Sweet Sixteen breathes new life into Vespers
The Vespers of 1610 has a strange history full of mystery and swirling speculation
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
The Sixteen and Harry Christophers
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin,
October 10
Like Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s B Minor Mass, this landmark work by Claudio Monteverdi is always a great attraction. But so too is Harry Christophers’ medieval music choir The Sixteen, so it was no surprise that both together sent up the sold-out sign exceedingly early for this long-awaited concert in the NCH’s international series.
The magnificence of the ...
