Above: the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Mary in Koper, Slovenia
A performance of the Vivaldi GLORIA with the Camerata Academica Koper Chamber Orchestra and the University of Primorska Acedemic Choir and the Chamber Choir Aegida.
The soloists are Tatjana Vasle and Neža Vasle, sopranos, and Edita Garčević Koželj and Ana Vidmar, altos. Choral preparation by Ambrož Čopi; the conductor is Slaven Kulenović.
The performance took place at the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Mary in Koper, Slovenia, in July of 2020.
Watch and listen here.
Koper, Slovenia, can trace its name back to the Roman town of Caprea. In 1278, the town voluntarily joined Venice and was later renamed Capo d’Istria. Once part of the Venetian republic, it was ceded to Austria in 1797 and then to Italy in 1918; the city was later incorporated into Yugoslavia. The Communists built an unattractive sprawl of factories and warehouses to the city’s south, but mercifully left the old town almost entirely untouched; it’s this treasure trove of Italian architecture that draws tourists to Koper in modern times.
Oberon's Glade 