Tuesday October 18 at 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall
Following our performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers (Oct 2021) and Madrigals (June 2022), we return to Wigmore for Monteverdi’s final and majestic publication; Selva Morale e Spirituale, set alongside quasi-religious works from L’Orfeo, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, and his eighth book of Madrigals. Even in Monteverdi’s religious music the human is never far – perfectly articulated in Il Combattimento, and the Prologue from L’Orfeo. Psalm settings for the Vespers bookend our recital, with florid displays of intense religious fervour in motets such as Ego Flos Campi, Audi Coelum, Salve Regina and the impossibly operatic telling of the Pianto della Madonna, showing Monteverdi’s genius in the most human and profound manner possible.
Due to illness, Louise Kemény (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor) and Chris Webb (bass) are unable to perform in the above concert. We are grateful to Ana Beard Fernández (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor) and Edward Grint (bass) who have agreed to step in as a replacement.
Ana Beard Fernández Soprano
Miriam Allan Soprano
Hugh Cutting Countertenor
Rory Carver Tenor
Simon Wall Tenor
Michael Lafferty Bass
Edward Grint Bass
Programme
Beatus vir (primo), from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Spuntava il dì, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Salve Regina 'Audi Coelum', from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Salve Regina (secondo), from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Pianto della Madonna, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Confitebor tibi Domine (terzo) 'alla francese', from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
INTERVAL
Prologue from L’Orfeo
Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)
Ego flos campi, from Seconda raccolta de' sacri canti a una, due, tre, et quattro voci, Venice, ed. Lorenzo Calvi (1624)
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda from Madrigali...Libro ottavo (1638)
Dixit Dominus (terzo), from Messa a quattro voci e salmi (1650)
Tickets are available from the Wigmore Hall website.