Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Coro I: 2 solo soprano voices/solo alto voice/solo tenor voice/solo bass voice/SSATB choir/piano; Coro II: 2 solo soprano voices/solo bass voice/SSATB choir/piano (Coro I:2 Soprano Voice Solo, Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, Mixed choir: SSATB, 2 Ob, 2 Trp, 2 Hn, 2 V, Va, Continuo, Coro II:2 Soprano Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, Mixed choir: SSATB, 2 V, Va, Continuo) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA07675-90

Composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Edited by Edward Higginbottom, Malcolm Bruno, and Robert Ross. Arranged by Malcolm Bruno. Paperback. Vocal Score. Duration 15 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07675-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07675-90).

ISBN 9790006525218. 27 x 19 cm inches.

In 1732 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi composed a setting of the Vespers in honor of St. Emidius , Naples 's patron saint and protector against earthquakes. All that has survived are the introit Domine ad adjuvandum and three psalm settings: Dixit Dominus, Laudate and Confitebor.

Malcolm Bruno's reconstruction consists of Pergolesi's Hymnus, Magnificat, several short instrumental interpolations, and the contrafactum of a secular cantata for the Salve Regina , thereby presenting a full cross-section of Pergolesi's artistic evolution. The reconstructed Vespers ranges from the early Confitebor, with its allusions to Vivaldi, to the late Salve Regina with its reminiscences of the famous Stabat Mater; from contrapuntal choral writing to operatic arias; and from the magnificently scored Dixit to the almost intimate Laudate.

The present edition follows the original sources as closely as possible and contains an appendix with detailed notes on performance practice.

  • Preface
  • Vorwort
  • Domine ad adjuvandum:
  • 1. Domine ad adjuvandum
  • 2. Gloria Patri
  • 3. Sicut erat in principio
  • 4. Alleluja
  • Dixit Dominus:
  • 1. Dixit Dominus
  • 2. Virgam virtutis
  • 3. Dominare
  • 4. Tecum principum
  • 5. Juravit Dominus
  • 6. Dominus a dextris tuis
  • 7. Gloria Patri
  • 8. Sicut erat in principio
  • Confitebor:
  • 1. Confitebor tibi, Domine
  • 2. Confessio et magnificentia
  • 3. Fidelia omnia mandata ejus
  • 4. Redemptionem misit
  • 5. Sanctum et terrible nomen ejus
  • 6. Gloria Patri
  • 7. Sicut erat in principio
  • Laudate pueri:
  • 1. Laudate pueri
  • 2. A solis ortu
  • 3. Excelsus super omnes
  • 4. Qui sicut Dominus
  • 5. Suscitans a terra
  • Lucis Creator
  • Magnificat:
  • 1. Magnificat anima mea
  • 2. Quia fecit mihi magna
  • 3. Suscepit Israel
  • 4. Gloria Patri
  • Salve Regina:
  • 1. Salve Regina
  • 2. Ad te clamamus
  • 3. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra
  • 4. Et Jesum benedictum
  • 5. O Virgo Maria
  • Ora pro nobis
  • Amen