Tormento Seicento: Love and torment in the music of Monteverdi, Rossi, Merula, Caccini, and others Amanda Forsythe, soprano Cristiano Contadin, director and viola da gamba Andrea Inghisciano, cornetto; Mauro Spinazzè, violino Marta Graziolino, arpa tripla; Gianluca Geremia, chitarrone Founded by famed viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin, the ensemble Opera Prima is dedicated to exploring the Italian repertoire of the 1600s (the Seicento) with technical …

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Monteverdi and Carissimi The celebrated Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants perform vocal works by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) and Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), featuring Carissimi’s oratorio Historia di Jephte. Soloists include: Paul Agnew, musical direction and tenor, Lauren Lodge Campbell, soprano, Natasha Schnur, soprano, Mathilde Ortscheidt, contralto, and Edward Grint, bass.

A Garden of Earthly Delights at the Papal Court: Marco Marazzoli’s extravagant musical entertainments Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Marco Marazzoli’s cantatas for six voices, two violins, and continuo are exquisite miniature dramas, with a kaleidoscopic variety of vocal arias, duets, and trios culminating in glorious choruses. Each cantata treats a different subject: one …

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The Cramer Quartet Rush Hour Music in J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library Celebrated artists perform chamber music from Baroque to contemporary in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library. All concerts last approximately one hour. With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the Cramer Quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture …

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