Monteverdi Vespers: Singing Workshop
Sat, 15 Feb
|Caversham Heights Methodist Church
JanJoost van Elburg and Reading Bach Choir host a full day workshop on Monteverdi Vespers.
Time & Location
15 Feb 2025, 10:00 – 16:30
Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 7BG, UK
About the event
SINGING WORKSHOP - ALL WELCOME
Readding Bach Choir Welcme former Music Director, JanJoost van Elburg, is hosting a full day workshop on the sublime Monteverdi Vespers
Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is, simply put, one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written and there are not many opportunities to sing this magnificent work. The thirteen-movement work includes a variety of different styles and musical techniques and combines excerpts from different religious texts.
In this workshop you will have the chance to sing through most of the larger choral psalms lead by the much sought after Dutch choral conductor, vocal coach and from 2003 to 2010 previous Music Director of the Reading Bach Choir, JanJoost van Elburg.
JanJoost studied with Barend Schuurman - one of the leading conducting teachers in Holland - at the Conservatory of Rotterdam and currently conducts a number of choral groups (The Bartholomew Consort, The…