October 15th, 2009

The Gonzaga Band

•  Faye Newton, soprano
•  James Savan, cornetto
•  Steven Devine, harpsichord and chamber organ

Songs & Duets from the age of Montiverdi

Nicolò Corradini (d 1646) – Spargite flores
from Motetti… libro primo (Venice, 1613)

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Venite sitientes ad aquas
from Seconda raccolta de sacri canti (Venice, 1624)

attrib. Michelangelo Rossi (c1602-1656) – Partite sopra la Romanesca
from a MS appended to Toccate et correnti (Rome, 1657)

Tarquinio Merula (b 1594-5; d 1665) – Nigra sum
from Il primo libro de motetti e sonate (Venice, 1624)

Ignatio Donati (c1570-1638) – O gloriosa Domina
from Flores praestantissimorum (Milan, 1626)

Giovanni Picchi (fl 1600-25) – Toccata
from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

Benedetto Re (fl early 17th C) – Tulerunt Dominum
from Sacrum cantionum (Venice, 1618)

Tarquinio Merula – Gaudeamus omnes
from a MS in Kremsmünster, Austria

Interval

Vincenzio Calestani (b.1589; d. in or after 1617) – Damigella tutta bella
from Madrigali et Arie (Venice, 1617)

Claudio Monteverdi – O come sei gentile
from Madrigali libro VII (Venice, 1619)

Cipriano da Rore (1516-1565) – Beato mi direi
with divisions by Girolomo Dalla Casa (d. 1601)

Cipriano da Rore – Anchor che co’l partire
with divisions by Jamie Savan (2009!)

Anon – Passamezzo nuovo I-III
(from Intablotura nuova di balli, Venice 1551)

Claudio Monteverdi – Ed è pur dunque vero
(Venice, 1632)

Full Programme: (203 Kb )

St. Mary’s Church, Walthamstow Village. Church End, London E17

Tickets £10 (Conc: £5) on the door.

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