This is the opening movement from Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. One of the most remarkable openings in all choral music, this movement was Monteverdi’s reworking of his “Toccata” from his opera Orfeo. The principal difference was the addition of solid D Major chords in the chorus. How could that seemingly minor addition change something celebratory into a universal expression? I don’t know, but it did! – Dennis Keene

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MONTEVERDI “Deus in Adjutorium” from Vespers of 1610

Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

Lawrence Jones, tenor

Recorded live in performance on February 22, 2018, at Church of the Ascension
The singers in this performance are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.