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The Gonzaga Band
Songs & duets from the age of Monteverdi
Part of the 13th West Meon Music Festival
Add to my Calendar 16-09-2023 15:00 16-09-2023 17:00 36 The Gonzaga Band On Saturday afternoon Warnford’s lovely 12th century Church of Our Lady will welcome The Gonzaga Band – one of the country’s leading specialist early music groups – exploring the works of Monteverdi and his contemporaries. The programme will explore repertoire for solo voice, obbligato cornett and basso continuo from the dawn of the Baroque era. Formed by cornettist Jamie Savan in 1997 the band takes its name from the Gonzaga family of Mantua who employed Claudio Monteverdi as their maestro della musica at the turn of the seventeenth century. Jamie is joined by soprano Faye Newton and Steven Devine on chamber organ. Tea and cakes are included, served after the concert. Church Of Our Lady, Warnford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Church Of Our Lady
Warnford Road
Warnford
Hampshire
SO32 3LA
England
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi – Seconda raccolta de sacri canti: 'Venite sitientes ad aquas' (Venice, 1624)
Claudio Monteverdi – Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena
Anonymous – Passamezzo nuovo I -III
Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali libro VII: 'O come sei gentile' (Venice, 1619)
Vincenzio Calestani – Damigella tutta bella
Giovanni Picchi – Toccata (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Tarquinio Merula – Gaudeamus omnes
Claudio Monteverdi – Exulta, filia Sion
Biagio Marini – Sonata per l'organo, violino o cornetto
Ignazio Donati – Flores praestantissimorum: 'O gloriosa Domina' (Milan, 1626)
Michelangelo Rossi – Partite sopra La Romanesca
Tarquinio Merula – Il primo libro de motetti e sonate: 'Nigra sum' (Venice, 1624)
Performers
Jamie Savan – cornet
Faye Newton – soprano
Steven Devine – chamber organ
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Programme Note
On Saturday afternoon Warnford’s lovely 12th century Church of Our Lady will welcome The Gonzaga Band – one of the country’s leading specialist early music groups – exploring the works of Monteverdi and his contemporaries. The programme will explore repertoire for solo voice, obbligato cornett and basso continuo from the dawn of the Baroque era. Formed by cornettist Jamie Savan in 1997 the band takes its name from the Gonzaga family of Mantua who employed Claudio Monteverdi as their maestro della musica at the turn of the seventeenth century. Jamie is joined by soprano Faye Newton and Steven Devine on chamber organ.
Tea and cakes are included, served after the concert.
