Early Music Society of the Islands: Monteverdi Madrigals: Songs of Love and War

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Saturday, November 8th, 2014
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Monteverdi had an extraordinarily long career, composing some of his most important and revolutionary works in his 70�s and 80�s. His last book of madrigals became the repository of the most important secular works of his final decades. Love songs were of course nothing new, but setting them next to the stirring rhythms of his newly invented depiction of war in music gives this repertoire unparalleled contrasts.

Many of America�s leading early music specialists, under the direction of lutenist Stephen Stubbs, join forces for a performance of selections from Book Seven and Eight of Monteverdi�s Madrigals. Vocal soloists include Catherine Webster and Aaron Sheehan.

Tickets are available at the McPherson Box Office:

#3 Centennial Square
250- 386-6121 / Toll free 1-888-717-6121
www.rmts.bc.ca/mcpherson/index.aspx