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The Dawn of a New Music: Love and Longing in Italian Baroque

La Venexiana

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Date
Mon 29 Jun 2026, 1.00pm
Tickets
£18 (concessions £16)
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without 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 concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

Artists

  • La Venexiana
    • Emanuela Gallisoprano
    • Chiara Granataharp
    • Gabriele Palombatheorbo, director

Programme

  • Giulio Caccini
    1551-1618
      • Le nuove musiche
        :
      • Dolcissimo sospiro
      • Belle rose porporine
      • Amarilli, mia bella
  • Sigismondo D'India
    1582-1629
      • Le musiche da cantar solo (Libro Primo)
        :
      • Intenerite voi, lagrime mie
      • Cruda Amarilli
  • Maurizio Cazzati
    1616-1678
      • Arie e Cantate a voce sola libro Primo Op. 11
        :
      • Fierissime pene
  • Tarquinio Merula
    c.1594-1665
      • Curtio Precipitato et altri Capricci a voce sola
        :
      • Folle è ben che si crede

Overview

Giulio Caccini, born in 1551, most likely in Rome, channelled heightened emotions into his solo songs. He understood the artistic and commercial value of The New Music, as he titled his 1602 collection of monodies, as did the other composers in La Venexiana’s concert. The Italian vocal ensemble, founded almost 30 years ago, comes to this repertoire with a near-supernatural understanding of its imagery and expressive language.

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