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Cantata Singers invite you

to ‘the third heaven’

by Nadine Dawson even claimed that he was “rapt up with
Saint Paul into the third heaven,” by
Some seasons spark wanderlust more the experience.
than others and the muddy cusp of Do you find yourself wistfully wish-
spring in Ottawa is one of them. Those ing that some of this artistic excitement
of us who have slipped along the icy might infuse our contemporary cul-
sidewalks through the white wind of ture and that amid the glowing screens
winter may already be dreaming of and frantic practicalities of everyday
places warm and welcoming. life, some of the elegance of the era
Close your eyes and imagine the might slip in?
romantic allure of Venice, with its Cantata Singers of Ottawa, con-
gondolas and gilded domes, arched ducted by Andrew McAnerney, invite
bridges and pigeoned piazzas. Dream you to enter the sacred space of St.
into its history when seventeenth cen- Joseph’s Church and relive some of
tury Venice attracted the finest artists this music with its third concert of
from across Europe. the choral season, Venetian Vespers Artwork on a Venetian theme by Nadine Dawson
Music was to be heard every- by Candlelight.
where as composers experimented The centrepiece of the concert is of modern-day trombones and trum- Italian Augustinean nun and organist,
with sound, pushing through the Claudio Monteverdi’s The Vespers. pets and are renowned for their ability and she is the first known female com-
Renaissance into the Baroque per- The work was completed in 1610 and to imitate the human voice. poser to be published.
iod and creating musical textures to is on a grand scale, foreshadowing Matthew Larkin, well known organ- As we cast off winter, hear again the
great emotional and dramatic effect. such works as Handel’s Messiah and ist and director of music at Christ candlelit sounds of Renaissance Ven-
The evening vespers services of the Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion. This Church Cathedral, will play continuo, ice recreated by the Cantata Singers of
Christian and Orthodox churches jubilant piece is at times operatic, and soprano Bronwyn Thies-Thomp- Ottawa and their musical guests.
were enhanced by exquisite music daring in its use of stereo and echo son will perform both with the choir, Venetian Vespers by Candlelight
in the capable hands of these Italian effects, filled with energy, and is a and in two solo pieces by Monte- will be performed on Saturday, March
composers. Their music combined choral composition of angelic pro- verdi. If you haven’t heard Larkin’s 18th at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church,
instruments and voices and echoed in portions. Cantata Singers is pleased skillful handling of the organ or 174 Wilbrod Street. Tickets are avail-
the acoustic spaces of Europe’s most to offer selections from this beautiful Thies-Thompson’s sweet clarity of able at the door, or at The Leading
splendid cathedrals to create experien- piece in this the 450th anniversary of voice, you are in for a treat. Note or Compact Music. Please visit
ces that delighted the senses. Monteverdi’s birth. Rounding out the evening will www.canatatasingersottawa.ca to
When the English travel writer They will be joined by musicians be pieces drawn from The Sacred purchase tickets online, or to find out
Thomas Coryat first heard this style drawn from Montreal’s La Rose de Symphonies (1597 and 1615) by Gio- more about Cantata Singers of Ottawa
of music in 1608, he wrote that it was Vents and the Ottawa Baroque Con- vanni Gabrieli, principal organist and and its 53rd season.
“so good, so delectable, so rare, so sort. These musicians specialize in composer at San Marco and simul-
admirable, so superexcellent, that it early music and will be playing period taneously organist at San Rocco Nadine Dawson is a resident of Old
did even ravish and stupifie all those instruments, including sackbuts and in Venice, and Raphaella Aleotti’s Ottawa South and a member of Can-
strangers that never heard the like.” He cornettos – Renaissance predecessors Sacred Songs (1593). Aleotti was an tata Singers of Ottawa.

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