The Matthias Höfs Brass Project brings together some of the most outstanding brass players of their generation. Program from the early Baroque to the late Romantic.

Matthias Höfs Brass Project: "Golden Brass"

Forum alte Werft

Burning Bright

Congregation Beth Israel

Representatives of Italian church music will gather in Mainz Cathedral for the 9th Symphony Concert. Giovanni Gabrieli, born in 1554, was a Venetian church musician at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and one of the most important musicians of the Venetian School at the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. His avant-garde work attracted musicians from all over Europe to Venice. His most famous student was the German Heinrich Schütz. He made early use of the basso continuo in his works, and his Sonata pian' e forte contains some of the earliest dynamic markings, i.e. markings for the specific use of volume in music. The works of the German Baroque, which culminated in the music of J.S. Bach, are based on this tradition, the roots of which lie in this very Venetian school under Giovanni Gabrieli.

9th Symphony Concert

Mainz Cathedral

The exquisite singers of the Tallis Scholars visit with an Easter season program featuring works inspired by miraculous events in the biblical story of Jesus’ life.

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The Tallis Scholars

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Chamber Concert · A tribute to Jan Koetsier

Munich Residence

Join us in celebration for the retirement of Prof. Jerry Luckhardt and his tenure at the University of Minnesota-TC. This concert will feature guest speakers, archival materials, and a performance filled with repertoire that is special to Prof. Luckhardt, including: Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzona per Sonare No. 2, Shelley Hanson’s Albanian Dance, H. Owen Reed’s Michigan Morn, Gustav Holst’s Second Suite in F, Alex Shapiro’s Depth, Jonathan Newman’s Blow It Up and Start Again, J. P Sousa’s Minnesota March, Frank Ticheli’s Rest, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Folk Dances, transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds. This performance will be one you will not want to miss.

Symphonic Band

University of Minnesota

Windswept

University of Alabama

The programme begins with Gabrieli and Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium, which depicts Christ’s birth. Other pieces explore miracles, such as Egressus Jesus, recounting Christ exorcising a demon, and Weir’s Ave Regina Caelorum, which reflects on the mystery of the Virgin birth.

The Tallis Scholars: Mysteries & Miracles

Milton Court Concert Hall

University Choir

University of Michigan

From Romantic composers to contemporary musicians, Baroque music remains an inexhaustible source of inspiration. With the help of German countertenor Nils Wanderer, Clemens Schuldt has designed a program as unexpected as it is inspiring. Beyond the irresistible theme of its first movement, Brahms's fourth and final symphony synthesizes the composer's entire musical legacy.

The Nils Wanderer Experience

Montcalm Palace

A festive concert bringing together the Carlo Felice Children’s Choir and the Brass and Percussion Ensemble of the Paganini Conservatory: a musical journey that ignites the magic of Christmas

Ottoni squillanti e voci incantate

Carlo Felice Theater

Under the direction of Mark Hopkins – Professor of Music at Acadia University and in-demand guest conductor – the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra kicks off a brand-new season with True North! Hear music from classical heavyweights like Beethoven and Sibelius, plus symphonic gems from Gabrieli, Björk, and Whitacre. Finally, experience the heart wrenching, JUNO Award-winning musical tribute to 15-year-old Amanda Todd by the late Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock.

NSYO: True North

St. Andrew's United Church

Experience the majesty of Fanfares and Flourishes. Join Goldsmiths Choral Union and Affinity Chamber Orchestra for an exhilarating and joyful evening of music that celebrates the splendour and triumph of the human spirit. Fanfares and Flourishes is a vibrant, uplifting programme that brings together powerful choral works and dazzling brass to explore themes of celebration, reverence, and exaltation.

Fanfares and Flourishes

Smith Square Hall

In this week’s Mondays at One our Brass department takes to the stage to celebrate Glasgow’s 850th birthday.

Mondays at One: Brass - Glasgow 850

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Solemn ritual and holiday sunshine collide in a concert by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The incense-scented processional splendour of Gabrieli’s In ecclesiis and Canzone a tre core, transcribed with contemporary clarity by Bruno Maderna, frame Stravinsky’s last major work – the ‘pocket-requiem’ he knew he was ‘writing for himself’. Step out of church and into the pastoral warmth of Brahms’s happiest symphony, written on the slopes of the Austrian Alps: ‘all blue sky, babbling streams, sunshine and cool green shade'.

