Boston Baroque Perform A MASTERPIECE WITHIN A MASTERPIECE at St. John the Divine

Boston Baroque will performa A MASTERPIECE WITHIN A MASTERPIECE at St. John the Divine on Saturday, March 6.

MONTEVERDI'S VESPERS OF 1610 -- 400TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
IN NEW YORK'S SUBLIME CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

WHO:
BOSTON BAROQUE period orchestra and chorus
Martin Pearlman, Music Director and Conductor,
first New York Appearance in 25 years

SOLOISTS:
Mary Wilson, soprano
Kristen Watson, soprano
Derek Chester, tenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Donald Wilkinson, baritone

WHERE:
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
(1047 Amsterdam Avenue - at 112th Street - largest Gothic cathedral in the world)

WHEN:
Saturday March 6, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

TICKETS:
$20, $35 and $55, available online at www.BostonBaroque.org and www.Stjohndivine.org; and by telephone: 617/484-9200

BACKGROUND INFO:
Founded by Martin Pearlman in 1973, Boston Baroque was the first permanent Baroque orchestra established in North America, and is now widely regarded as one of the world's premier period-instrument ensembles. Boston Baroque reaches an international audience with its 20 recordings on the Telarc label, three of which received Grammy® nominations. The ensemble produces a subscription concert series in Greater Boston, now in its 36th season, and made its European debut in 2003, performing Handel's Messiah to sold-out houses and standing ovations in Kraków and Warsaw, Poland. The ensemble gave acclaimed performances of the Monteverdi Vespers in Disney Hall, Ravinia and Tanglewood, and has performed Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Mark Morris Dance Group in Chicago and Ann Arbor. In 2009, the ensemble made its debut with two programs at the international Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico-the first period-instrument orchestra invited to perform there. Boston Baroque's latest recording on Telarc, Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano, featuring soloist Michael Maniaci, was released in January 2010, and debuted one week later as number 13 on Billboard's Classical chart.

For more information, visit www.BostonBaroque.org.

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, is a signature piece for Boston Baroque, who received a Grammy® nomination for its recording of the work, and toured with it to Disney Hall and the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals.

Boston Baroque's performance in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine will have this "sonic piece," as Martin Pearlman calls it, resonate in that sublime space without amplification, much as it did in its own day in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. In order to achieve both the intimacy and grandeur of the Vespers, Boston Baroque will perform in an intimate area of just 700 seats within the Great Crossing, with a performance platform just in front of the altar; the singers will be in various placements around the performance area for antiphonal effects. The Monteverdi work and this magnificent, dramatic cathedral together promise to provide a remarkable aesthetic, musical and spiritual experience.

 

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