Each session will focus on an important musical composition and the many pressures that contributed to its molding, from aesthetics to acoustics, personalities to budgets, and the social expectations of glinting palace ballrooms, muddy urban streets, and hired church pews. As always, each session will feature an interview with a special musical guest.

Wednesdays from 7:30 – 9 p.m. via Zoom

COURSE OUTLINE

**April 24: Drama and Persuasion: Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610

May 1: Image of the Dance: Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre’s Suite in D Major

May 8: The Art of Conversation and Concerto: Antonio Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico

May 15: Urban Life and Listening: Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

May 22: A Mexican Maestro’s Audition: Manuel de Zumaya’s Sol fa de Pedro

May 29: Media and Entertainment: Handel’s Giulio Cesare

**Due to a schedueling conflict, the first session will take place on TUESDAY, April 23 at 07:30 p.m. Those who cannot attend the make-up session will be sent a recorded version of the first class.