Orchestra of the 17th Century: Monteverdi - Cantate Domino

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Cantate Domino
Setting of Psalm 96:1,2 and Psalm 98:1,5
Orchestra of the 17th Century
Michael Holmes, music director
with choir and soloists of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Peter Latona, organist and choir master

Latin text:

[Psalm 96:1,2 and Psalm 98:1,5]
Cantate Domino canticum novum,
cantate et benedicite nomini ejus:
Quia mirabilia fecit.
Cantate et exultate et psallite
in cythara et voce psalmi:
Quia mirabilia fecit.

English translation:

Sing to the Lord a new song,
sing and give praise to his name:
for he has done marvelous deeds.
Sing and exult and praise
in songs with the harp and the voice:
for he has done marvelous deeds.

The Orchestra of the 17th Century ("O17"), directed by its founder Michael Holmes, is dedicated to the exploration and promotion of music from the century that saw the birth of the modern notion of the "orchestra." Since there was no standardized orchestra for most of the 17th century, each performance by O17 is a unique experience in instrumental color. Its audiences hear groups that feature a variety of wind instruments such as cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, shawms, and recorders, as well as performances that feature the more familiar large string group with continuo. O17 is now in its eighth season of its existence and still striving to produce more unique and fascinating programs otherwise difficult to produce due to the specialized use of period instruments. One of the subsets of O17 is the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, North America's premiere ensemble of its kind. Another subset is the Ensemble Stylus Luxurians. O17 released its first CD recording of Roman and Venetian music in the Fall of 2004, in collaboration with the Choir of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.

Contact: musicdirector@uucss.org

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• Immaculate
• Conception

[harrypotterglee]

not as good as our school choir

[msholmes]

@harrypotterglee Silly and useless statement.

[msholmes]

Please rate and comment!

[MaBu888]

The good side is that you can hear the consonants. Very perfect vowels in that edition.

[AugustusAurelianus1]

Magnificent music! Lovely video

Congratulations!

[TVWriterGuy]

Wow. I would say more, but I'd rather hit "replay" and remain silent. Thank you for posting this video.

[FlautasyCanto]

Excellent!!! Thanks for posting this video.

[XVLaHireXV]

beautiful!!!

[MaBu888]

*Accentum non grave habetis. Accentus bonus.

Vero dico.

[000nour000]

good! we've just done this in chamber choir and it sounded incredible - we did it unaccompanied!

[AlainNaigeon]

Very beautiful !

[Ymelops]

Since I played this masterpiece of music with a trombone- essemble, I was searching a coral- version. Thank you very much for uploading.

(We played it much slower, so the great harmonies had a greater effect, but it is still a good version!)