Brahms’s Second Symphony

Royal Albert Hall

Residency Concert - Valvasone

Santissimo Corpo di Cristo Church

Pordenone - Open Air

Piazza della Motta

Take a trip back in time to 18th century Venice with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and a professional chorus at our A Little Afternoon Musik series.

Vivaldi’s Venice

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption

Explore music from countries along the ancient silk road just like Marco Polo with the full chamber orchestra at our Mainstage series. Featuring violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Tuvan throat singer SoRIAH as seen on America’s Got Talent!

Adventures on the Silk Road

School for Creative and Performing Arts

A festival with three concerts condensed into a single day. Renaissance music will be heard alongside outstanding 20th-century compositions. Iconic works by Ravel, Debussy, and Gershwin combine Parisian sophistication with the sizzling rhythms of Broadway. World-class soloists such as Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kirill Gerstein, and the Quatuor Diotima under the direction of Oscar Jockel provide brilliance and fire.

Symphonic farewell

Cologne Philharmonie

Join us for an exhilarating evening of music celebrating the majestic combination of brass and organ. Featuring core members of the Charleston Symphony and special guests.

Brass & Organ Chamber Concert

Grace Church Cathedral

The MSO Brass section presents a dazzling program curated by MSO Principal Tuba Timothy Buzbee.

Brilliant Brass

Hamilton Performing Arts Centre

Horsham Town Hall

Wind Symphony

The University of Texas at Austin

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 3: Brass Bash!!!!

Calvary Baptist School

heavenly music

Die Glocke

### Event Description: BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

#### Dates and Times:
- **February 15, 2025** at **7:30 PM**
- **February 16, 2025** at **3:00 PM**

#### Location:
- **Sunset Center**
  - **Address:** San Carlos Ave & 9th Ave, Carmel

#### Conductor and Performers:
- **Jayce Ogren**, Music Director and Conductor
- **Simone Rubino**, Percussion

#### Program:
1. **GABRIELI** - *Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2*
   - **Running Time:** 5 minutes
2. **IVES** - *The Unanswered Question*
   - **Running Time:** 6 minutes
3. **Avner DORMAN** - *Eternal Rhythm*
   - **Running Time:** 25 minutes
   - **Featuring:** Simone Rubino, Percussion
4. **-- Intermission --** (20 minutes)
5. **BRAHMS** - *Symphony No. 1*
   - **Running Time:** 45 minutes
6. **BRAHMS** - *Hungarian Dance No. 5*
   - **Running Time:** 3 minutes

#### Highlights:
In the February concerts, Baroque refrains echo from a glorious brass ensemble in Giovanni Gabrieli's *Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2*, written while the composer served as organist of Venice's vaunted Basilica San Marco. American maverick Charles Ives asks the perennial question of existence in his deeply contemplative *The Unanswered Question* of 1908, a work that looked far into the musical future. A battery of bells, drums, and wood forges a striking contrast in Avner Dorman's lively new percussion concerto *Eternal Rhythm*. Johannes Brahms' passionate *Symphony No. 1* firmly established the Romantic master as a worthy successor to Beethoven. Brahms' *Hungarian Dance No. 5*, one of classical music's greatest hits, provides a rousing conclusion.

#### Featured Artist: Simone Rubino
After winning the ARD competition in 2014 and receiving the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2016, Simone Rubino has never stopped attracting enthusiastic audiences both as a soloist with the likes of the Vienna Philharmonic and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Manfred Honeck, and Tan Dun. Rubino has transported percussion from the periphery to the center of the classical, contemporary, and even baroque scene, making him a regular guest at prestigious festivals worldwide.

#### Ticket Information:
- **On Sale:** Thursday, August 15 at 10:00 AM PDT

Join us for an evening of exceptional music, featuring timeless classics and contemporary masterpieces, performed by world-renowned musicians.

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Sunset Center

Baroque refrains echo from a glorious brass ensemble in Giovanni Gabrieli's Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, written while the composer served as organist of Venice's vaunted Basilica San Marco. American maverick Charles Ives asks "the perennial question of existence" in his deeply contemplative The Unanswered Question of 1908, a work that looked far into the musical future. A battery of bells, drums, and wood forges a striking contrast in Avner Dorman's lively new percussion concerto Eternal Rhythm. Johannes Brahms' passionate Symphony No. 1 firmly established the Romantic master as a worthy successor to Beethoven. Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5, one of classical music's greatest hits, provides a rousing conclusion.

