In a major celebration of his work, Southbank Centre presents a programme of events ranging from Venice's first great spatially inspired composition - Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 to the UK premiere of Prometeo, Nono's colossal work for multiple orchestras, voices, narrators and synthesised sound that redefined the very act of public listening.
 
Tickets start at £6, to book call the Ticket Office on 0871 663 2500. Alternatively, visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/nono, where you can find further details about these and other Southbank Centre events. 
 
 
Highlights include:
 
Monday 15 October 2007
Monteverdi: Vespers
Westminster Cathedral Choir, New London Consort, Martin Baker
Monteverdi's famous Vespers of 1610 - a remarkable setting of psalms, vocal and instrumental concertos and interludes - are often seen as a shrewd piece of self promotion by a fashionable young composer looking to get himself a position at Saint Mark's in Venice. Employing a variety of up to the minute effects in what was then known as the 'new style', the Vespers found a perfect home in the acoustic of St Mark's.
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Thursday 18 October 2007
Westminster Cathedral Choir and The Sixteen
Monteverdi, Cavalli, Gabrieli
In the Renaissance and Baroque periods, St Mark's Venice resounded with great music. Much was written by composers with a direct association to the place, such as Monteverdi and the Gabrielis, but Venice was also home to some of the finest publications of the time and many of Victoria's works survive in volumes. This celebration of those times is transported into the very much larger building of Westminster Cathedral. Processional plainsong links glorious Renaissance polyphony, polychoral brass resounds from the galleries and enjoy masterpieces from the most innovative of Venetian composers, Claudio Monteverdi.
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Thursday 25 October 2007
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
All Vivaldi programme
This concert looks back at one of Nono's musical predecessors, and in particular the way Venetian music has a special affinity with space. All of the works in the programme were written for a particular performance venue - Santa Maria de La Pieta, where Vivaldi taught - and with specific performers in mind, the foundling girls of the Pieta. During Vivaldi's lifetime these famous girls were celebrated as one of Europe's finest collections of musicians. St John's, Smith Square is the perfect London location in which to recreate the musical space of the old Pieta and the performances of Vivaldi's talented young female performers.
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* St John's, Smith Square at 6.15pm: OAE Extras. Current-day instrument makers discuss and demonstrate the replica instruments in the Becket Collection of instruments. Introduced by OAE viola player Martin Kelly. Admission free.

* Post-concert event: Marshall Marcus chairs an informal discussion in the main hall on Vivaldi, Nono, acoustics and sound. Admission free.