The Courtesan's Gaze: The life and work of Barbara Strozzi at Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London on Saturday 24th March 2018

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The Courtesan's Gaze

The life and work of Barbara Strozzi

Add to my Calendar 24-03-2018 16:00 24-03-2018 18:00 36 The Courtesan's Gaze Barbara Strozzi lived a life of high musical achievement and scandal in the Venice of the seventeenth century. A prolific and successful published composer in her own time, she was also said to have acted as courtesan at musical and intellectual meetings where “clothes were optional”. This concert of beautiful and florid soprano solos and duets composed by Strozzi and her contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Francesca Caccini, will explore Strozzi's reception, and whether the scandal surrounding her was justified. Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Brompton Cemetery Chapel
Brompton Cemetery
Fulham Road
Kensington
London
SW10 9UG
England

Saturday 24th March 2018
4:00 PM

Programme

Claudio Monteverdi – Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251
Kapsberger – Passacaglia
Francesca Caccini – Lasciatemi qui solo
Barbara Strozzi – L'Eraclito Amoroso
Barbara Strozzi – Begli Occhi
Barbara Strozzi – Amor Dormiglione

Performers

Hannah Ely – soprano
Lucinda Cox – soprano
Toby Carr – theorbo
Aileen Henry – Harp

Fieri Consort

Programme Note

Barbara Strozzi lived a life of high musical achievement and scandal in the Venice of the seventeenth century. A prolific and successful published composer in her own time, she was also said to have acted as courtesan at musical and intellectual meetings where “clothes were optional”. This concert of beautiful and florid soprano solos and duets composed by Strozzi and her contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Francesca Caccini, will explore Strozzi's reception, and whether the scandal surrounding her was justified.

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