Brahms Symphony No. 1

Whenever piano duos are spoken about, it is the Labèque sisters who spring immediately to mind. Katia and Marielle Labèque return to Prague with the music of Mozart with which they enchanted audiences back in 2016. Schubert’s "Great" Symphony will also be presented under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt, and the programme will open with a performance by the Czech Philharmonic Brass Ensemble.

Czech Philharmonic • Katia and Marielle Labèque

Rudolfinum

Join us for this musical celebration of the holidays, a concert during which you will be invited to sing along with the OSM Chorus—a soul-stirring experience!

Celebrations in Songs and Music

Place des Arts

**Event: Signals from Heaven**

**Date & Time:** Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 19:00  
**Duration:** Approximately 1 hour  
**Location:** Salle Philharmonique, Liège  
**Price:** €13. Free admission if your birthday falls on the day of the event  
**Tickets:** Available for reservation  

**Description:**  
Dive into an evening dedicated to the brilliance of brass music with the "Signals from Heaven" concert at the Salle Philharmonique in Liège. This special performance showcases the talented brass ensemble of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL), featuring the renowned Belgian trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts as the guest star. Berwaerts, a versatile artist with a flair for baroque, contemporary music, and jazz, draws inspiration from his album "Signals from Heaven." The concert promises a diverse repertoire, from the majestic Venetian fanfares of Giovanni Gabrieli to the smooth tones of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, highlighting Berwaerts' adaptability across genres.

**Program:**  
- GABRIELI, Sacrae Sinfoniae, excerpts  
- Traditional Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen Spirituals  
- GERSHWIN, Rhapsody in Blue  
- BÖHME, Sextet for Brass op. 30  

**Performers:**  
- Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet  
- Sections of horns, trumpets, and trombones from the OPRL  
- Sébastien Lemaire, conductor  

**Genre:** Chamber Music  
**Series:** Happy Hour  

**Support and Collaboration:**  
This event is supported by the Friends of the Orchestra and in collaboration with the HOP association.

**Practical Information:**  
For those attending the concert at the Salle Philharmonique, the venue is located at Boulevard Piercot, 25-27, B - 4000 Liège, Belgium. Ticket reservations can be made online, at the OPRL ticket office, or by phone, with various seating options available.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the power and beauty of brass music in a concert that bridges the gap between classical and contemporary sounds.

Signals from Heaven

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

Renowned pianist Benjamin Hochman returns to the stage to play and conduct the orchestra.  This program will show a technical use of the piano and musical excellence that is sure to blow you away. Hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 as the harpsichord, violin, and flute take the spotlight.

Benjamin & Brandenburg

Colonial Plaza

All Brassed Up!

Burnt Store Presbyterian Church

Brass Choir Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The majesty and grandeur of brass instruments has been celebrated since the Renaissance. Not just for their power, either. They’re thrilling when played softly, too, and indeed the title of Giovanni Gabrieli’s piece means ‘Quiet and Loud Sonata’ because it was one of the first pieces to specify the level of volume with which the instruments should be played.

Colours Of Brass

Holy Trinity Cathedral Auckland

Tower Music is one of the oldest traditions at the Carmel Bach Festival. It began in 1936 with the Heralding Trombones, led by two generations of the Stewart Family, Chandler and son Gordon, and the trombone quartet opened every Festival in the early days. The Stewart Family performed well into the 1960’s until the Festival Orchestra brass section was asked to carry on the tradition as it does today. They played from the balcony window of the old Sunset Auditorium which opened onto the parking lot – the window is still there, overlooking the foyer – and from the Carmel Mission bell tower, thus earning the nickname “Tower Music.”

Tower Music: Festive!

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Jolianne Einem and Rob Diggins (violins), with Eva Lymenstull (cello and viola da gamba) and Ian Pritchard (harpsichord and organ), in virtuosic music for three violins by Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Johann Pachelbel (yes, the canon – and more!), Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and others. Plus, birdsong-inspired pieces.

Nightingales in the Gardens

Sherman Library & Gardens

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the "This Is Us" concert, presented by the SCSO on May 18, 2024, at 7:00 PM. This special concert event will take place at the Canyon HS Performing Arts Center, located at 19300 Nadal St, Santa Clarita, CA 91351, USA. 

