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Thursday, 11/12/2026
at 8:00 PM



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Multiple-choir festive music by Giovanni Gabrieli for San Marco in Venice

LA CAPELLA DUCALE
MUSICA FIATA
ROLAND WILSON / Conductor

The self-assured city-republic of Venice has always known how to present itself magnificently.
The most important place for this around 1600 is the services in the Basilica of San Marco,
which, as the ducal chapel, served as a religious and political center at the same time. The impressive architecture with its many domes, adorned with gold-embellished mosaics in Byzantine style, fulfills
an equally impressive multi-voiced music, for which several choirs of singers and instrumentalists are distributed throughout the space. Giovanni Gabrieli, who was organist at San Marco from 1585 until his death in 1612, develops here into the greatest Venetian sound magician.
For the festive opening concert in Herne, Roland Wilson has assembled a compelling program of Gabrieli's masterpieces. It culminates in a Magnificat for 20 voices, the echo effects of which now resonate through the Heart of Jesus Church. The ensemble Musica Fiata was founded in 1976, so with this splendid program, it also gets to celebrate its own anniversary.

Doors open: 7:00 PM

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