Discovering Music

Monteverdi

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Sunday 30 September 2007 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo: Robert Hollingworth joins a special group of period performers for an exploration of some of the pioneering musical ideas behind the operatic masterpiece.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

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Instruments and musicians

Lira da Braccio
A Lyra da Braccio, drawn by Michael Praetorius

Photo copyright Owen Morse-Brown
A modern reconstruction of a Lirone,
made by Owen Morse-Brown

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The Chitarrone played in the programme

Monteverdi strings
A close-up of one of the violins used in the programme,
a re-creation of a 1595 model made in Monterverdi's time,
showing the thickness of the strings

MUSICIANS

Director Robert Hollingworth

Sopranos Julia Doyle, Lucy Ballard

Alto Robert Hollingworth

Tenors Nicholas Mulroy, Mark Dobell, Simon Wall

Bass Robert Macdonald

Strings Catherine Martin, Oliver Webber, Stefanie Heichelheim, Richard Campbell, Chris Suckling

Continuo Peter Seymour, Catherine Pierron

Chittarone David Miller, Arngeir Hauk

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