Il Giardino del Canto
Or, The Garden of Song
Staged live at Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, SE16 5HF
Musica Antica recreate an evening’s entertainment in Italy at the turn of the seventeenth century, with music for the lute, rarely heard popular songs and madrigals for five, six and seven voices by Alessandro Striggio, Luca Marenzio, Claudio Monteverdi and Maddalena Casulana performed alongside Adriano Banchieri’s bawdy comedy La Saviezza Giovanile.
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As ever, a bar selling wine, soft drinks and Holy Trinity's famous home-infused gins will be open from 7pm.
This concert will finish at 9pm.
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Programme
Luca Marenzio
Crudel, perche mi fuggi?
Maddalena Casulana
Come fiameggia
Claudio Monteverdi
Filippo Azzaiolo
Padoana (popular song from Padua): Ti parti cor mio caro
Alessandro Striggio
Il Cicalamento delle Donne al Bucato: seconda parte
Interval
Adriano Banchieri
La Saviezza Giovanile
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Musica Antica
Jessica Eucker soprano
Catriona Holsgrove soprano
Tristram Cooke countertenor
Oliver Doyle tenor
Alex Pratley baritone
Joachim Sabbat bass
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Harry Buckoke viols
Peter Martin lutes
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