"This Is Us" is designed to showcase the unique talents and sounds of the individual sections that comprise the orchestra, culminating in a grand finale where all sections come together for a powerful performance. This event promises to be a memorable experience, highlighting the diversity and unity of the orchestra.

The concert will feature an impressive lineup of pieces, including:
- Copland: Fanfare for The Common Man
- G. Gabrieli: Canzon septimi toni No. 1
- P. Karamian: Prelude for Percussion composed for SCSO
- R. Strauss: Serenade for Winds
- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto 3
- Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Espagnol

Tickets are available for general admission, with prices ranging from $20.00 to $25.00, plus a service fee. Special pricing is available for students, seniors, and military personnel at $20.00, also subject to a service fee. Handicap seating is available, ensuring everyone can enjoy this spectacular event. Reserve your tickets now and be part of an evening that celebrates the beauty and harmony of orchestral music.

This Is Us

Canyon High School

Participants from Canada, the US, and Hong Kong have been rehearsing with the NAC Orchestra mentors to bring you brass arrangements of some of your favorites. Come hear them play together in Le Salon in advance of their appearance with the full NAC Orchestra!

NACO Mentorship Brass Chamber Concert

National Arts Centre

The magnificent brass players of the Marin Symphony step into the spotlight! This program of grand and beautiful sonorities from the 16th through the 20th centuries will fill you with warmth and joy

Set 6: Gabrieli, Price & Böhme 

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Marin Country Club

Schwebend

Technikum

Brighten your holiday season with the festive sounds of brass, the sardonic wit of Luciano Berio, and the elegance of Beethoven. Giovanni Gabrieli wrote his magnificent brass canzoni in the 1500s to be played from opposing choir lofts in Venice’s Basilica of St. Mark. Berio’s delightful Opus Number Zoo has the musicians recite whimsical poems about animals as they play. Finally, Beethoven’s Second String Quartet has an elegance and charm that beckon back to Haydn, yet already shows hints of Beethoven’s fiery side.

Beethoven And Berio

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

This enchanting winter season, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus welcomes you to relish the love, security, and warmth of an eagerly anticipated homecoming after a long journey lost in a snow-covered landscape.

A Candlelit Homecoming

First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto

Santa Clara University

Be inspired, transported and uplifted in this, a journey through no less than 600 years of music celebrating Christmas. From Pachelbel’s beloved Canon, heard afresh on our period instruments, through to the rich, melting harmonies of Tchaikovsky and John Taverner’s spare, haunting, The Lamb, plus a brand new piece by Roderick Williams, written especially for the occasion. Music that will resonate with you for long after the concert, and a perfect start to the Holiday season.

Six Centuries Of Christmas

First Congregational Church

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Stanford University

Music and architecture share a vocabulary and they overlap through analogies and metaphors. Composers "build" symphonies, which are highly structured. And architects dream of buildings that unfold to the senses like music, a seamless flow of experience through time and space. Both forms use terms like ornament, balance and symmetry. But is architecture really "frozen music," an idea that emerged in the late 18th century when musical forms were becoming longer and more complex?

Bouncing Off the Walls: Music and Architecture

Kennedy Center

Nothing compares to a brass quintet and a mighty organ presenting truly transcendent music for the soul in a stunning church acoustic.

Celestial Brass

The First Congregational Church of Greenwich

We will be collecting non-perishable food items in support of St. Peter’s Community Market. Please look for collection baskets as you enter the concert, and thank you for your support!

Chamber Music Recital

St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

The program opens with Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzona per sonare No. 2, featuring The Phoenix Symphony Brass Section, which will surround the audience in glorious, majestic brass music. Handel’s celebratory, upbeat, and vibrant Royal Fireworks Music under the baton of guest conductor Carlos Izcaray is next. Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra whose work was featured in the inaugural season of REVERB, mixes elements of western classical and Andean folk musical traditions with Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. The program finishes with Prokofiev’s first symphony, a landmark neo-classical work inspired by a vision of a Haydn as a contemporary composer.

