Wednesday 20th November 7.30pm

ITALIAN SOUNDS IN LONDON 2024 -  ‘Tell me the truth about love’

FRANCESCO PETRARCA's Madrigals

music by Marenzio, De Rore, Monteverdi, Willaert

Join us for an exquisite programme of madrigals brought together by one common author - Francesco Petrarca, the 14th century tuscan scholar and poet whose sonnets were set to music by various successful composers of note at the end of the renaissance and the beginning of the baroque period in Europe.

Featuring rousing madrigals such as Marenzio’s Zefiro Torna, and soul-shattering arias such as Monteverdi’s Tu dormi? Ah, crudo core, as well as selections from Monteverdi’s masterpiece Orfeo, and as always some hidden gems from this period!

 THE QUEENES CHAPPELL & ISTANTE COLLECTIVE 

directed by Matthew Brown 

THE QUEENE'S CHAPPELL
Alto - Ella Rainbird-Earley
Tenor - Max Robbins
Baritone - Harrison Robb
Bass - Jacob Fitzgerald
Quintus / direction - Matthew Brown

ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Violin - Beatrice Scaldini
Recorder - Nicola Barbagli
Theorbo - Johan Löfving

PROGRAMME:
Monteverdi - Orfeo: Toccata, ‘Ahi caso acerbo’
Bologna - Non al suo amante
Willaert - Io amai sempre, et am forte anchora
Palestrina - Vestiva i colli
Rognoni - Divisions on ‘Vestiva i colli’
Willaert - Quante volte diss'io
Marenzio - Zefiro torna
Castello - Sonata IV
Cipriano de Rore - Vergine bella
Bassani - Divisions on ‘Vergine bella"
Monteverdi - Tu dormi? Ah, crudo core
Lasso - In dubbio di mio stato
Monteverdi - Orfeo: ‘Lasciate i monti’, ‘Vieni, Imeneo’

# homemade Italian focaccia and drinks available during the interval !! #