Victoria's Secret

Programme:
Claudio Monteverdi Ohimè, il bel viso! (extract)
Raphaella Aleotti Vidi speciosam
Tomás Luis de Victoria Vadam et circuibo civitatem
John Wilbye Sweet honey-sucking bees
Clément Janequin Le chant des oiseaux
Francis Poulenc Par une nuit nouvelle (from Sept chansons)
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique des cantiques No. V: Le jardin clos
Kerry Andrew Wild Nights, Wild Nights
Claudio Monteverdi Si ch’io vorrei morire (extract)
Carlo Gesualdo Ecco, moriro (extract)
Tomás Luis de Victoria Aestimatus sum
Luca Marenzio Solo e pensoso
Kerry Andrew Luna-cy
David Lang Just (after Song of Songs)
Adrian Williams Love is a babe
Gabriel Jackson I am the rose of Sharon
Tomás Luis de Victoria Nigra sum sed formosa

Experience love in all its colours with The Lyons Mouth as they trace the stages of falling in love—from flirtation to obsession, lust to contentment, and the devotion and despair in between.

The programme weaves together some of the most sumptuous Renaissance polyphony by Victoria, luminous settings of the Biblical Song of Songs by Victoria and Aleotti, the desperate and volatile madrigals of Gesualdo and Monteverdi, and daring new works exploring passion and desire by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Kerry Andrew, Gabriel Jackson and David Lang. Sparks will fly as centuries meet, and sacred and secular collide in this intoxicating marriage of sensuous music and words.