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Surprises aplenty from I Fagiolini: Monteverdi's other Vespers

By Charlotte Valori, 28 November 2017
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“disorientatingly, show-stealingly good”
Reviewed at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden on 22 November 2017
Programme
Monteverdi, The Other Vespers
Monteverdi, Salve Regina
Uccellini, Sonata seconda "La Luciminia contenta"
Donati, Dulcis amor Iesu
Monteverdi, Confitebor Tibi Domine
Bovicelli, Ave verum corpus
Performers
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth, Director
The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.