Fireworks

Madison Center for the Arts

The Early Baroque era of Italian music brought a zenith of dramatic and technical display in the hands of new generations of virtuoso singers and instrumentalists. Composers and performers united in their course of revealing new depths of expression, color, and theatrical effects through music that is immediately thrilling and enthralling.  From the delicate and spatial interplay of three violins in Marini’s Sonata in Ecco to the full-throated and lovelorn dramatic vocal works of Monteverdi — including two epic narratives from his Madrigals of Love and War — this is a program that moves from mystery to magic and from the sacred to the secular.  Headliner works are Isabella Leonarda’s entrancing Sonata XII, Monteverdi’s Magnificat a 6 from the Vespers of 1610, and the same composer’s powerfully arresting setting of Torquato Tasso’s Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. An ensemble of evocative ABS artists brings this passionate music to light in a program featuring vocal and violinistic fireworks. 

Pious & Profane

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Davis Community Church

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Music is one of humanity’s most treasured and enduring experiences combining physical science and human emotional response. This concert presentation is split into two parts. The first, shorter segment features Music Director <a>Michael Christie</a>, guest artists <a>Jiji Kim</a>, <a>James Grinta</a>, and an expert in the field of physics to demonstrate how sound is created and becomes a visceral emotional response. The second segment, the concert portion of the presentation, features works that highlight composers’ use of distance, combinations of sounds and instruments to touch our hearts and souls. Choose to attend one or both presentations and enjoy a fascinating look into how energy becomes sound and sound becomes memories and emotions.
The first portion of the presentation will commence at 6:30pm and last approximately 40 minutes followed by a 20 minute intermission. The concert portion of the event will commence at 7:30pm and last approximately 70 minutes.
An additional work will be presented during the first portion of the event, Derek Bermel’s Ritornello for Electric Guitar and Strings (2011).

Music to My Ears – Science of Sound

Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center

Kavli Theatre Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

High-rise concert marking the opening of the Hamburg Summer of Culture, a production of the Dresdner Sinfoniker in cooperation with Kampnagel and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

Heaven Over Hamburg

Lenzsiedlung

Sportplatz Tiefenstaaken

Celebrate two decades of exceptional music education and performance with the "20 Years of the Orchestra Academy - Gala Concert of the BRSO Academy." This momentous event is scheduled for Saturday, 31st October 2020, at 7:00 pm, taking place in the historic and beautiful Allerheiligen Hofkirche in Munich. 

The evening promises an unforgettable musical journey, featuring a carefully curated program that includes Giovanni Gabrieli's "Canzon seconda à 4," Richard Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll," and Joseph Haydn's "Symphony No. 61 in D major, Hob. I:61." These pieces will be brought to life under the baton of conductor Joseph Bastian, alongside the talented members of the BRSO Academy.

This gala concert not only celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Orchestra Academy but also showcases the incredible talent and hard work of its members. It's a testament to the Academy's commitment to nurturing the next generation of musicians through rigorous training and performance opportunities.

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a special evening that marks a significant milestone in the history of the BRSO Academy. Tickets are available for purchase online via the BRticket-Webshop. For more information, please contact the ticket hotline at +49 89 5900 10880 or visit the event calendar on the official website. Join us in commemorating 20 years of musical excellence and inspiration.

20 years of the Orchestra Academy - Gala Concert of the BRSO Academy

Allerheiligen Hofkirche

Academy Symphonic Brass presents a celebration of Scottish trumpeter, composer and arts educator John Wallace, who was Head of Brass from 1992 to 2002. The programme includes movements from The Invisible Symphony, conceived and transcribed by Wallace, which reimagines Gabrieli’s Canzoni et Sonate (1615), a monumental antiphonal work for five brass choirs.

Academy Symphonic Brass

Royal Academy of Music

University Chorale explores the concept of the sacred through transcendent music of nature, love, and communal ritual. The centerpiece of the program is Alex Berko’s magnificent Sacred Place, an “ecological service” in which secular poetry about the natural world is filtered through the formal structure of a traditional Jewish prayer service. Together with works by Judith Weir, Eric Whitacre, Matthew Recio, and others, the program invites listeners to consider how experiences of wonder, reverence, and connection continue to shape our understanding of the sacred in the modern world.

University Chorale

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

This program explores the rich colors and contrasts of wind and brass music across centuries. From the elegance and sparkle of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik to the shadowed intensity of Shostakovich and Richard Strauss, the concert moves between light and dark, classical clarity and Romantic depth. Dvořák’s warm lyricism and Gabrieli’s grand, antiphonal writing highlight the expressive range of winds and brass, while Anthony Plog’s Four Sketches brings a dynamic modern voice to the ensemble. Together, these works create a vivid journey through sound—bold, intimate, and full of character. 

