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Love is a Battlefield: Madrigals of Monteverdi’s Time

Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm • UBC School of Music

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Matthew White

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Charles Daniels

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Sumner Thompson

Matthew White, alto
Charles Daniels, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord, organ & music director

Les Voix Baroques (Montreal)

Yulia Van Doren & Shannon Mercer, sopranos
with
Chloe Meyers & Kathleen Kajioka, violins
Amanda Keesmaat, violoncello
Annalisa Pappano, lirone
Natalie Mackie, viola da gamba & violone
Sylvain Bergeron, lute, theorbo & guitar

Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries demonstrate that while the sound of popular music has changed through the centuries, when the subject is love the message remains the same. The programme includes love songs and concerted madrigals by Monteverdi, Rossi, Archilei and Cavalieri.

For detailed information on the program and to purchase tickets, go to Early Music Vancouver.

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Alexander Weimann

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  • Co-presented with

    Early Music Vancouver
  • Supported by

    National Bank Financial