Monteverdi Madrigals

Les Arts Florissants returns with its inspirational founder-director William Christie and co-director Paul Agnew to celebrate the work of a true musical revolutionary. Claudio Monteverdi’s expressive art, honed to perfection in his secular madrigals, trains the spotlight on intense emotions and vivid contrasts, qualities explored and absorbed by Les Arts Florissants over long years of experience. This evening’s programme includes the compelling drama of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and heart-melting Tirsi e Clori.

Programme:

C. Monteverdi:

• Volgendo il ciel per l’immortal sentiero

• Baci soavi e cari

• Ecco mormorar l’onde SV51

• Chiome d’oro

• Lamento della ninfa SV163

• Sfogava con le stelle SV78

• Sì ch’io vorrei morire SV89

• A quest’olmo SV119

• Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda SV153

• Ohimè, dov’è il mio ben, dov’è il mio core? ‘Romanesca’

• Zefiro torna e’l bel tempo rimena SV108

• Tirsi e Clori SV145

Performers:

Les Arts Florissants
William Christie - director, harpsichord, organ
Paul Agnew - director, tenor