Saturday 3 July, 6pm & 8pm at Royal Spa
The Madrigal Reimagined
EVENT OVER. An exciting exploration of the madrigal
Date & Time: Saturday 3 July, 6pm & 8pm
Ticket price: £15, £7.50 concessions (see Ts & Cs), Free for under-12s & carers
Venue: Royal Spa
Monteverdi String Band
Oliver Webber and Theresa Caudle violin
Wendi Kelly and David Brooker viola
Mark Caudle bass violin
with
Toby Carr lute, theorbo
Hannah Ely soprano
The ever-flexible madrigal was always a blank canvas subject to endless interpretations depending on the resources and imagination of the performers. Adding some ornamental ‘frizzante’ this programme explores the full dramatic possibilities of the form, vocally and instrumentally, including music by Monteverdi and words from Ovid.
Programme
Claudio Merulo
1533–1604 Canzona 18
Johann Nauwach
1595–1630 Cruda Amarilli
Claudio Monteverdi
1567–1643 Cruda Amarilli
Reading:
Giovanni Artusi 1540–1613
The Imperfections of Modern Music
Toby Carr Prelude
Giovanni Battista Bovicelli
1550–1594 Diminutions on Anchor che col partire (Cipriano de Rore c.1515–1565)
Oliver Webber Diminutions on Signor mio caro (Cipriano de Rore)
Reading:
Emanuele Tesauro 1592–1675
Pleasant and Unpleasant Sounds
Monteverdi Entrata and Ballo (from Il ballo delle ingrate)
Dolente partita
Ahi, troppo è duro (from Il ballo delle ingrate)
Reading:
Pietro della Valle 1586–1652
Of the music of our age
Oliver Webber Diminutions for soprano and bass on Vestiva i colli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c.1525–1594)
Oliver Webber Diminutions on Così le chiome mie (Palestrina)
Reading:
Publius Ovidius Naso 43BC–c.18AD
You powers that sway the world beneath the earth
translated by George Sandys 1578–1644
Monteverdi From l’Orfeo:
Toccata
Prologue
Lasciate i monti
Ahi caso acerbo
Ma io ch’in questa lingua
Sinfonia (Act II)
Sinfonia (Act III)
Vanne Orfeo
Moresca
