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Lecture about Monteverdi’s Marian vespers

Lecture & Discussion

Wed 18 Oct 2017 -20.00

start	20.00
expected end time	21.25

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A lecture about countless choices and few conclusions

Monteverdi's most famous work, the Vespro della Beata Vergine, is undoubtedly a musical and historical monument. But despite their fame, these Marian vespers are shrouded in uncertainties. Faced with such an incredible source work, how should a performer, proceed? In this lecture, musicologist and musician Marc Vanscheeuwijck undermines the image of a sacrosanct work of art.