Boston Baroque under Martin Pearlman play Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610
Jordan Hall, Friday, February 19, 8:00 pm
Claudio Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Mary Wilson & Kristen Watson, sopranos
Derek Chester, Aaron Sheehan & Lawrence Jones, tenors
Sumner Thompson & Donald Wilkinson, baritones
As a 400th anniversary tribute to Monteverdi's Vespers, Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque have returned to one of their signature pieces. Their history with the work goes back to their early years, and their 1997 recording remains one of the most highly respected. These performances, two at Jordan Hall and one at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York were an opportunity to hear Pearlman's thoroughly researched and solid reading with a new crop of singers, most of whom are young performers from New England. Kristen Watson in particular I remember as one of many excellences in Aston Magna's Purcell program two summers ago. Her rounded tone as well as her clean articulation, as well as her intelligence and wit, were truly memorable.



