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Venetian Splendour

Venetian Splendour

4.30pm, Gloucester Cathedral (Event No 27)

Book Tickets
Book Tickets
His Majestys Sagbuts & Cornetts

Grillo Toccata (Instrumental)
Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo a 8 (+ organ)
Giovanni Gabrieli Exultet iam angelica a 14 (A Capella)
Giovanni Gabrieli Suscipe a 12 (6 voices & 6 trombones)
Monteverdi Cantate Domino
Monteverdi Christe,adoramus te
Monteverdi Magnificat a 8
Giovanni Gabrieli  Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (16 voices & instruments)
Grillo Canzona (Instrumental)
Andrea Gabrieli Egredimini et Videte a 8
Andrea Gabrieli Hodie a 4
Giovanni Gabrieli Buccinate in neomenia Tuba (7 voices)
Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata: Dulcis Jesu patris imago (20 voices)
Giovanni Gabrieli O Domine Jesu Christe a 8 (A Capella)
Giovanni Gabrieli Magnificat a 33

Andrea Gabrieli became 2nd organist at St Mark's in Venice in 1566, remaining there until his death in 1585. During his tenure he wrote over 100 motets & madrigals, 2 of which will be heard in the programme. Andrea was well known for developing the multiple choir technique (polychoral) and the early concertante style (differentiating between choral and solo ensembles), maximising on the acoustics of the Basilica.

The concertante style was developed further by his nephew & pupil Giovanni Gabrieli who became 2nd organist at St Mark's in 1584, and simultaneously Organist at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Giovanni developed a reputation as one of the most renowned composers and teachers of his time, best known for his use of contrast & harmony (rather than counterpoint) and one of the first composers to specify instrumentation and volume markings.

Giovanni Grillo succeeded G Gabrieli as organist at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in 1612 and held this position until his death in 1622. Additionally he freelanced as an organist at San Marco on major feast days in 1615 and 1617, playing under the direction of Claudio Monteverdi. In 1619 he was appointed first organist at San Marco. 

Claudio Monteverdi was appointed Maestro di Capella at St.Mark's in 1613 by which time he had written 5 of his 9 volumes of madrigals, his renowned Vespers and the operas Orfeo and L'Arianna.  Monteverdi's composing style was regarded as revolutionary, marking the transition from the polyphonic renaissance style to the new Baroque basso continuo technique.

 

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