640 entitled Salve morale e spirituale. Certainly, it represented only a selection of pieces created during almost thirty years of his service as Kapellmeister, yet the volume is a testimony of the extraordinary richness and diversity of the composer’s works.

In the mass parts, psalms, hymns, and antiphons preserved in the collection, the deep spiritual dimension is in perfect harmony with the expressive, subtly constructed soundscape. Monteverdi makes full use of the potential of the concertante technique (e.g. in Laudate Dominum omnes gentes), and also eagerly draws from the heritage left by Renaissance composers and his experience in writing madrigals. The solemn Gloria for seven voices and an instrumental ensemble that closes the concert is one of the most brilliant pieces in the master’s entire legacy, using the full potential of the concertato style. It is possible that the piece was part of the thanksgiving mass that Monteverdi presented after the Black Death subsided in 1631.

 

PROGRAM

Pascha concelebranda

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

Jubilet tota civitas

Deus tuorum militum

Beatus vir

Salve regina: Audi coelum

Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius

Gloria in excelsis

 

PERFORMERS

DAGMARA BARNA SOPRANO
IWONA LUBOWICZ SOPRANO
MACIEJ GOCMAN TENOR
ŁUKASZ KÓZKA TENOR
ALEKSANDER REWIŃSKI TENOR
DAWID BIWO BASS
MICHAŁ JANCZAK BASS

THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA CAPELLA REGIA POLONA

JAKUB BURZYŃSKI CONDUCTOR

 


Duration: 1 h 15 min
The seats in the auditorium are not numbered.