Monteverdi Vespers (1/8) - Deus in adjutorium, Dixit Dominus - APOLLO'S FIRE/Jeannette Sorrell

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin
APOLLO'S FIRE | The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
0:41 Deus in adjutorium
- Owen McIntosh, tenor cantor
2:53 Antiphon: Laeva ejus sub capite meo
- Jesse Blumberg, baritone cantor
3:14 Dixit Dominus
Nell Snaidas & Molly Quinn, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo
Oliver Mercer, tenor
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Performed November 1, 2014
Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio
Instrumentalists:
STRING BAND
Olivier Brault, concertmaster
Johanna Novom, violin
Adriane Post, viola
Kyle Miller, viola
René Schiffer, cello piccolo
Rebecca Landell, cello
Sue Yelanjian, contrabass
WIND BAND
Kathie Stewart, recorder
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto
Greg Ingles, alto sackbut
Peter Christensen, tenor sackbut
Peter Collins, bass sackbut
CONTINUO
John Lenti, theorbo
William Simms, theorbo
Peter Bennett, organ
apollosfire.org/
Passion.Period
Touring booking inquiries for Apollo's Fire:
Opus 3 Artists - Rob Berretta
Booking inquiries for Jeannette Sorrell:
Columbia Artists - Stefana Atlas
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Video Production: The Cleveland Film Company
Travis Pollert, Director
Joseph Jurecki, Editor
Recording Engineer: Thomas Knab
Audio Producer & Editor: Erica Brenner

[@timbrandis1151]

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is among the most beautiful works of music ever composed. Ms Sorrell & Apollo's Fire have done it justice. Bravissimo!!

[@voceclassicatv]

Imperdibile, Indimenticabile, Meraviglioso. W Monteverdi, W Jeannette!

[@user-rj8kp9vf5e]

That was the best Monteverdi Vespers interpretation ever.. and by far..thanks a million!

[@jonaskissling8343]

Really! What I appreciate the most is how they easily handle the changes of tempi. And they sing with a lightness, wonderfull!

[@maartenvandijk8478]

Fantastic performance!My favourite performance of this piece was the monteverdi-choir with John Elliot Gardener in the San Marco in Venice(1990).But this is also a super performance!Thank you!The translation is great!

[@analogmoz]

The most underrated score of all time?

[@pauljones2519]

I am blown away by the music and performances here. Thank you for this amazing video.

[@fannygubr3452]

Yay! Amazing rendition! Love that Mr. Sulayman is back

[@heronimus118]

Great performance with high energy and spirit! Please post the list of all singers as well! Thanks

[@duncanmckeown1292]

Wonderful, atmospheric performance. It makes you realize what a revolutionary work this was. It's not an exaggeration to say "This is where the baroque begins!"

[@ferdinandoascrizzi8181]

Straordinaria esecuzione

[@papagenoharto]

It is one of the most wonderfull (What a choirs¡¡¡...music...rythm..etc) masterpieces of music along with the Passion San Mateo.This superior. In my opinion the best the last one.

[@gtartaglione2369]

Splendida esecuzione, viva, entusiasmante e piena di spirito

[@carlosjosemartinezfernande6074]

Simply amazing. Stunning performance. Congratulations. Greetings from Spain. The best for the future. Nice sounding.

[@adirvvillennes166]

for me the best performance of this fantastic music

[@deciopereiradossantos7029]

Incrivelmente lindo o som que ela conseguiu. Dinâmicas excelentes; andamentos e fermatas perfeitas. Parabéns Senhora Jeannette Sorrell.

[@maartenvanleer]

Wonderful!!

[@alisaholainen6334]

Wow! This is amazing!=)

[@sitearm]

rich triumphant sensuous spiritual !

[@josjanssen6733]

There are many musical mountains in the range. There are some peaks amongst those that take our breath away by their sheer beauty and impressiveness. And there are only a handful which will endure everything: Bach's Mass, Beethoven's Missa, Haydn's Creation and Monteverdi's Vespers. Great performance this. The utter joy and transportation of the people making music here is something to behold. Thanks a lot to the kind soul that uploaded this.

[@redbrian3655]

2:37 I love Olivier's flourish at the end

[@rosemaryclunie3413]

Wonderful

[@jackarcher7495]

Is there a more joyous opening in all of music? It thrills and inspires me.

[@evaneparat]

The blessed liturgy of Holy Mother Church tends to have such an effect.

[@Sebastian_Terrazas]

@@evaneparat It is unrelated, this is just Monteverdi's style; his secular music is just as joyous. The opening in this work is remarkably similar to that of his opera "L'Orfeo", which he published a year prior to Vespero della Beata Vergine.

[@KorKhan89]

It was probably a fanfare of the House of Gonzaga, the ducal family of Mantua. Monteverdi incorporated it into at least two of his major surviving works (and probably a whole bunch that have been lost to time).

[@Sebastian_Terrazas]

@@KorKhan89 Indeed!

[@redbrian3655]

@@KorKhan89 Yep! Glad you noted this!

[@SerafinDrake]

Performances such as these remind me why I miss living in Cleveland.

[@giorgioangella5654]

Bravissimi

[@samuelcrossman3302]

Is there a more glorious opening?! I don’t think so! Love this!

[@tompommerel2136]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jacquesbasso8601]

N. 1 - DEUS IN ADJUTORIUM (sex vocibus et sex instrumentis) Deus in adjutorium meum intende. Domine ad adiuvandum me festina. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto: sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Alleluia. O Signore, affrettati ad aiutarmi. Signore recati velocemente ad aiutarmi. Gloria al Padre, al Figlio, e allo Spirito Santo, com'era in principio e ora e per sempre e per tutti i secoli dei secoli. Amen. Alleluia.

[@lp02lp]

TUTTO CIO CHE FA JANETTE SORELL E' ESEMPLARE E COINVOLGENTE , SEMBRA SIA USCITA DA UN QUADRO RINASCIMENTALE DEL BOTTICELLI A FIRENZE. GRAZIE PER LE BELLE PAGINE DI MUSICA CHE CI REGALI INSIEME AL FORMIDABILE ENSEMBLE '' APOLLO' S FIRE''

[@vincem3748]

"What instrument do you play?" "The theorbo" "You mean the orbo" "..."

[@ps-ic8pm]

Who is the tall auburn haired beauty beside the drummer in the beginning?

[@GeneralNanachi]

Why did you break it into small videos and not one big Concert Video? Ater 4 years it is hard to find them all.

[@nocturnalfog3679]

3:57 slow down guys..troppo veloce...

[@francoislebedel4428]

Ce n'est sûrement pas la meilleure interprétation de ces superbes vêpres de Monteverdi. Une des sopranos au "dixit dominus" m'a semblé "pas très juste" , une idée de ma part ? ....Le tempo me semble un peu swingué par moment. Bof, je n'aime pas trop. Il faudra que réécoute ! Je peux changer d'avis !!!

[@superuser7545]

Definitely worth a retry 8-)

[@cofeebeing]

Hmmm...maybe its time for me to give renaissance music more of a listen. Perhaps not the stuff of dreary drafty monasteries after all.

[@rgauthier3094]

Watching that conductor makes me dizzy.