Performance issues - work in progress!

This is (or will become) a guide to some of the trickier aspects of putting on a performance of the Vespers. Please feel free to contact us for more information or for specific questions not covered here!

These are some of the topics that will be covered:

• Pitch (440 or 466)
  

• Transposition options for Magnificat and Lauda Jerusalem
  

• Instrumental forces: string band, cornetts and sackbuts, and continuo
  

• Instrumental doubling: what is realistic and effective
  

• Ornamentation: what to expect and what to ask for
 

• Tempo and tempo relationships

• Instrumental canzonas or sonatas: an extra authentic touch