Contrapunctus

Owen Rees

Contrapunctus is an early-music vocal ensemble directed by Owen Rees and dedicated to passionate interpretations informed by authoritative insight and understanding.


Choral Splendours of the Italian Baroque: Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Colonna, Steffani
Feb
29
7:30 PM19:30

Choral Splendours of the Italian Baroque: Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Colonna, Steffani

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Contrapunctus / Owen Rees

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690) was one of the greatest composers of the Venetian Baroque. In the splendour of Queen’s College Chapel, ‘imacculate’ vocal ensemble Contrapunctus perform his motets alongside works by Colonna and other contemporaries, all influential successors of Monteverdi. Directed by Owen Rees.

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Background image by Fr Lawrence Lew O.P.
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