Musica Antica
La Caduta Di Troia
The Fall of Troy
Staged live at Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, SE16 5HF.
Centred around Cavalli's depiction of the fall of Troy in La Didone, Musica Antica weave the work of some of the most daring composers of the 16th and 17th Centuries into a drama celebrating the powerful and highly experimental musical language of the Renaissance and Early Baroque.
Programme
Giovanni Valentini: Sonata a 5 in G minor
Nicola Vicentino: L'aura che verde lauro
Giovanni Valentini: Sonata a 4 in G minor
Francesco Cavalli: La Didone (act I)
Vicente Lusitano: Heu me, Domine
Jacopo Peri: Tu dormi
Anon: Violin Sonata in D
Carlo Gesualdo: Languisce al fin
Claudio Monteverdi: Longe da te, cor mio
Camilla Seale mezzo soprano
Caitlin Goreing mezzo soprano
Tristram Cooke countertenor
Oliver Doyle tenor & harpsichord
Joachim Sabbat bass
Maxim del Mar violin
Flora Fontanelli violin
Harry Buckoke viola da gamba
Peter Martin theorbo