Claudio Monteverdi: Psalm settings for St. Caecilia’s Day

Thanks to an extremely generous gift, artistic director Mario Aschauer is receiving a new Italian Renaissance-style organ, currently being built by Organi Famiglia Pradella in Caiolo, Italy. Of course, like all of Mario’s other fantastic keyboard instruments, the new organ will be a cornerstone in Harmonia Stellarum’s future programming. How else to celebrate the arrival of this breathtaking instrument than with Gregorian Chant for the feast of St. Caecilia (the patron saint of Music) and Monteverdi’s lavish psalm settings.

Program

Stadlmayr: Deus in adiutorium
Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus from 1610 Vespers
Merula: Laetatus sum
Nasco: Nisi Dominus (with organ versets by Merulo)
Rovetta: Lauda Jerusalem
Monteverdi: Laudate pueri primo from Selva
Monteverdi: Jubilet tota civitas from Selva
Monteverdi: Magnificat à 6 from 1610 Vespers
Usper: Laudate Dominum
Antiphones in Gregorian Chant, 17th-century style
Organ versetti by A. Gabrieli and C. Merulo between psalms

Event in collaboration with the Shepherd School of Music, no tickets required.