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Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

In a programme made as part of the 2008 Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, Robert Hollingworth and his group I Fagiolini explore the background and music to Monteverdi's operatic scena The Battle of Tancredi and Clorinda, for which the composer claimed to use a new form of musical expression.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Sun 22 Jun 200817:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda for 3 voices and instruments

    Performers: Robert Hollingworth (Director), I Fagiolini

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Hor ch'el ciel e la terra for 6 voices [Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi - Bk.8, 1638]

    Performers: Robert Hollingworth (Director), I Fagiolini

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Jun 200817:00
    BBC Radio 3