5/14 – Met Opera Brass – Gabrieli

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Metropolitan Opera Brass, Antiphonal Motets of Giovanni Gabrieli.

Tuesday, May 14, 8:00pm, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City.

http://www.stjohndivine.org/MetropolitanOperaBrass.html" target="_blank" target="_blank

This concert was originally scheduled last fall, but was postponed due to superstorm Sandy.

[Ben]

I already have tickets to see this. Very excited. If you don't have ticks, you should get some. I think it is going to be great.

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This concert will include a 40 part motet by Thomas Tallis, orchestrated in 8 antiphonal quintets.

Jim Ross (of the Met) posted at TrumpetHerald that 4 additional tubas have been added, bringing the total to 44 brass instrumentalists.

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