EARLY MUSIC 9: The Gonzaga Band

Two performances of the same programme: 4.30pm & 7pm

Following the successful launch of our well-loved early music series at 38 St Giles Chapel last year, we are thrilled to invite The Gonzaga Band – consisting of soprano Faye Newton, cornettist Jamie Savan and keyboard player Steven Devine – for an occasion that celebrates the launch of the the group’s latest CD, ‘Love’s Labyrinth’. This wonderful programme explores the development of a new highly-expressive style in Italian composition and performance practice, contrasting the exquisitely wrought madrigals of Monteverdi with the lively dance rhythms of popular canzonettas.

Vincenzo Calestani (b.1589; d. in or after 1617), Damigella tutta bella
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545-1607), I mi son giovinetta
Luzzasco Luzzaschi, O primavera
Gioseffo Guami (1542-1611), with divisions by Giovanni Bassano (1560/1-1617), Soavissimi baci
Cipriano de Rore (1515/6-1565), with divisions by Girolamo Dalla Casa (d.1601), Beato me direi
Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ricercare del secondo tuono
Claudio Monteverdi, Quel’augellin che canta
Claudio Monteverdi, O come sei gentile
Francesca Caccini (b.1587; d. after 1641), O che nuovo stupor
Tarquinio Merula (1594/5-1665), Capriccio cromatico
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Begli occhi
Biagio Marini (1594-1663), Amante legato
Claudio Monteverdi, Zefiro torna

Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW