Purcell, Dowland, Brett Dean, Berio and more

Laments, confessions of undying love and the guilt-tinged miniatures of Brett Dean’s Gertrude Fragments take their place alongside lute works ancient and modern in this unmissable programme from Magdalena Kožená and Daniele Caminiti. Their recital’s individual parts combine to tell stories about the deepest human emotions, from abandonment and grief to the wild verbal gestures, ticks and obsessive delights of Berio’s Sequenza III for solo female voice.

Magdalena Kožená - mezzo-soprano

Daniele Caminiti - lute

Programme:

Henry Purcell - Incidental music for Oedipus, King of Thebes Z58: Music for a while

- Sweeter than roses Z585

John Dowland - In darkness let me dwell

Daniele Caminiti - Improvisation

Tarquinio Merula - Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna

Daniele Caminiti - Improvisation

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas Z626: When I am laid in earth

Luciano Berio - Sequenza III

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger - Toccata arpeggiata

Antonio Cesti - L’Argia: Disseratevi abissi

Giulio Caccini - Odi, Euterpe, il dolce canto

Alessandro Piccinini - Toccata VIII

Barbara Strozzi - Diporti di Euterpe Op. 7: Lagrime mie

Tarquinio Merula - Quando io voisi l'altra sera