Monti: Miserere & Nelle ore desolate di Maria SS.ma

Featuring

Marco Giacintucci
Lorella Vincelli
Paola Incani
Emanuele Dell'Oso
De bon parole
Nicola Monti

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Cultural Impact

Niccola Monti's Miserere is traditionally performed annually in Penne during the solemn Good Friday procession, becoming a deeply rooted community tradition.

Composer Biography

Niccola Monti, born in Penne in 1767, came from a musical family; both his father, Carlo Monti, and his brother, Domenico Monti, were musicians.

Recording & Production

This album represents the first-ever recording of all the surviving works by Niccola Monti.

Composition History

The sacred oratorio-cantata Nelle ore desolate di Maria SS.ma is the only surviving autograph manuscript work by Niccola Monti, though it is incomplete at the end.

Composition History

Niccola Monti served as "Maestro di Cappella" (Choirmaster) at the Cathedral of San Massimo in Penne from the early 1800s until his death in 1838.

Compositional Technique

Monti's Nelle ore desolate di Maria SS.ma incorporates modern rhetorical elements like avoided cadences, sudden pauses, repeated suspensions, and expressive chromaticism and dissonance.

Composition History

The score for Niccola Monti's Miserere is lost, but the work is still known and performed today through an oral tradition passed down by local choirs.