Musica Antica Rotherhithe present arias by four of the greatest and yet most rarely-heard composers of the 17th Century, beginning with the sworn rivals Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini, forced to work together at the very birth of opera, and culminating in the ‘two swans’ of Luigi Rossi and Francesco Cavalli, who became Europe’s most popular composers in the wake of the death of Claudio Monteverdi.

Musica Antica are:

Camila Seale & Jessica Eucker - Sopranos

Oliver Doyle - Harpsichord

Peter Martin - Theorbo

For more information visit: www.musicaantica.org.uk

Programme

Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618)

L’Euridice - Prologo

Amor, io parto

Dolcissimo sospiro

Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1633)

Lungi dal vostro lume

Tu dormi

Tra le lagrime e sospiri

Michelangelo Rossi (1602 - 1656)

Toccata Settima

Interval

Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676)

L’Elena: Mia speranza

L’Elena: Ecco l’idolo mio

La Statira: Cresce’l foco

L’Artemisia: Ardo, sospiro e piango

Gregorio Strozzi (1615 - 1687)

Toccata de Passacagli

Luigi Rossi (1597 - 1653)

L’Orfeo: Mio Ben

Mio Core Languisce

Fanciulla Son Io

Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677)

Il Lamento sulla morte di Henri d'Effiat