Performed by NZ Barok with sopranos Jayne Tankersley and Rowena Simpson, altos Helen Acheson and Jessica Wells, tenors Jack Timings and Sid Chand, and basses Chalium Poppy and Alex Matangi.
As far as we know, Vivaldi didn’t write music for a complete mass. Instead we have in existence four separate movements: a Kyrie, two Glorias and a Credo. This particular Gloria, RV589, is the most well known of them.
Written for the church, yes ... but we can still hear elements of Vivaldi’s theatre music and of his concertos.
Recorded by RNZ Concert in St Luke's Church, Remuera, 2 May 2021
Engineer: Adrian Hollay; Producer: Tim Dodd