Concert: Venetian Vespers Music

This concert presents larger-scale works with soloists and period instruments, in the format of the traditional Vespers evening prayer service. Psalm settings by the Renaissance Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi are interspersed with other motets and antiphons, concluding with an eight-part setting of the Magnificat by the Baroque composer Giacomo Carissimi.
Free admission. Paid parking is available in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Dr.
The performance is presented by singers with the Chorworks summer program. Directed by the Chapel's conductor-in-residence Dr. Philip Cave, Chorworks is a week-long workshop for talented, early-career singers to deepen their facility with early music repertoire.
Chorworks' founder, Dr. Cave, is a conductor, educator, singer, and the director of the professional ensemble Magnificat. As a vocal soloist, he has worked with celebrated conductors including Leonard Bernstein, and at venues including the Beethovenhalle in Bonn and the Sydney Opera House. He has performed across Europe, at the BBC Promenade Concerts in London, and has shared the concert platform with many distinguished musicians, including Sir Peter Pears, Sting, and Sir Paul McCartney.
This year, Chorworks welcomes new and returning musicians, including former Duke organ scholar Katherine Johnson, Duke student instrumentalists, and Duke faculty members Clara Rottsolk and Roseen Giles.