Desc: Vespers in Venice: Directed by Jonathan Fulford. With John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Ann Monoyios. John Eliot Gardiner explains the background to the composition of the 'Vespers of the Blessed Virgin' by Claudio Monteverdi before conducting a performance by the Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists.