Madrigal Madness
May 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Madrigal Madness
ARTEK singers join with ARTEK’s 2026 Young Artist Fellows to perform Monteverdi’s 1587 First Book of five-part madrigals. The 19-year-old Monteverdi wrote in the dedication that these youthful compositions need “no other praise than that which is usually given to the flowers of spring, compared with that given to the fruits of summer and autumn”. Barbara Russano Hanning will speak as well on the poetic context of each madrigal.
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Laura Heimes, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Gregorio Taniguchi, tenor
Jecob Perry, tenor
Peter Becker, bass
Grant Herreid, lute
Christa Patton, harp
Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord & director
Barbara Russano Hanning, lecturer
ARTEK’s Young Artist Fellows 2026:
Victoria Magnusson, soprano
Scott La Marca, tenor
Rozime Lindsey, baritone
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Madrigals, Book 1
I.
Amor per tua merce
A che tormi
Ch’ami la vita mia
Se per havervi oime
Baci soavi
II.
Filli cara e amata
Quest’ ordi il laccio
La vaga pastorella
Amor s’il tuo ferire