3/5. After 20 years in Mantua, Monteverdi found himself without a job when his employer, Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga , died. Though he became director of music at St Mark's in Venice, he continued writing music for the Mantuan court. With Donald Macleod.
Tirsi e Clori Les Arts Florissants/William Christie Con Che Soavita, Labbra Odorate ; Ohime, Dove il Mio Ben Emma Kirkby and Judith Nelson
(sopranos), Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Catherine
Bott (soprano), Andrew King (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (narrator), New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
Volgendo il Ciel John Potter (tenor),
Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight