Concerto Italiano
Monteverdi Madrigals
with Rinaldo Alessandrini (director, harpsichord)

Claudio Monteverdi Baci soavi e cari; La bocca onde l'asprissime parole; 'Rimanti in pace' a la dolente e bella, SV74; Ond’ei, di morte – seconda parte; Io mi son giovinetta, SV86; Troppo ben può questo tiranno Amore; Zefiro torna e’l bel tempo rimena, SV108; Vaga su spina ascosa; Dolcissimo uscignolo, SV161
INTERVAL
Claudio Monteverdi A che tormi il ben mio; Ecco mormorar l'onde, SV51; Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio; Anima mia, perdona – prima parte; Che se tu se’ il cor mio – seconda parte; Ahi, com'a un vago sol; Batto, qui pianse Ergasto; Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella; Chi vole aver felice e lieto il core, SV162; E cosí a poco a poco
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini director, harpsichord
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
Sat, 14 February 2026
Wigmore Hall, London
7:30pm
£18 - £40
Full Event Details
Concerto Italiano’s performances and recordings of the madrigals of Monteverdi, cultivated under the inspired direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini, have evolved ever since the late 1980s. The ensemble’s revelatory interpretations of the composer’s music, rooted in the colours of the Italian language, were hailed recently by the Guardian for ‘their scrupulous attention to the weight and meaning of every syllable’ and ‘wonderful expressive force’.
Claudio Monteverdi Baci soavi e cari; La bocca onde l'asprissime parole; 'Rimanti in pace' a la dolente e bella, SV74; Ond’ei, di morte – seconda parte; Io mi son giovinetta, SV86; Troppo ben può questo tiranno Amore; Zefiro torna e’l bel tempo rimena, SV108; Vaga su spina ascosa; Dolcissimo uscignolo, SV161
INTERVAL
Claudio Monteverdi A che tormi il ben mio; Ecco mormorar l'onde, SV51; Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio; Anima mia, perdona – prima parte; Che se tu se’ il cor mio – seconda parte; Ahi, com'a un vago sol; Batto, qui pianse Ergasto; Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella; Chi vole aver felice e lieto il core, SV162; E cosí a poco a poco
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini director, harpsichord
Venue Details & Map
Location
Wigmore Hall, London
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
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