Has anyone heard this entire oratorio?! It's marvelous! It's a wonder that something so great and polyphonic came out of the early Baroque period! :drool: I saw a performance of it on TV a few nights ago and was blown away by the creativity of it. :)

(Although I'm sure most of you don't care, I still think that "classical" music deserves a spot here on this forum, too! :P)

Nope, haven't heard of it. I know the composer's name though, and I think at one point I had to study one of his pieces, but . . . it's lost from my memory, haha.

Vesper, the church thing right? My chemistry teacher made a joke about VSEPR and vesper, but only I got it, hehe . . . but yeah, what's the proper definition of vesper? Too lazy to look it up :heh:

I'm sure we have one or two classical threads around here :think: *shrugs*

ves·per

n.

1 A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.
2 The evening star, especially Venus.
3 Archaic. Evening.

ves·pers also Ves·pers

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Ecclesiastical.
1 The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
2 A worship service held in the late afternoon or evening in many Western Christian churches.
3 The time of day appointed for this service.

4 Evensong.
5 Roman Catholic Church. A service held on Sundays or holy days that includes the office of vespers.