Melancholy and Nonsense: Madrigals for Every Mood

2024 marks Baroque&Before’s tenth anniversary. On this week’s program, British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini brings us madrigals for every mood in a program titled “Melancholy and Nonsense.” I Fagiolini’s recital took place November 11, 2022 in the Kreuzkirche in Herne, Germany, as part of Herne Early Music Days, founded in 1976. Madrigals by Monteverdi, Purcell, Banchieri and others echo the Festival’s 2022 theme: “Tragic-Comic.”

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