The Green Mountain Project (music director Scott Metcalfe and artistic director Jolle Greenleaf) presented "A Grand Festive Vespers in Venice, c. 1640, for the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" with music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1555-1612) and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c. 1676), at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in New York City, January, 2012.
Featured performers: Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn (soprano), Marc Molomot, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson and Scott Mello (tenor), Jesse Blumberg and David McFerrin (bass), Scott Metcalfe and Julie Andrijeski (violin), Kiri Tollaksen and Alexandra Opsahl (cornetto), Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz, Liza Malamut, and Mack Ramsey (sackbut), Emily Walhout (bass violin), Hank Heijink and Daniel Swenberg (theorbo), Avi Stein (organ).
Audio Recording: Marc Aubort. Cameras: Dan Fridman, Scott Greenleaf and John Stone. Video Editing: John Stone.
Please follow this link to read the New York Times review of this concert:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/arts/music/vespers-of-1640-at-church-of-st-...
For more information:
http://www.tenetnyc.com/
I would have done alot to have been able to be at this performance! Thanks so much for sharing this, it is truly a miracle. Hope to see more soon!
willgeek 2 weeks ago
Vivid performance! Congrats. Brice S.
murdhadrien 3 weeks ago