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Italian Travels
Motets and Madrigals in Ferrara and Mantua
Part of the Orlando Chamber Choir 2025-2026 Season
Add to my Calendar 11-06-2026 19:30 11-06-2026 21:30 36 Italian Travels The city-states of Ferrara and Mantua stood at the heart of 15th-century musical, intellectual and cultural life. Under the patronage of the Este and Gonzaga dynasties, these courts drew some of Europe's most celebrated composers. This programme explores how their wealth, ambition and openness to new ideas fostered extraordinary creativity. In these vibrant centres, composers such as Josquin des Prez, Johannes Martini, Adrian Willaert, Cipriano de Rore, Jacques de Wert and Claudio Monteverdi shaped and transformed the motet and madrigal. St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Church
Bishopsgate
City of London
London
EC2M 3TL
England
Programme
Josquin des Prez – Inviolata, integra et casta es
Josquin des Prez – Miserere
Johannes Martini – O beate Sebastiane
Josquin des Prez – Adieu mes amours
Adrian Willaert – Amor, Fortuna
Cipriano de Rore – Io canterei d' amor
Giaches de Wert – Sorgi e rischiara
Jachet de Mantua – Repleatur os meum
Jachet de Mantua – Ave maris stella
Claudio Monteverdi – Ecco Mormorar L'onde
Claudio Monteverdi – Quell'augellin che canta
Performers
Lucy Goddard – Director
Orlando Chamber Choir
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Programme Note
The city-states of Ferrara and Mantua stood at the heart of 15th-century musical, intellectual and cultural life. Under the patronage of the Este and Gonzaga dynasties, these courts drew some of Europe's most celebrated composers. This programme explores how their wealth, ambition and openness to new ideas fostered extraordinary creativity. In these vibrant centres, composers such as Josquin des Prez, Johannes Martini, Adrian Willaert, Cipriano de Rore, Jacques de Wert and Claudio Monteverdi shaped and transformed the motet and madrigal.
