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La Caduta di Troia: The Fall of Troy

Exerots from Cavalli's Didone with music by Gesualdo, Monteverdi & Peri

Part of the Musica Antica Rotherhithe 2022-23

Add to my Calendar 17-09-2022 19:30 17-09-2022 21:30 36 La Caduta di Troia: The Fall of Troy Centred around Cavalli's depiction of the fall of Troy in La Didone, Musica Antica weave the work of some of the most daring composers of the 16th and 17th Centuries into a drama celebrating the powerful and highly experimental musical language of the Renaissance and Early Baroque. Holy Trinity Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holy Trinity Church
Bryan Road
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 5HF
England

Programme

Francesco Cavalli – La Didone
Vicente Lusitano – Heu me Domine
Jacopo Peri – Tu Dormi
Claudio Monteverdi – Piagn'e Sospira
~ Interval ~
Carlo Gesualdo – Madrigals, Book 6: 'Moro, lasso, al mio duolo'
Jacopo Peri – Lungi dal vostro Lume
Anonymous – Violin Sonata in D
Giovanni Legrenzi – Lumi potete piangere
Claudio Monteverdi – Anima Mia, Perdona
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament

Performers

Musica Antica Rotherhithe

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Programme Note

Centred around Cavalli's depiction of the fall of Troy in La Didone, Musica Antica weave the work of some of the most daring composers of the 16th and 17th Centuries into a drama celebrating the powerful and highly experimental musical language of the Renaissance and Early Baroque.

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