Details
Handel and Hendrix in London
23 & 25 Brook Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 4HB
England
Programme
Barbara Strozzi – Amor Dormiglione
Claudio Monteverdi – Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251
Claudio Monteverdi – Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
Ascanio Mayone – Ricercare per Organo
Barbara Strozzi – L'Eraclito Amoroso
Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali libro VII: 'O come sei gentile' (Venice, 1619)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger – Selected works (a.k.a. Hieronymus Kapsberger)
Francesca Caccini – Lasciatemi qui solo
Luigi Rossi – Passacaille
Performers
Lucy Cox – soprano
Hannah Ely – soprano
Fieri Consort
Programme Note
Barbara Strozzi was one of the few published female composers in the Baroque Period. Through solos, duets, and instrumental works by Strozzi and her contemporaries, Fieri Consort explore her reception in 17th-century Venice and whether the scandal surrounding her was justified.