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La Nuova Musica
Monteverdi Madrigals
Part of the Wigmore Hall Summer Concerts 2022 Series
Add to my Calendar 08-06-2022 19:30 08-06-2022 21:30 36 La Nuova Musica Monteverdi wrote his madrigals throughout a long and illustrious life - ranging from the brevity and harmonic delicacy of the first book for five solo voices and no continuo, all the way through to the magnificence of Book 8 - complete with obbligato violins and a plethora of continuo instruments. The uniting themes of love, loss and desire are vividly brought to life through Monteverdi's pen and often exquisite texts. Despite them being written over 400 years ago, they speak with immediacy and eternal truth to 21st-century ears. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi – Selected Madrigals
Performers
Julia Doyle – soprano
Eleanor Minney – mezzo-soprano
Joseph Wicks – high tenor
Guy Cutting – tenor
Benjamin Durrant – tenor
William Gaunt – Bass
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Programme Note
Monteverdi wrote his madrigals throughout a long and illustrious life - ranging from the brevity and harmonic delicacy of the first book for five solo voices and no continuo, all the way through to the magnificence of Book 8 - complete with obbligato violins and a plethora of continuo instruments. The uniting themes of love, loss and desire are vividly brought to life through Monteverdi's pen and often exquisite texts. Despite them being written over 400 years ago, they speak with immediacy and eternal truth to 21st-century ears.
