Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Part Three
Wednesday 6 April 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Wednesday 13 April 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
3/5. After twenty years in Mantua, Monteverdi suddenly found himself without a job when his employer, Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, died. But it wasnt long before his luck changed when he was engaged as Director of Music at St Marks Basilica in Venice - the most prestigious job Italy had to offer.
In spite of his summary dismissal from Mantua, Monteverdi continued writing music for the court there, including a pastoral ballet about a pair of Arcadian lovers. Donald Macleod introduces this and other works contained in Monteverdis seventh and eighth book of madrigals, plus his first secular piece written for performance in Venice.
Playlist:
Monteverdi: Tirsi e Clori
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)
Monteverdi: Con che soavita, labbra odorate
Ohime, dove il mio ben
Emma Kirkby
Judith Nelson
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda
Clorinda ........... Catherine Bott
Tancredi ............ Andrew King
Narrator .............. John Mark Ainsley
Monteverdi: Volgendo il ciel
Poet ........... John Potter
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
[Rptd Wed 12.00am]
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