Work: Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2

The superstar countertenor revisit the site of one of their early successes, with hits from Monteverdi and the court of Louis XIII. It makes for an extraordinary evening.

While maybe not for the musical puritans, this was the perfect showcase for an exceptional group of musicians to demonstrate their formidable technical and interpretative talents and to respectfully give some new vitality to the magical works of Purcell.

Andreas Scholl and Collegium 1704 team up for a refreshing treatment of an early repertoire.