Consort concert-Cavalieri, Monteverdi en tijdgenoten

With Emilio de’ Cavalieri, a new way of singing emerged around 1600—expressive, full of contrast, and focused on conveying emotion. He became widely known for his Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo, the first sacred melodrama in music history. But his liturgical works also reveal this revolutionary style.
This concert features selections from Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae, written in the 1590s for the matins of the Holy Triduum in Rome. Cavalieri was the first to introduce basso continuo into liturgical music. Monodies alternate with polyphonic episodes filled with surprising modulations and expressive melodic lines.
The programme is completed with three intense madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, the undisputed master of musical word painting and affect.