Bard Center Presents
Aston Magna Festival:
Love and Lamentation ~ 17th Century Italian Monody
Friday, June 17, 2016
Bitó Conservatory Building
8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The music of Monteverdi, Marini, Marazzoli and Rossi. Prologue from L’Orfeo and Lament of Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi; Elena invecchiata vanitas’ cantata on the aging Helen of Troy by Marco Marazzoli; Lament of Zaida, and Scenes from Orfeo by Luigi Rossi; instrumental music by Biagio Marini, Monteverdi and Rossi.8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
With artists Erin Headley, guest director; Kristen Watson and Nell Snaidas, sopranos; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Erin Headley, lirone/viola da gamba; Laura Jeppesen, violin/viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord. Pre-concert talk one hour before the performance.
Tickets: $35/$40 at the door; discounts online.
Astonmagna.org, or: 888-492-1283
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Bitó Conservatory Building