Chiesa di San Marco / at 04:00 PM
MAGNIFICAT
Re-evoking the Vespers of the early 1700s, this performance brings together some of Antonio Caldara’s most powerful music, culminating with Magnifcat, which Johann Sebastian Bach enjoyed so much that he transcribed it for orchestra and “borrowed” it.
Antonio Caldara
Dixit Dominus
Laudate Pueri
Laetatus sum
Nisi Dominus
Laudate Jerusalem
Ave Maris Stella
Magnificat
Alessandro Giangrande, countertenor
Alessandro De Marchi, conductor
Antonio Abete, bass
Claudio Chiavazza, choirmaster
Massimo Lombardi, tenor
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, soprano
The concert will be preceded by a brief introduction courtesy of
Gaia Varon
In conjunction with
Academia Montis Regalis
Academia Montis Regalis
Free Admission