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Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Monteverdi Madrigals

Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini director, harpsichord

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Date
Sat 14 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Priority Booking for this event will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 24 September at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this event will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 7 October.

Artists

  • Concerto Italiano
    • Monica Piccininisoprano
    • Sonia Tedlasoprano
    • Andres Montillaalto
    • Raffaele Giordanitenor
    • Roberto Rilievitenor
    • Gabriele Lombardibass
  • Rinaldo Alessandrinidirector, harpsichord

Programme

  • Claudio Monteverdi
    1567-1643
      • Baci soavi e cari
      • La bocca onde l'asprissime parole
      • 'Rimanti in pace' a la dolente e bella SV74
      • Ond’ei, di morte – seconda parte
      • Io mi son giovinetta SV86
      • O Mirtillo, Mirtillo anima mia
      • Zefiro torna e’l bel tempo rimena SV108
      • Vaga su spina ascosa
      • Dolcissimo uscignolo SV161

Interval

  • Claudio Monteverdi
      • A che tormi il ben mio
      • Ecco mormorar l'onde SV51
      • Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio
      • Anima mia, perdona – prima parte
      • Che se tu se’ il cor mio – seconda parte
      • Ahi, com'a un vago sol
      • Batto, qui pianse Ergasto
      • Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella
      • Chi vole aver felice e lieto il core SV162
      • E cosí a poco a poco

Overview

Concerto Italiano’s performances and recordings of the madrigals of Monteverdi, cultivated under the inspired direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini, have evolved ever since the late 1980s. The ensemble’s revelatory interpretations of the composer’s music, rooted in the colours of the Italian language, were hailed recently by the Guardian for ‘their scrupulous attention to the weight and meaning of every syllable’ and ‘wonderful expressive force’.

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