Schola Cantorum Kicks Off Its 2014-15 Concert Season

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The 2014-15 UA Schola Cantorum

The venerable and distinguished University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum kicks off its 2014-15 concert season with music from Glorious Venice. The Schola Cantorum will be joined on stage by brass choirs, harpsichord, and baroque orchestra as they present four unique settings of the Gloria from the golden age of Venetian music.

The 16-voice, four-choir, Gloria by Andrea Gabrieli (1532-1585) is a spectacle of acappella singing, while the 12-voice, three-choir, Gloria by his nephew Giovannia Gabrieli (1554-1612) blares with three brass choirs accompanying. The eight-voice, two-choir, Gloria setting by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) shines with the flare of his Italian madrigals, and is a tour-de-force of virtuosic vocal writing. The concert will conclude with the ubiquitous and much-loved Gloria of Vivaldi, who was the last great Venetian of this long and storied tradition.

The concert is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Walton Arts Center. Tickets are $5, $1 for students.