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A concert dedicated to the music of the Claudio Monteverdi. I Fagiolini and Barkokksolistene perform Volgendo il ciel, Lamento d'Arianna (Arianna) and Il ballo delle ingrate.

Presented by Christopher Cook, from Cadogan Hall, London.

A concert dedicated to the music of the great Italian Renaissance master Claudio Monteverdi. All that survives of his second opera Arianna - whose 400th anniversary falls this year - is Arianna's Lament, which became so famous that 40 years later, it was said to be on the shelves of every serious musician. Book-ending this are are reflections of love and war from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals.

I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robert Hollingworth (director)

Monteverdi: Volgendo il ciel; Lamento d'Arianna (Arianna); Il ballo delle ingrate.

1 hour

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Jul 2008 13:00

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