What: UNT College of Music’s Collegium Singers, members of the Baroque Orchestra and guest artists give two performances of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. The edition that will be performed was prepared by 10 College of Music students and music history professor Hendrik Schulze.
When/Where: 8 p.m. Oct. 25 (Friday) at Cathedral Guadalupe, 2215 Ross Ave., in Dallas and 8 p.m. Oct. 26 (Saturday) at Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E, in Denton. The Denton concert will also be streamed online at http://UNTmusiclive.com.
Tickets: For the Dallas event, tickets may be purchased online at http://monteverdivespers.eventbrite.com. Cost is $10 for students and seniors, $20 general admission and $30 for VIP seating. For the Denton event, purchase tickets online at www.theMPAC.com/tickets or by calling the Murchison Box Office at 940-369-7802. Cost is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors, non-UNT students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more; free for UNT students with valid ID. UNT student tickets must be picked up in person at the Murchison Box Office.
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A rare opportunity to prepare a new edition of a significant Baroque composition comes full circle Oct. 25 and 26 when UNT College of Music students perform Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, in a version edited by fellow students.
The new edition of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610 was prepared by 10 College of Music students and music history professor Hendrik Schulze. Prestigious music publishing company Bärenreiter requested that Schulze edit the Vespers, 14 movements for soloists, chorus and orchestra considered a master work that defines 17th-century sacred music.
“The Vespers proves Monteverdi’s mastery of sacred music, and the fact that he truly was an ideal composer to occupy the prestigious post of Chapel Master at St. Mark’s in Venice, where he influenced several generations of excellent composer-performers,” said Schulze.
Schulze enlisted students Clare Carrasco, Kimary Fick, Emily Hagen, Devin Iler, Sean Morrison, J. Cole Ritchie, Jonathan Sauceda, Brandon Stewart, AnnaGrace Strange (now an alumna) and Chia-Ying “Charles” Wu to begin work on the edition in fall 2011 in a musicology course he created specifically for the project. They transcribed the original source materials into modern notation and corrected inconsistencies as they deemed fit according to their research. The edition published in April of this year. Proceeds from sales of the edition go into a scholarship fund to support UNT musicology students’ research.
Richard Sparks will conduct the Collegium Singers and members of the Baroque Orchestra with guest artists from some of the country’s top early music ensembles, including Derek Chester, tenor; Bruce Dickey and Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto; Charles Toet, baroque trombone; and Daniel Swenberg, theorbo. They will premiere the new edition in two concerts, at 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Cathedral Guadalupe, 2215 Ross Ave., in Dallas and at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 at Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E. The Denton concert will also be streamed online at http://UNTmusiclive.com.
For the Dallas event, tickets may be purchased online at http://monteverdivespers.eventbrite.com. Cost is $10 for students and seniors, $20 general admission and $30 for VIP seating. For the Denton event, purchase tickets online at www.theMPAC.com/tickets or by calling the Murchison Box Office at 940-369-7802. Cost is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors, non-UNT students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more; free for UNT students with valid ID. UNT student tickets must be picked up in person at the Murchison Box Office.
About the UNT College of Music
The UNT College of Music is one of the largest and most respected comprehensive music schools in the country. More than 1,600 music students attend UNT each year, participating in more than 50 widely varied ensembles and pursuing specialized studies in performance, composition, music education or music scholarship. UNT faculty members and students have made appearances on the world’s finest stages and have produced numerous recordings, many receiving Grammy awards and nominations. Distinguished UNT alumni can be found around the globe, in top music ensembles, opera companies, universities and schools.