Laments, confessions of undying love and the guilt-tinged miniatures of Brett Dean’s Gertrude Fragments take their place alongside lute works ancient and modern in this unmissable programme from Magdalena Kožená and Daniele Caminiti. Their recital’s individual parts combine to tell stories about the deepest human emotions, from abandonment and grief to the wild verbal gestures, ticks and obsessive delights of Berio’s Sequenza III for solo female voice.

Programme:
Henry Purcell Incidental music for Oedipus, King of Thebes Z58: Music for a while
Sweeter than roses Z585
John Dowland In darkness let me dwell
Daniele Caminiti Improvisation
Tarquinio Merula Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Daniele Caminiti Improvisation
Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Z626: When I am laid in earth
Luciano Berio Sequenza III
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger Toccata arpeggiata
Antonio Cesti L’Argia: Disseratevi abissi
Giulio Caccini Odi, Euterpe, il dolce canto
Alessandro Piccinini Toccata VIII
Barbara Strozzi Diporti di Euterpe Op. 7: Lagrime mie
Tarquinio Merula Quando io voisi l'altra sera

Performers:
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Daniele Caminiti lute