Monteverdi Book 8: Songs of Love and War
$40/$35/$10, kids 7–12 free
Catherine Webster, soprano
Danielle Reuter-Harrah, mezzo
Reggie Mobley, countertenor
Ross Hauck, tenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Douglas Williams, baritone
Pacific Music Works Chamber Ensemble
Stephen Stubbs, conductor
Tekla Cunningham, violin
Linda Melsted, violin
Elizabeth Reed, viola da gamba
Maxine Eilander, harp
Monteverdi – Madrigals, Book 8
Monteverdi had an extraordinarily long career, composing some of his most important and revolutionary works in his 70s. His last book of madrigals became the repository of the most important secular works of his final decades. Love songs were of course nothing new, but setting them next to the stirring rhythms of his newly invented depiction of war in music gives this repertoire unparalleled contrasts.
Children 7–12 free with accompanying ticketed adult. Contact maxine@pacificmusicworks.org or call (206) 708-6003.