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Supersize Polyphony: Venetian Blinders!
Part of the Armonico Consort 25th anniversary Season
Add to my Calendar 02-10-2026 19:00 02-10-2026 21:00 36 Supersize Polyphony: Venetian Blinders! Renowned choir and period instrument ensemble, Armonico Consort, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a brand new programme of supersized Baroque and Renaissance choral masterpieces, performed in immersive ‘surround sound’ with the audience in the centre. Alongside music by Venetian master Claudio Monteverdi, Venetian Blinders! explores Venice’s magnetic influence on European composers of the day with a rarely-heard work by Catalan Francisco Valls as well as Thomas Tallis’s spectacular Spem in Alium and a new commission from David Buckley. Exeter Cathedral, Exeter DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Exeter Cathedral
1 The Cloisters
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1HS
England
Tickets
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi – Vespers of 1610: Lauda Jerusalem
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium nunquam habui à 40
Francisco Valls – Missa Scala Aretina
Claudio Monteverdi – Beatus vir, SV 268
Claudio Monteverdi – Ave Maris Stella, SV 206
Performers
Christopher Monks – Conductor
Armonico Consort
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
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Programme Note
Renowned choir and period instrument ensemble, Armonico Consort, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a brand new programme of supersized Baroque and Renaissance choral masterpieces, performed in immersive ‘surround sound’ with the audience in the centre.
Alongside music by Venetian master Claudio Monteverdi, Venetian Blinders! explores Venice’s magnetic influence on European composers of the day with a rarely-heard work by Catalan Francisco Valls as well as Thomas Tallis’s spectacular Spem in Alium and a new commission from David Buckley.