Music at Hardywood 2 2026

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

The brass and percussion players of Royal Northern Sinfonia with the magnificent Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and their director Tim Burke.

Brass and Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia Winter Tour

 Durham Cathedral

St George's, Jesmond

Newcastle Cathedral

The Symphonic Band’s December concert opens with Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzon per sonar primi toni No. 1 and continues with Henry Dorn’s Never Forgetting, a reference to a famous quote from poet Maya Angelou. Concluding the program’s first half is Robert Spillman’s Concerto for Bass Trombone, featuring Concerto Competition winner Liam Kantzler. The second half begins with Vivo, a colorful new work by Zhou Tian, before concluding with Whatsoever Things..., written in memory of Northwestern’s late Director of Bands John Paynter (1952-1996).

Northwestern University

The unique architecture of the celebrated St Mark's Basilica in Venice came to be a prime factor in the emergence of a very particular phenomenon in music history, one centred on a group of composers known collectively as the Venetian School. In the late 16th century and early 17th the Basilica's interior, with its vast expanses of space, multiple choir lofts, echoing vaults and seemingly endless sound delay, gave rise to a highly creative approach to the relationship between music and physical space. Singers and instrumentalists were distributed in groups throughout the interior, singing and playing sometimes together but very often in opposition (antiphony), and at varying distances from the organ, which was at the centre of the musical action. The Venetian polychoral style, as it is known, reached its culmination in the works of composer-organist Giovanni Gabrieli.

Vaughan Williams. Gabrieli. Jockel

A Venetian Christmas resounds in il Pomo d’Oro’s unmissable seasonal celebration, crammed with songs of praise and exquisite choral prayers written for or inspired by St Mark’s in Venice. Its majestic programme traces the lineage of composers who studied there with the Basilica’s organist, Giovanni Gabrieli, Alessandro Grandi and Heinrich Schütz among them, and the direct influence of its greatest musician of all, Claudio Monteverdi, over Giovanni Rovetta and Francesco Cavalli.

il Pomo d’Oro Choir

Wigmore Hall

Harpsichordist and conductor Francesco Corti leads a festive programme that unites three composers at the heart of the Venetian school and its international influence: Gabrieli, Schütz and Monteverdi.

Giovanni Gabrieli was the defining figure of the Venetian polychoral tradition, writing magnificent works for spatially-separated vocal and instrumental choirs that exploited the immense architecture of St Mark’s. His student, Heinrich Schütz, fused the grandeur and theatricality of this Venetian style with the Lutheran intimacy and theological intensity of his native Germany. And Monteverdi, who became maestro di cappella at St Mark’s not long after Gabrieli’s death, brought his unique sense of drama and emotional immediacy to Venice’s ceremonial musical tradition.

Taking the Christmas Eve services as our guide, this programme weaves together the psalms and grand Magnificat of Vespers with the Mass and instrumental sonatas for Midnight Mass. This music is the raison d’être of the Monteverdi Choir, and together with the specialist period-instrument players of the English Baroque Soloists, they will recreate the glorious sound-world of a seventeenth-century Venetian Christmas.

Venetian Christmas

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Celebrate the season with the radiant sounds of the Baroque era at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Conductor Gary Thor Wedow leads The Phoenix Symphony in festive masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giuseppe Torelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Giovanni Gabrieli. Featuring soprano Vanessa Becerra and harpsichordist Elliott Figg, this elegant program captures the joy, warmth, and brilliance of the holiday season.

Giovanni Gabrieli

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 6, 2026

Academy Symphonic Brass · Royal Academy of Music

Nov 7, 2026

University Chorale · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Nov 19, 2026

Music at Hardywood 2 2026 · Richmond Symphony

26 - 28 Nov, 2026

Brass and Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia Winter Tour · Royal Northern Sinfonia

Dec 4, 2026

Symphonic Band · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Past events

Aug 7, 2026

Matthias Höfs Brass Project: "Golden Brass" · Musikalischer Sommer in Ostfriesland

Jun 7, 2026

Burning Bright · Connecticut Symphony Orchestra

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