Piece #40 - Domine ad adiuvandum (Vespers of 1610) - Claudio Monteverdi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4HiprnyEFU

I am not sure if there is a more exciting piece in the history of music. Without question, there is not a more exciting chorus of one chord, D Major.

Factoids:

• Completed in 1610, this opening is the same as used in his opera L'Orfeo.
• L'Orfeo is considered by some to be the first opera, and without question the first opera still in repertory.

• The Vespers are one of the prayer services in the hours of the divine office.
• Please note that an all-night-vigil a la Rachmaninoff is not the same as Vespers.
• Vespers is an evening prayer service.

Holla!