In a concert highlighting music from the Southern Italian schools of Naples and Rome, be dazzled by the works of Frescobaldi, Storace, Salvatore, Pasquini, and Scarlatti
Edoardo Bellotti plays music by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Cavelli, Albinoni, Platti, Vivaldi, Ricci, and Verdi on the renowned Helmutt Wolff organ at Christ Church Cathedral.
Marco Vitale makes a return visit to Victoria to join his La Modestine friends Natalie Mackie and Marc Destrubé for an intimate program of early Italian music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord.
Come join us as the Postsecondary students share their musical works-in progress, ranging from Bach to Zepplin and beyond.
The flourishing of instrumental music in 17th century northern Italy gave composers free reign to explore a conversational (‘concertate’) style of composition, exploring the varied colours and interplay between string and wind instruments.
Selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s eighth book of “madrigals” (‘Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi’), performed by the festival instrumental ensemble and a select group of emerging young singers, specialized in this beautifully expressive music.