CANTABILE
presents

From Venice to Padua:
Italian Madrigals on Love and Boating
with guest artist Gregory Hayes, harpsichord

An evening of madrigals by Lassus, Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Marenzio

Songs about love, kissing, cats, fleas and a boat trip

Including the entire madrigal comedy Barca di Venetia per Padova (A Boat Ride from Venice to Padua) by Adriano Banchieri

see poster

• Saturday, March 11 at 4:00 pm, Music Room, Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke MA.
  
  
• Saturday, April 1st at 8:00 pm, Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, 220 Main St, Northampton MA. This concert was supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council, Inc.
  
  
• Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00 pm, Amherst Community Television, 246 College St., Amherst MA. Free, public invited. Live taping before a studio audience. See ACTV website for cablecast schedule information
  

Program

Mirate che m'ha fatto (1575) (See what my heart has done to me) S’io esca vivo (1579) (So that I may escape alive) O Lucia, miau, miau (1560)(Oh Lucia, meow, meow) Godi pur del bel sen (1584)(Delight, happy flea, in the fair bosom) Baci soavi e cari (1587)(Kisses, sweet and dear) Canzone: Baci soavi e cari (1591) I. Baci soavi e cari (Kisses, sweet and dear) II. Baci amorosi e belli (Kisses amorous and pretty) III. Baci affamati e’ngordi (Kisses insatiate and gluttonous) IV. Baci cortesi e grati (Kisses courteous and agreeable) V. Baci, ohimè, non mirate (Kisses, ah me, marvel not) Baci soavi e cari (1594)(Kisses, sweet and dear) Il sol, qual or più splende (1596)(The sun, that shines more brightly than ever)	Giovanni Ferretti (c1540-c1609) Orlande de Lassus (c1532-1594) Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) Carlo Gesualdo (1560-c1613)
-- Intermission --
Barca di Venezia per Padua (1623) (Venetian boat bound for Padua)	Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)

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