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Monteverdi's Vespers, performed on Friday, March 7, by the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and a stellar array of guest artists, could be viewed as an audio resum. Claudio Monteverdi published the music we now call the 1610 Vespers in a volume of music printed probably at his own expense and dedicated to the Pope. The year before, Monteverdi had published a volume containing his opera L'Orfeo and dedicated to the future Duke of Mantua. In that first book, he showed that he was the master of the new theatrical style and that he could weld into new shapes...
When the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum gives a concert, they know how to do it in style. Their performance last Friday of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, in celebration of their 25th anniversary, was dazzling in every way, from the period instruments to the virtuosic soloists to the outstanding choir itself...
...Collegium Musicum itself? Over and over again, it amazed the audience with its rich, warm sound and stunning musicality. Director Jameson Marvin deserves much acclaim for his skill at directing Renaissance music, and for achieving the delicate blend of voice parts that marks this group. Especially in Psalm 112 (IV), it was delightful to hear how such a large choir could sing with such precision and in such a light and dancing style. The soprano section sounded particularly beautiful as a foil to the ancient instruments. Verse five of the Magnificat featured a marvelous interplay of male and female voice...
...times have changed again since then, more than once. In the spring of 1993, I spent six months as a research fellow at the Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study. After many hours of talking with Hungarian friends about their country's recent history, I began to understand just how complicated--and at times heartbreaking--was their relation to the past, including the heroic days of October 1956. In the years preceding and immediately following "the Change" (as Hungarians refer to 1989), October 1956 functioned as a single unifying symbol to all those who opposed the communist regime...
Many students choose to join larger singing groups like the University Choir, the Holden Choirs or the Collegium Musicum. Otherwise, they participate in Common Casting and audition for one of the College's student musical productions...