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We can't let 2021 slip away without commemorating one last big anniversary: the 1600th anniversary of the founding of Venice! In honor of this milestone, we'll hear a recreation of a Venetian Vespers service as it might have been celebrated in 1643, with music by Monteverdi, Cavalli, and Giovanni Gabrieli, performed by the Gabrieli Consort and Players.
- Johannes Ciconia: Venecie mundi splendor. Performed by La Reverdie.
- Hugo de Lantins: Christus vinciit. Performed by La Reverdie.
- Adrian Willaert: Mittit ad Virginem: Motet. Performed by Dionysos Now.
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo Motetto. Performed by Liuwe Tamminga, organ.
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata No. 18 a 14. Performed by Gabrieli Players.
- Claudio Monteverdi: Psalm: Laetatus sum. Performed by Gabrieli Consort & Players.
- Giacomo Finetti: Motet: O Maria, quae rapis corda. Performed by Gabrieli Consort & Players.
- Francesco Cavalli: Psalm: Lauda Jerusalem. Performed by Gabrieli Consort & Players.
- Giovanni Antonio Rigatti: Magnificat. Performed by Gabrieli Consort & Players.