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