Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

Exeter Festival Chorus under its Musical Director Andrea Brown are thrilled to be performing this monumental masterpiece of the early Baroque. The period instruments of Devon Baroque Orchestra and The English Cornett&Sackbut Ensemble will add an authenticity to the texture. The acclaimed vocal octet Contrepoint will deliver Monteverdi's elaborate motets in a style reminiscent of 17th century choral music. Vespers 1610 bridges the Renaissance and the Baroque, and dazzles with its kaleidoscope of styles, by turns intimate and majestic, serene and dramatic, spiritual and sensual, producing an array of sound taking us on an uplifting musical journey.