Repertoire - future and past
2025 August in Montecatini programme:
(Note that this website is mischievously auto-translating Italian titles into English on some browsers - we will be singing all our Italian pieces in the original Italian or Latin!)
Giacomo Carissimi (1605 - 1674) - Plorate filii Israel
Claudio Monteverdi (1587 - 1643) - A un giro de’ bell’occhi
Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599) - Crudel, acerba, inesorabil Morte
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - L’Amante modesto
Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) - Intenerite voi lagrime mie
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) 5 songs arranged by Iain Farrington (b. 1977)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - Hymn to St Cecilia op. 27
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Repertoire from previous courses:
2024 August in Montecatini
final programme:
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) - O morte
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - Silentio nocivo
Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613) - O vos omnes
Benedetto Pallavicino (1551-1601) - Deh dolce anima mia
Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) - Ecco Cintia, che torna
Barbara Strozzi - Consiglio d’amore
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - Al Battitor di bronzo
Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) - Il mio Martir
Henry Purcell (1695 - 1659) - With Drooping Wings
Sir John Rutter (1945 -) - Birthday Madrigals
It was a lover and his lass
Draw on sweet night
Come live with me
My true love hath my heart
When daisies pied
Verdi (1813 - 1901) - Va, pensiero
2024 August in Montecatini final programme:
Musica Veneziana del Barocco
Giovanni Bassano (1558-1617): Dic nobis Maria
Alessandro Grandi (1590-1630): O porta caeli
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Christe adoramus te
Monteverdi: Ego Dormio
Monteverdi: Domine ne in furore
Musica Inglese del 20°/21° Secolo
Judith Weir (1954-): Love bade me welcome
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): The turtle dove
Eric Wetherell (1925-2021): Red heat, white heat, No. 3 of ‘Three Summers’
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Carol, from Sacred and Profane
Musica Veneziana del Barocco
Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna (Part I)
Monteverdi: Currite, populi
Grandi: Hodie Nobis di Caelo
Monteverdi: Sfogava con le stelle
Musica Inglese del 20° Secolo
Finzi (1901-1956): My spirit sang all day